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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gonzalez v. Benson

2:19-cv-13515 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2019

Closed Date: Jan. 28, 2020

This is a case alleging a violation of the Voting Rights Act against the Michigan Secretary of State by refusing to put a candidate on the Republican primary ballot. This class action lawsuit was filed on November 26, 2019 against the Michigan Secretary of State and alleged that the defendant failed to include a candidate on Michigan's Republican primary ballot for president in violation of the Voting Rights Act.  This suit was brought by a resident of Michigan of Hispanic and/or Latino ethnici…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Unser v. Constitution

5:20-cv-01120 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 23, 2020

This lawsuit involves an individual alleging she was purged from the voter system.  On November 5, 2020, a pro se plaintiff filed a complaint against the "Constitution," the Oklahoma State Election Board, and the United States of America in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma alleging she was purged from the voter system and not permitted to vote. Plaintiff alleged unspecified "human rights violations" by "entities of the United States" and that, by not permitt…
REPARATIONS
Levy v. United States

12-01297 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 14, 2012

Closed Date: April 25, 2012

The case is about seeking reparations for descendants of enslaved Black individuals. On March 14, 2012, plaintiff filed a pro se lawsuit against the U.S. government in the Northern District of California. Plaintiff, a private citizen and lawyer, filed on behalf of all descendants of enslaved Black people in the U.S. Plaintiff sought ten trillion dollars in damages, to be divided up between all descendants, as well as an official apology from the U.S. government.  On  April 25, 2012, Magistrate …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. State of North Carolina

5:06-cv-00118 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: March 16, 2006

Closed Date: Dec. 18, 2006

This case is about enforcing the rights granted by the Uniform and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973ff et seq., which provides that absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters shall be permitted “to use registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot in general, special, primary, and runoff elections for Federal office.”  42 U.S.C. § 1973ff-1.   On March 16, 2006, the United States filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eas…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
City of College Park v. City of Atlanta

1:08-cv-01464 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 18, 2008

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the City of Atlanta’s acquisition of property near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and its impact on the voting population of the City of College Park, a municipality separate of Atlanta near the airport and with a majority African-American population.  On April 18, 2008, the plaintiffs, the City of College Park and a councilperson in College Park’s fourth ward, represented by private counsel, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northe…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Marshall v. Clark

8:18-cv-01510 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 22, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 3, 2018

This case involved multiple challenges to Florida election law, including allegations that the state’s closed primary elections and certain filing and fee deadlines for petitions to place independent candidates on primary and general election ballots violate both a prospective candidate’s and voter’s constitutional rights of free speech and association. Plaintiff, an attorney and a registered voter in Florida interested in running for United States Congress in the 2018 election cycle as an inde…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Moore v. Putnam County Community School

1:07-cv-01011 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2006

Closed Date: June 18, 2007

This is a case concerning alleged vote dilution in Putnam County.  On December 20, 2006, seven residents of Putnam County filed suit against the Putnam County Community School District challenging the election of the Board of Education of Putnam County Community District #535.  In Putnam County, only three of seven board members could be elected from a district that contained a majority of the population. In their complaint, plaintiffs alleged 105 ILCS 5/11 A-8, succeeded by 105 ILCS 5/9, viola…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Middlesex County, Virginia v. Gonzales

1:07-cv-01485 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2007

Closed Date: Jan. 7, 2008

This case is about an action for declaratory relief brought by plaintiff Middlesex County, Virginia, pursuant to Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §1973b. In 1982, Congress made changes in the exemption standards of the Voting Rights Act which provides that states, as well as political subdivisions within those states that are covered under the special provisions of the Act, are entitled to a declaratory judgment granting an exemption from the Act's special remedial provisions if ce…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
King George County, Virginia v. Holder

1:11-cv-02164 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 7, 2011

Closed Date: April 5, 2022

This case involved a county in Virginia successfully seeking declaratory judgment exempting the county and all governmental units within it from the special remedial provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (the “Act”). On December 7, 2011, King George County, Virginia (the “County”), filed a Complaint against the Attorney General of the United States of America and the Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. T…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Gomes v. US Department of Homeland Security

1:20-cv-00453 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: April 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: Detained immigrants sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alleging that the conditions of detention during the COVID-19 pandemic placed them at substantial risk of harm in violation of their due process rights. The court provisionally certified a class for the purpose of conducting bail hearings.Three immigration detainees filed this petition for habeas corpus and putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire on April 15, 20…