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Adams v. The School Board of St. Johns County, Florida

3:17-cv-00739 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: June 28, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case involves the practice of separating school bathrooms based on biological sex. On June 28, 2017, a transgender student, who identified as male, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The student, a minor, sued the School Board and Superintendent of Schools of St. Johns County, Florida, as well as the principal of Allen D. Nease High School, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by Lambda Legal and private counsel, the student sought a declarator…
POLICING
Melendres v. Arpaio

2:07-cv-02513 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

Case Ongoing

On December 12, 2007, a group of plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), as well as Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs sought to represent a class of Latino persons who have been or will be stopped, detained, interrogated, or searched by the Sheriff or his agents in moving or parked vehicles in Maricopa County. They alleged claims under the Fourth Amendment (search a…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee

3:17-cv-00404 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 27, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2020

This case challenged a series of 2001 Louisiana laws, including the Outpatient Abortion Facility Licensing Law (OAFLL), that attempted to shutter abortion clinics in the state by imposing more than 1,000 allegedly medically unnecessary requirements that applied only to abortion providers––including inspections of their facilities. On June 27, 2017, the Center for Reproductive Rights filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana on behalf of June Medical Serv…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.A. v. Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

2:16-cv-14214 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2016

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

A student plaintiff appealed an unfavorable Due Process Hearing related to alleged IDEA violations to Federal Court on December 1, 2016  The case was assigned to Judge Sean F. Cox.  The lawsuit alleged that the district denied the student a free appropriate public education (“FAPE”) in the least restrictive environment (“LRE”), as mandated by the IDEA, 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(5) and also asserted that the District violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12182, …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Miller v. Vilsack

4:21-cv-00595 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 26, 2021

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2022

This case is one of several challenging the American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) classification of “socially disadvantaged groups.” A white rancher from Texas filed a putative class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Fort Worth) on April 26, 2021. The sole defendant was the secretary of the USDA. The plaintiff challenged Sections 1005 and 1006 of the ARP. These sections provided loan forgiveness to farmers and ranc…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
National Federation of the Blind v. Lamone

1:14-cv-01631 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 19, 2014

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2016

The State of Maryland developed an online ballot marking tool, which was used in the 2012 election, and modified to be more accessible for people with disabilities with the input of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). By 2014, however, in response to concerns about the security of this method, the legislature passed a requirement that such tools must be certified by the Board of Elections, which the Board failed to do. This left Maryland voters with disabilities without an accessible me…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Arizona Incorporated v. Brnovich

2:15-cv-01022 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 4, 2015

Closed Date: May 8, 2020

This is a case about abortion providers and physicians challenging the constitutionality of a provision within Arizona's S.B. 1318 (the “Act”). On June 4, 2015, Planned Parenthood of Arizona, alongside a private physician practice and two board-certified obstetricians and gynecologists, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, seeking a declaratory judgment and preliminary injunctive relief on behalf of themselves and their patients. The plaintiffs sue…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Stephen C. v. Bureau of Indian Education

3:17-cv-08004 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

Case Ongoing

On January 23, 2017, several former and current students at Havasupai Elementary School, a Bureau of Indian Education school located on the Havasupai Reservation in Arizona, and Native American Disability Law Center (“NADLC”), filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona alleging that they were denied educational opportunities guaranteed to them by federal law. The plaintiffs, who proceeded individually, were represented by attorneys from NADLC, Public Counsel, the ACLU…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Riggleman v. Clarke

5:17-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 26, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 27, 2017, an prisoner in the custody of the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, against VDOC's Director and its Chief Medical Director in their official and personal capacities. Plaintiff, who had Hepatitis C, claimed that VDOC knowingly refused him medical care for his disease and this refusal violated the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause and the state constitution. Plaint…