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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Graveline v. Johnson

2:18-cv-12354 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: July 27, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2021

This case related to whether Michigan's signature requirement for a candidate to be placed on the ballot was constitutional in that they were narrowly tailored to serve a state interest.  On July 27, 2018, a no-party-affiliation candidate for the office of Michigan Attorney General and supportive voters filed a complaint against the Secretary State of Michigan and the Michigan Bureau of Elections. The Complaint alleged that an early candidate filing deadline and a requirement that submission of…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Contreras v. Illinois State Board of Elections

1:21-cv-03139 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 10, 2021

Closed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

This lawsuit was filed on June 10, 2021, by Latino and Latina voters against the state of Illinois, the Illinois State Board of Elections, the State Senate, and the State House of Representatives alleging that the new legislative districts under a redistricting plan adopted in June 2021 resulted in equal protection violations in the form of malapportionment. A similar lawsuit was also brought around the same time by an Illinois State Senator, McConchie v. Illinois State Board of Elections, and …
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…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Taylor v. Wexford Health Sources, Incorporated

2:23-cv-00475 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: July 7, 2023

Closed Date: Aug. 30, 2024

This case concerns access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for incarcerated individuals. On July 7, 2023, the plaintiff, who had an imminent criminal sentencing scheduled, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia against Wexford, the for-profit medical provider for all regional jails and state prisons in West Virginia, and the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR). Represented by Mountain State Jus…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Common Cause Georgia v. Kemp

1:18-cv-05102 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2018

Closed Date: May 29, 2020

This is a case about Georgia's alleged insecure storage of voter information. Plaintiff, a non-partisan lobbying group, filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State of Georgia in the U.S. District Court for the North District of Georgia on November 5, 2018, that alleged that information in the voter registration server is vulnerable to multiple security breaches and exploitable by manipulation of voter data. The server is used at polls to determine whether voters are eligible to vote. Plainti…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Dwight v. Kemp

1:18-cv-02869 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 13, 2018

Closed Date: April 14, 2020

This is a case about a challenge to Georgia's congressional redistricting plan. In 2011, the Georgia General Assembly passed a congressional redistricting plan that plaintiffs alleged was for the purpose of ensuring that the increasing minority population did not translate into minority voting power or political influence. On June 13, 2018, four African American Georgian voters filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division against the Georgia S…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Grayeyes v. Cox

4:18-cv-00041 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: June 20, 2018

Closed Date: Nov. 7, 2018

This case involved allegations that Defendants in their capacity as state officials had wrongfully denied Plaintiff access to the ballot as a candidate in a county election. Plaintiff sought an injunction to be included on the ballot for County Commissioner. Plaintiff was a member of Navajo Nation in San Juan County, Utah where he lived and operated a business. Plaintiff was a registered voter and voted in San Juan County elections for at least 18 years. Defendants claimed that Plaintiff was no…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Harness v. Hosemann

3:17-cv-00791 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 30, 2023

This is a case about the felony disenfranchisement provision of Mississippi’s Constitution, which was enacted in 1890 and strips the right to vote for life from anyone convicted of certain crimes. On 28 September 2017, Black citizens of Mississippi with past felony convictions brought an action against Mississippi's Secretary of State. The claim was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The complaint argued that the disqualifying crimes in the felony disenfr…
POLICING
Abay v. Denver

1:20-cv-01616 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 4, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2023

This class-action suit was brought in Colorado state court on June 4, 2020. That same day, the case was removed by the defendants to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint was filed in response to police tactics used against protesters in Denver following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. Plaintiffs were individuals who participated in, observed, or wanted to participate in or observe the protests; they were represented by private counsel. The c…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP v. North Carolina State Board of Electors

1:16-cv-01274 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2016

Closed Date: Dec. 20, 2019

This is a case about the en mass cancelation of voter registrations by local boards of elections in North Carolina prior to the November 8, 2016 election. Shortly before the federal general election in 2016, boards of elections (BOEs) in at least three North Carolina counties, including Beaufort, Moore, and Cumberland counties, canceled thousands of voters’ registrations based on challenges by private individuals. The private individuals claimed that because a piece of mail was returned as unde…