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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Duncan v. LaRose

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

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of 09/06/2020, Plaintiff is a presidential candidate, arguing that the signature requirement to appear on the Ohio ballot is unconstitutional in light of the Gov.'s stay at home order; P moved for a PI to either waive the signature requirement or put P on the ballot.
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Pennsylvania v. School District of Philadelphia

2:17-cv-04858 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2019

This case is about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s request to obtain contact information for the guardians of public-school students who were on a waiting list for special education services. Disability Rights Pennsylvania (DRP) requested this information from the School District of Philadelphia citing both the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 15041 et seq.) and Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. § 10801 et seq…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Lawrence v. City of Englewood, Colorado

1:12-cv-01423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 31, 2012

Closed Date: March 8, 2016

On August 13, 2011, a deaf individual who communicated primarily through American Sign Language (ASL) was arrested by officers in the Englewood Police Department (EPD) who deprived him of access to critical medication for diabetes and auxiliary aids or services for effective communication. Throughout the process of the individual’s arrest, booking, and intake, his hearing disability was readily apparent and documented. The EPD failed to provide interpretive services or access to the individual’…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
J.H. v. Hinds County

3:11-cv-00327 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 1, 2011

Case Ongoing

On June 1, 2011, a child imprisoned at the Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi against Hinds County, Mississippi under 42 U.S.C § 1983. The plaintiff, represented by attorneys from the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleged that the county's confinement policies and practices violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiff alleged excessive confinement in cells, inadequate menta…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Libertarian Party of Illinois v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-02112 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case was about Illinois election law (candidate nomination and signature gathering procedures) during the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 election.The Libertarian Party of Illinois, the Green Party of Illinois, and several independent candidates filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on April 2, 2020. Defendants were various members of the Illinois State Board of Elections. Plaintiffs challenged signature-gathering requirements for ballot qualification durin…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Phipps v. Sheriff of Cook County

1:07-cv-03889 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 11, 2007

Case Ongoing

On July 11, 2007, paraplegic residents of Illinois who use wheelchairs for mobility, filed a civil action arising under Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12132, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §794(a) and 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Sheriff of Cook County and Cook County, Illinois in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Judge Elaine Bucklo). The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for a tria…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius

5:12-cv-01000 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2012

Case Ongoing

On Sept. 12, 2012, a family of evangelical Christian business owners filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma under the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA"), and the Administrative Procedures Act ("APA"), against the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, asked the court for both declaratory and injunctive relie…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Tuyizere v. Utica City School District Board of Education

6:15-cv-00488 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: April 27, 2015

Case Ongoing

In early 2015, six refugees filed this class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York (Judge David Hurd). The plaintiffs sued the Utica School District under the Declaratory Relief Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202, claiming violations of the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C § 1703; Section 601 of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.; New York Education Law § 3202(1); the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection C…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council v. Freeman

1:05-cv-03286 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2005

On December 20, 2005, the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council filed suit in the Superior Court of Fulton County Georgia to prevent the Fulton County Sheriff, Myron Freeman, from transferring inmates from the Fulton County Jail to distant locations. The case was removed by Sheriff Freeman from state court to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on December 27, 2005. Upon removal, the Freeman case was consolidated with Harper v . Bennett, et al, No . 04-CV-1416-MHS (…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. MICRO ENCODER INC

2:04-cv-02065 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2004

Closed Date: Jan. 25, 2008

In September 2004, the Seattle District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Micro Encoder, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington alleging discrimination on the basis of age in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant refused to hire the charging party, a qualified individual who was fifty years old, as an engineer because of his age. After a couple of scheduling orders, the p…