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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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rutherford v. Block

2:75-cv-04111 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 1975

On February 9, 1975, prisoners represented by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the practices and conditions of confinement at the Los Angeles County Central Jail (the "Jail"). On December 31, 1975, the District Court certified the class.Following a 17 day trial on the matter and unannounced jail inspections by the Court, the District Court (Judge William P. Gray) entered an orde…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Paher v. Cegavske

3:20-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 21, 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 September 7, 2020, Plaintiffs claim that a universal mail voting plan violates the right to vote (1st and 14th Amendments). They further claim that the plan violates the Purcell principle, violates Article I, § 4 of the Constitution, and violates Article IV, § 4 as well as the Nevada Constitution. State constitutional clai…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.R. v. Connecticut State Board of Education

3:16-cv-01197 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 15, 2016

Case Ongoing

Under state law, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-76d(b), Connecticut was required to provide education to individuals with disabilities only until they attained a high school diploma or turned 21, whichever occurred first. No comparable Connecticut law or regulation imposed a maximum age limit for entitlement to public education for non-special education students. In this case, the named plaintiff – a 22-year-old with a developmental disability, acting through his mother – filed a class action suit on be…
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…
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

Petitioners in this class action/habeas petition are Iraqi nationals—many, perhaps most, Chaldean Christian—who have resided in the United States for many years. They have 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. In early 2017, political negotiation by the Trump administration with Iraq (related to Iraq's desire to be taken off the Trump Executive Order travel-ban list) led to Iraq’s agreeme…
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…
CHILD WELFARE
Charlie and Nadine H. v. Corzine

2:99-cv-03678 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1999

Case Ongoing

On August 4, 1999, a group of children in the legal and/or physical custody of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and DYFS in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented in part by Children's Rights, Inc., the plaintiffs alleged that DYFS failed to protect them from abuse, failed to provide them with services such as medical care, and failed to provide DYFS caseworkers with adequate resources and…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hicklin v. Precynthe

4:16-cv-01357 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 22, 2016, a 37-year-old transgender woman incarcerated in the Potosi Correctional Center filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiff sued the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) and Corizon LLC, the contracted medical provider for MDOC, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by Lambda Legal, she sought injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming violations of the Eighth Amendment’s Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause. Judge Noel…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
In re Bolas and Morales

2:11-bk-17831 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2011

Case Ongoing

Debtors are a legally married same-sex couple in California. They filed a joint petition for relief under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code on February 24, 2011, and the U.S. Trustee moved to dismiss, arguing that their marriage should not be recognized by the court because of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In an opinion signed by 20 judges, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Central District of California held on June 13, 2011, that DOMA could not survive heightened scrutiny under t…