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Howard v. Coonrod

6:21-cv-00062 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a challenge to Florida's parole procedures for people sentenced in the state to life with parole for crimes committed under the age of 18.    On January 8, 2021, the four named plaintiffs filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, seeking to represent a class of the more than 100 people serving life with parole sentences in Florida for crimes committed under the age of 18.  They argued that Florida's parole procedures failed to comply with the U.S. …
CHILD WELFARE
M.D. v. Abbott

2:11-cv-00084 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 29, 2011

Case Ongoing

This class action (previously, M.D. v. Perry) involving long-term foster care in Texas was filed on March 29, 2011, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff class of children in long-term foster care was represented by private counsel and Children's Rights, Inc.; they sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the state failed to protect foster children from systemic harm. The complaint alleged that defendants' frequent moves of the foster care c…
POLICING
United States v. Puerto Rico

3:12-cv-02039 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2012

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2012, after a thorough investigation, the United States, represented by the Department of Justice (DOJ), filed suit against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its police department pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141. The Government alleged that the Puerto Rico Police Bureau (PRPB) violated the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments by engaging in unlawful patterns and practices. Filed along with the complaint was a joint m…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Soos v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-00651 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: June 10, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 16, 2021

As part of New York’s ban on gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at houses of worship and outdoor religious gatherings was strictly limited. In June 2020, state and city officials allowed mass gatherings protesting the death of George Floyd, but continued to actively enforce prohibitions against congregational worship. On June 10, 2020, two Catholic priests and three Orthodox Jews filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. They alleged that Gove…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of Texas v. Biden

3:21-cv-00309 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging President Biden's Executive Order (EO 14042) requiring employees of federal contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. On October 29, 2021, the Attorney General of Texas, on behalf of the State of Texas, (“the State)” filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The State sued President Biden and the following federal offices (or officials associated with those offices) seeking declaratory relief: the Safer Federal Workforce Task…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Briggs v. Bremby

3:12-cv-00324 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: March 5, 2012

Closed Date: Dec. 1, 2021

On March 5, 2012, the plaintiff filed this class action lawsuit on behalf of all Connecticut residents who, since March 5, 2009 have applied or will apply for food stamps from the Connecticut Department of Social Services in United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiff sued the Connecticut Department of Social Services under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, represented by public interest lawyers from the Greater Hartford Legal Aid and the National Center for Law a…
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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Brown v. Smith

1:20-cv-08463 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

On July 8, 2020, the plaintiff, a pretrial detainee at the Cumberland County Department of Corrections (CCDOC) in the state of New Jersey filed this lawsuit in the District of New Jersey individually, and in another similar lawsuit on June 26, 2020, Brown v. Warren, on behalf of a class. The plaintiff filed pro se, and was repeatedly denied his request for an attorney until a New Jersey firm took on his case pro bono. The plaintiff filed suit against the CCDOC, Cumberland County New Jersey, CFG…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Washington v. The GEO Group Inc.

3:17-cv-05806 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case addressed whether a Washington State minimum wage law applied to immigration detainees. The state of Washington filed suit in the Pierce County Superior Court on September 20, 2017. The defendant was the GEO Group, Inc., a for-profit corporation that operated the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). Washington alleged two causes of action. First, they claimed defendant’s policy of paying immigrant detainees only $1 per day violated the Washington Minimum Wage Act (MWA), which set the mi…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
National Federation of the Blind v. Office of Personnel Management

1:19-cv-06249 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2019

On September 19, 2019, the National Federation of the Blind and a individual plaintiff who is blind and is a former federal employee filed suit against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the director of OPM and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to ensure the website for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (BC BS FEP) was accessible to blind individuals, in violation of Section 508 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitati…