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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Yang v. Kellner

1:20-cv-03325 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Closed Date: May 5, 2020

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 27, 2020, the New York State Board of Elections (BOE) by unanimous vote and in spite of executive orders from the New York governor, adopted a resolution to cancel the New York presidential primary election that was slated for June 23, 2020, while still allowing down-ballot federal congressional and state elections to continue. BOE's rationale was that this was in line with larger goals of avoiding unnecessary social contact, and that there was no…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Garcia v. Johnson

2:09-cv-01747 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 24, 2009

On April 24, 2009, a class action suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The suit alleged that the defendants violated the Social Security Act, federal regulations, and the Due Process Clause. The plaintiffs consisted of two elderly Pennsylvanians who were Medicare recipients, as well as two nonprofit organizations, Arc of Pennsylvania and Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE). They were represented by two non-profit…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Texas LULAC v. Abbott

1:20-cv-01006 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2020

Closed Date: March 24, 2021

This is a case about access to absentee ballot drop-off locations in Texas during the 2020 election, which took place during the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 1, 2020, the Texas League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the League of Women Voters of Texas, and two individuals who vote in Texas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The defendants included Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Secretary of State Ruth Hughs, and the elections officials of fo…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arizona v. Biden

3:21-cv-00314 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 2021

Case Ongoing

The states of Arizona, Montana, and Ohio sued the Biden administration on November 18, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to challenge the administration's immigration policies. The plaintiffs sued the United States, the Department of Homeland Security and its secretary, the Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, the Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. The l…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Lo v. County of Siskiyou

2:21-cv-00999 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: June 4, 2021

Case Ongoing

On June 4, 2021, six Hmong residents of Siskiyou County, California, represented by private counsel, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The case was assigned to Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller and Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota. The plaintiffs sued Siskiyou County, its sheriff, its county counsel, and its board members under 42 USC §1983 for violations of the Fourth Amendment's seizure clause and Fourteenth Amendment's equal …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Straty v. Abbott

1:20-cv-01015 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2020

Closed Date: March 24, 2021

This was a case about access to ballot drop boxes in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 1, 2020, after voting had begun in the state, Governor Abbott issued a proclamation prohibiting Texas counties from providing absentee voters with more than one location to return absentee ballots. On October 2, 2020, a 65-year old Texas citizen and voter, the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and Bigtent Creative filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief in the U.S. District Cou…
POLICING
Bailey v. City of Philadelphia

2:10-cv-05952 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2010

Case Ongoing

On November 4, 2010, eight African-American male residents of Philadelphia filled this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia division ("PPD"). The plaintiffs sued the City of Philadelphia and individual police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Pennsylvania state law. The putative class, represented by the ACLU of Pennsylvania and private attorneys, sought injunctive and compens…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Guzzo v. Mead

2:14-cv-00200 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2014

Case Ongoing

This is a 2014-2015 lawsuit about the right of same-sex couples in Wyoming to marry in Wyoming and have their out-of-state same-sex marriages recognized in Wyoming. On October 7, 2014, four same-sex couples and Wyoming Equality filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming under 42 U.S.C § 1983 against Wyoming. The four couples lived in Wyoming: two sought to get married in Wyoming and the others sought to have their marriages, performed in other jurisdictions,…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition are Iraqi nationals—many, perhaps most, Chaldean Christian—who have resided in the United States for many years. They have been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. In early 2017, political negotiation by the Trump administration with Iraq (related to Iraq's desire to be taken off the Trump Executive Order travel-ban list) led to Iraq’s agreeme…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Texas & Missouri v. United States

2:21-cv-00067 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Biden Administration's termination of the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy, Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), which required individuals at the U.S.-Mexico border to wait in Mexico pending adjudication of their immigration claims. On President Biden's first day in office, January 20, 2021, the federal government suspended new enrollments in the program, functionally suspending MPP. A few months later, on April 13, 2021, the states of Texas and Missouri filed this l…