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Preterm-Cleveland v. Attorney General of Ohio

1:19-cv-00360 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 15, 2019

Closed Date: July 7, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: This is an ongoing lawsuit regarding Ohio state legislation that would criminalize certain abortions that was amended to include a request for relief in light of COVID-19. The plaintiffs sought a temporary restraining order against the Department of Health's order which had banned all "non-essential surgeries and procedures" starting on March 18, 2020. The judge granted the temporary restraining order for a period of 14 days, which was affirmed by the Sixth Circuit on April 6,…
EDUCATION
Simpson-Vlach v. Michigan Department of Education

5:21-cv-11532 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 30, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a putative class action suit brought by and on behalf of children with disabilities who alleged that they did not get their educational needs met by their schools due to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 30, 2021, the plaintiffs—children with disabilities and their parents—filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS), and Washtenaw In…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Dunakin v. Quiqley

2:14-cv-00567 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 16, 2014

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2020

After budget cuts, an intermediate care facility serving individuals with intellectual disabilities operated by Washington State was ordered to cut costs by up to $1.8 million. To comply with the October 2010 order, management moved 27 residents from the intermediate care facility to its nursing facility and simultaneously reduced programs and staffing at both sites. After bringing problems to the attention of state agencies, investigations by Disability Rights Washington (DRW)—the state Nation…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Generation to Generation, Inc. v. Florida

37 2022 CA 000980 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: June 10, 2022

Case Ongoing

On June 10, 2022, Generation to Generation, a South Florida synagogue, filed this lawsuit in the Second Circuit of the State of Florida in and for Leon County, Florida. Plaintiff sued the state of Florida on state constitutional claims to challenge HB 5, a state law criminalizing the provision of abortion care after fifteen weeks from an individual's last menstrual period. The complaint alleged that this ban on pre-viability abortions violated the Florida Constitution's rights to privacy, relig…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
E.F. v. New York City Department of Education

1:21-cv-00419 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 26, 2021

Case Ongoing

On January 26, 2021, Disability Rights New York filed a class action complaint in the Eastern District of New York against the New York City Board of Education alleging that almost 2,000 Staten Island students with disabilities were “being educated in segregated and unequal public schools and classrooms in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (“Section 504”), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”), and the New York Cit…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Torres v. Milusnic

2:20-cv-04450 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 16, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action originally brought by five individuals held at Lompoc, a low-security prison facing one of the largest outbreaks of COVID-19 among U.S. federal prisons. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to undertake reasonable preventative measures, which allowed the virus to spread to 60% of those in custody. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief for improved conditions of confinement, as well as a writ of habeas corpus for release. On…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
Eidler v. Brookdale Senior Living

4:17-cv-03962 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 13, 2017

Case Ongoing

On July 13, 2017, elderly and dependent residents with physical or cognitive impairments who lived in assisted living facilities, represented by private counsel, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the US District Court of the Northern District of California under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and California state law against the corporation that owned the facilities. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant's California facilities and services failed to meet access…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Driver v. Marion County Sheriff

1:14-cv-02076 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2014

Closed Date: Aug. 8, 2022

On December 19, 2014, individuals who were incarcerated in the Marion County correctional system filed this class-action lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The plaintiffs sued the Marion County Sheriff and the Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought money damages for a class of individuals who were incarcerated in the Marion County correctional system for unreasonable pe…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Reed v. Bernard

2:19-cv-03110 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 17, 2019

Closed Date: May 4, 2021

This is a case about whether the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires public access to audio recordings of bail hearings before the Philadelphia Municipal Court.  In Philadelphia, defendants who are arrested and then charged with a crime remain held in a divisional booking center, where they participate via videoconference in bail hearings.  Philadelphia Municipal Arraignment Court Magistrates (ACMs) conduct these hearings and determine whether to release a defendant and what condi…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

1:16-cv-02372 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2016

Case Ongoing

On September 20, 2016, the owner of 303 Creative, LLC—a company that specializes in graphic and web design—filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Colorado Attorney General, the director of the Colorado Civil Rights Division, and members of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The plaintiff argued that her Christian beliefs prevented her from designing wedding websites that promote same-sex couples, which would violate two provisions of the Colorado …