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DISABILITY RIGHTS
E.S. v. State

1:18-cv-00008 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: May 23, 2018

Closed Date: July 9, 2018

The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in state court to challenge the fair hearing decision on May 23, 2018.  The state removed the case to the US District Court, Federal District of Alaska on June 22, 2018.  The case was assigned to Judge H. Russel Holland.  Plaintiffs are two brothers each eligible for Alaska Medicaid waiver services, For years, they had each received 15 hours per week of individual day habilitation and 15 hours per week of group day habilitation services. Their services were reduce…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Maple Heights School District Board of Education v. A.C., Individually and on behalf of A.W., a Minor

1:14-cv-01033 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 12, 2014

Closed Date: June 27, 2016

This case involves the educational deprivation of an IDEA eligible student who had been expelled and placed on home bound instruction by defendant Maple Heights School District.  The plaintiff filed the lawsuit on May 12, 2014 alleging violations of IDEA  and seeking compensatory education  The case was assigned to Judge Christopher A. Boyko of the United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio.  On June 27, 2016, the court issued a ruling that affirmed decisions of the State Level Rev…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Lorain County

1:11-cv-02122 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2011

Closed Date: March 28, 2014

This is a case about the protection of voting rights of Spanish-speakers in Ohio who have limited English proficiency. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on October 6, 2011, against the Lorain County Board of Elections (BOE). The government alleged violations of Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act because the BOE failed to provide ballot and voting information in Spanish and did not hire bilingual poll w…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Wood v. Raffensperger

1:20-cv-04651 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 24, 2021

This is a case about an alleged mishandling of absentee ballots in Georgia during the November 3, 2020 general election. On November 13, 2020, a private individual filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiff sued the Secretary of State of Georgia and members of the State Election Board under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Specifically, the plaintiff sought de…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. Housing Authority of New Orleans

2:22-cv-03568 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2022

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit is about discrimination against individuals with disabilities in violation of the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division filed suit against the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) and seven private developers in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on September 30, 2022. The complaint alleged that following Hurricane Katrina, the Housing Authority of New Orleans initiated a redevelo…
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…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Honeyfund.com, Inc. v. DeSantis

4:22-cv-00227 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 22, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about legislation impacting private employers' ability to offer diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) trainings. This case was filed on June 22, 2022, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis; the Florida attorney general; the senior chair, the vice chair, nine commissioners of the Florida Commission on Human Relations. The plaintiffs, (1) private employers with DEI programs in Florida and (2) DEI training consultants,…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Georgia Muslim Voter Project v. Kemp

1:18-cv-04789 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2018

Closed Date: April 15, 2019

As of 2018, Georgia state law allowed absentee ballots to be rejected in instances where ballot signatures did not match signatures on file. In these cases, no notice was provided prior to the rejection and no appeals process was in place. This led two civic organizations to sue then-Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp on October 16, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia with the ACLU as counsel. The plaintiffs brought the suit in the hopes of an injunction to …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Ivey v. Lamone

1:20-cv-01995 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Closed Date: July 20, 2020

During the November 2020 election, an individual (the plaintiff in this case) wanted to become an independent candidate for Maryland’s Seventh Congressional District on the November 2020 general election ballot. However, COVID-19 restrictions and communication issues from the Maryland Board of Elections provided some obstacles to her goal.  To become a candidate, the plaintiff needed to get signatures from 1% of the total number of registered and eligible voters (voters that can vote for the po…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Duncan v. LaRose

2:20-cv-02295 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2020

This case is about the constitutionality of Ohio’s ballot access laws. The plaintiff, an individual Ohio voter and repeated independent presidential candidate, filed this complaint pro se on May 6, 2020, against the Governor of Ohio, the Secretary of State of Ohio, and the Ohio General Assembly in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The plaintiff sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, arguing that the state’s 5000 signature requirement and deadline of August 5 to appear on the Nove…