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PRISON CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Hammond v. Department of Corrections

2:24-cv-00922 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: March 4, 2024

Case Ongoing

On March 4, 2024, six incarcerated individuals in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania challenging the constitutionality of solitary confinement in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The individuals sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, the Secretary of Corrections, the former Secretary of Corrections, the Executive Deputy Secretary for Institutional Operations at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, and the Director of Psychology at th…

Case Transferred: Docket Closed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Melgar-Salmeron v. Bondi

23-07792 | U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 2023

Case Ongoing

Jordin Alexander Melgar-Salmeron is an undocumented immigrant who had been in immigration detention since 2022 following a prison sentence for possessing an unregistered shotgun. In January 2024, the Biden Administration put Melgar-Salmeron's deportation case on hold amid broader litigation over immigration policy. Melgar-Salmeron filed this petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, challenging a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals that upheld an immigrat…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00066 | U.S. Court of International Trade

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging President Trump's attempt to impose sweeping global tariffs without congressional authorization. On April 14, 2025, five businesses that relied on international imports filed this lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade. They named President Donald Trump, the United States of America, the Executive Office of the President, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and its Acting Commissioner, the Secretary of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representa…

Case Is Ongoing

EDUCATION
American Educational Research Association v. U.S. Department of Education

8:25-cv-01230 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 14, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenges the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a research division within the U.S. Department of Education responsible for gathering and analyzing educational data. On April 14, 2025, the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. They are represented by the Democracy Forward Foundation. The named de…

Case Is Ongoing

POLICING
Bledsoe v. Willis

5:21-cv-04367 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case challenged what it alleged was a malicious prosecution following a blatantly deficient police investigation and alleged wrongful arrest without probable cause. On December 21, 2021, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He sued the Shreveport Police Department and the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the ACLU of Louisiana and private counsel, the plaintiff alleged that the District A…

Case Is Ongoing

Affirmed

POLICING
Ratlieff v. City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

0:22-cv-61029 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 31, 2022

Closed Date: Dec. 23, 2024

In the aftermath of George Floyd's death in May 2020, nationwide protests erupted, including a significant demonstration in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on May 31, 2020. During the protest, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD) attempted to disperse the crowd through use of tear gas and kinetic impact projectiles, otherwise known as rubber bullets. The plaintiff in this case, a participant in the May 2020 demonstration, alleged she was shot in the eye by a direct impound round, causing seve…
EDUCATION
Johnson v. The University of Oklahoma

5:24-cv-00495 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 15, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about colleges' consideration of race in distribution of financial aid. On May 15, 2024, three white students filed a putative class action lawsuit against the University of Oklahoma and a series of University officials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. The plaintiffs alleged that the University discriminated in favor of Black students when awarding financial aid. They sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment's Eq…

Case Is Ongoing

JAIL CONDITIONS
Munday v. Beaufort County

9:20-cv-02144 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit concerning the allegedly unconstitutional manner in which female inmates were searched at the Beaufort County Detention Center (“BCDC”) in Beaufort, South Carolina. Specifically, the lawsuit alleged that between February, 2015 through May, 2020, BCDC had a policy of strip searching all female pre-classification detainees upon entry into the facility, but not similarly-situated male detainees. It was brought by two individual female pre-classification detainees at BCDC who were…

Case Is Ongoing

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Catholic Charities v. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

2:19-cv-11661 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 5, 2019

Closed Date: March 21, 2022

This case is about a new policy implemented in 2019 by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to exclude Catholic charities from serving in the foster system unless they affirmatively recommend same-sex couples as foster and adoptive parents. In January 2017, two same sex couples had filed lawsuits against DHHS and CSA to prohibit agencies from contracting with faith-based providers who don’t recommend or license same-sex couples as foster and adoptive parents. See Dumont …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
National Council of Nonprofits v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00239 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the Trump Administration's authority to suspend congressionally-appropriated federal financial assistance during a review to ensure that the spending accords with Administration priorities. On January 28, 2025, the National Council of Nonprofits and several other private entities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"). Represent…

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