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POLICING
Melendres v. Arpaio

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

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

Case Ongoing

This case concerns racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) in Arizona. On December 12, 2007, Latino motorists filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa, MCSO, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They 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 …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Fant v. City of Ferguson

4:15-cv-00253 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2015

Case Ongoing

On February 8, 2015, persons jailed for failing to pay fines imposed by the City of Ferguson that they could not afford filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. They alleged that (1) the City failed to conduct an inquiry into whether the plaintiffs were able to pay their fines before jailing them, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses; (2) the City failed to provide the plaintiffs with legal counsel during …
PUBLIC HOUSING
Sanders v. HUD

2:88-cv-01261 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 3, 1988

Closed Date: Jan. 28, 2005

In 1988, public housing residents and applicants filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Allegheny County, the Allegheny County Housing Authority (ACHA), and the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (“RAAC”).  The plaintiffs were represented by attorneys from the Neighborhood Legal Services Association of Pittsburgh and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Und…
POLICING
Schiller v. City of New York

1:04-cv-07922 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2004

Closed Date: April 8, 2014

On October 7, 2004, this action was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by individuals who participated in demonstrations in New York City during the Republican National Convention (RNC). The plaintiffs’ complaint sought compensatory damages, attorney’s fees, and to have the actions of the NYPD, in particular the arrest procedure and conditions of detention, declared unlawful. The case was assigned to Judge Kenneth M. Karas. During the convention, the police c…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Freitag v. Ayers

3:00-cv-02278 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 27, 2000

Closed Date: 2010

On June 27, 2000 a former female corrections officer at Pelican Bay State Prison filed a Title VII sexual harassment lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) and several Pelican Bay officials. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, alleging that the CDCR and Pelican Bay had failed to remedy the sexually hostile …