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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hamama v. Adducci

2:17-cv-11910 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 15, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case concerns a habeas petition and the due process rights of detained Iraqi Americans facing deportation to Iraq. Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition were Iraqi nationals, including many Chaldean Christians, who had resided in the United States for many years. They had been subject to final orders of removal for years, but the U.S. government permitted them to reside in the community under orders of supervision. After the Trump Administration negotiated with Iraq in early 201…
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

Closed Date: Feb. 20, 2024

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…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Flores v. Town of Islip

2:18-cv-03549 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 18, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2020

This case alleged that the town of Islip, New York's election scheme unconstitutionally diluted the strength of the Latino vote.  On June 18, 2018, Latino voters and a New York-based voting rights group sued the town of Islip, New York; the Islip Town Board; and the Suffolk County Board of Elections in the Eastern District of New York. Plaintiffs claimed that the city's at-large election scheme had the effect of impairing Islip’s minority Latino voters right to an equal opportunity to participa…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States of America v. State of New York

1:10-cv-01214 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2010

Case Ongoing

This is a case about US citizens' right to vote while overseas. This action was brought on October 12, 2010 by the Attorney General of the United States (“Attorney General”) on behalf of the United States pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (“UOCAVA”) against the State of New York. UOCAVA requires states to transmit validly requested ballots to UOCAVA voters not later than 45 days before any federal election. The Attorney General alleged that at least nine New Yo…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Bellitto v. Snipes

0:16-cv-61474 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 27, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 20, 2019

This is a case about conducting reasonable voter list maintenance for elections and producing records and data related to those efforts. On June 27, 2016, a registered voter in Broward County and member of the American Civil Rights Union, Inc., (ACRU), and the ACRU filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Fort Lauderdale Division. The case was assigned to Judge Beth Bloom. The Plaintiffs sued the Supervisor of Elections of Broward County, Flori…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Galvan v. Pablos

7:18-cv-00113 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 11, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 12, 2023

This case involved allegations that Texas’s law surrounding rejection of mail-in ballots violated federal constitutional rights. Two unsuccessful candidates for public office filed suit initially in District Court of Starr County, Texas, on April 11, 2018. Defendants included Texas Secretary of State, presiding judge of the Early Voting Ballot Board (EVBB) for Starr County, and four members of the EVBB for Starr County. Plaintiffs alleged that Texas’s statutory framework for rejection of mail-i…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters of Florida Inc. v. Lee

4:18-cv-00251 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 22, 2018

Closed Date: April 9, 2020

This case is about a directive issued by the Florida Secretary of State (the “2014 Directive”), which prohibited the use of Florida public university and college campuses as early voting polling locations. In 2013, the Florida state legislature revised its early voting law to give supervisors of elections the power to designate “any . . . fairground, civic center, courthouse, county commission building, stadium, convention center, government-owned senior center, or government-owned community ce…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Brandt v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00450 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: May 25, 2021

Case Ongoing

On April 6, 2021, the Arkansas legislature passed H.B. 1570 — the "Save Adolescents from Experimentation” (SAFE) Act — over the governor’s veto. The Safe Act banned healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures, including puberty blockers and hormones, to anyone under 18 or from referring anyone under 18 to any healthcare professional for such procedures. Additionally, the SAFE Act prohibited coverage of gender transition procedures for minors by Medicaid or private insur…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Castanon v. United States of America

1:18-cv-02545 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 18, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2021

This case concerns federal legislative representation of Washington, D.C. residents. On November 5, 2018, individual residents of Washington, D.C. filed this lawsuit in United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the House of Representatives and the United States Senate claiming violations of their rights under the First, Fifth and Fourteenth amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Represented by private counsel of Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP, the plaintiffs …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Davis v. Wayne County Board of Canvassers

2:20-cv-12127 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2021

This is a case about voters challenging an incumbent's inclusion on the primary election for the office of Wayne County Prosecutor.   On August 7, 2020, registered voters from Wayne County filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The case was overseen by Judge Nancy G. Edmunds. The plaintiffs' sued Wayne County's Board of Canvassers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. Represented by private counsel, plaintiffs sou…