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POLICING
United States v. City of Ferguson

4:16-cv-00180 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, a majority-Black city in the St. Louis metro area. The shooting sparked nationwide protests and attention to police use of force and police relations Black residents. The Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri, brought the case in front of a grand jury to determine whether there was probable cause to indict Wilson for his actions. But on Novem…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
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…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY) v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:20-cv-11297 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is about a regulation promulgated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) affecting protections against discrimination in healthcare on the basis of sex. In 2010, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to increase the number of Americans with health insurance and to decrease the cost of healthcare. One provision in the law, Section 1557, aimed to protect against various forms of discrimination in healthcare and health insurance, including discrimination on the…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Reed-Veal v. Encinia

4:15-cv-02232 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2015

Closed Date: Nov. 1, 2016

This is the litigation that came out of the death of Sandra Bland in jail in Waller County after a routine traffic stop led to her arrest. Although the Clearinghouse does not focus on damage actions like this one, because of the widespread interest in this case, we've posted the key documents in the case for use by the public. On August 4, 2015, the mother of Sandra Bland filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued the Texas Department of…
CHILD WELFARE
D.S. v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families

2:21-cv-00113 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2022

This is a case about the treatment of children in the care of the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) with behavioral health and/or developmental disabilities. On January 28th, 2021, three children under the care of DCYF brought a class-action suit along with Disability Rights Washington against DCYF in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The case was assigned to Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. Disability Rights Washington argued …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
M.C. v. Los Angeles Unified School District

2:20-cv-09127 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

Student plaintiff filed a lawsuit on October 5, 2020 against the California Department of Education (CDE) claiming disability discrimination against students who require special education services during the summer period, or extended school year (“ESY”). The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and assigned to District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall and Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick. Plaintiff alleged violations of a state regulation, Cal. Code of Reg…
CHILD WELFARE
M.B. v. Colyer

2:18-cv-02617 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

In 2018, children in the Kansas foster care system filed a class-action suit against the Governor of Kansas, the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF), the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. The named plaintiffs allegedly experienced great hardship while involved in the Kansas foster care system, including dozens or even hundreds of moves, night-to-night changes, and starkly inadequate mental and behavioral diagn…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Pernell v. Florida Board of Governors of the State University System

4:22-cv-00304 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2022

Case Ongoing

A group of Florida educators and students, including a constitutional law professor and several professors of race and gender studies, filed this complaint against Florida and various Boards of Governors, trustees, and commissioners of Florida public colleges and universities. Plaintiffs filed suit on August 18, 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee Division, and were represented by the ACLU, ACLU of Florida, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and a private la…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Deanda v. Becerra

2:20-cv-00092 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about minors' confidential access to contraception through the federally-funded Title X program. On April 10, 2020, a parent filed this lawsuit in the Amarillo Division of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas before District Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk. The suit named as defendants the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs for the United States. Represented by attorneys at The Filmore Law Fir…