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Aziz v. Trump

1:17-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On January 28, 2017, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs brought the action as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. They simultaneously filed an emergency application for a temporary restraining order (TRO). The plaintiffs were 50 to 60 lawful permanent residen…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
Dr. A v. Hochul

1:21-cv-01009 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

Several healthcare workers in New York brought this suit to enjoin the state of New York from enforcing its vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. The healthcare workers filed their suit on September 13, 2021 in the Northern District of the U.S. District Court. They were represented by the Thomas More Society. Because the vaccine mandate did not allow religious exemptions, the health care workers alleged violations of the Free Exercise Clause, the Supremacy Clause, and the Equal Protection Cla…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Haitian Bridge Alliance v. Biden

1:21-cv-03317 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2021

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2021, Haitian asylum seekers brought this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The named plaintiffs, along with putative class of 15,000 Haitian asylum seekers, had set up a makeshift encampment on the U.S. border while they sought the opportunity to make their case for asylum. U.S. officials distributed bread and water to the asylum seekers, but the plaintiffs alleged these provisions were not enough to keep them alive. The asylum seeker…
POLICING
Crane v. Fort Wayne

1:20-cv-00240 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: June 26, 2020

Case Ongoing

On June 26, 2020, three individuals filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. The suit arose out of the protests that swept the nation following the police killing of George Floyd in May of 2020. The suit alleged that Fort Wayne Police Officers used chemical weapons, flash bang grenades, and rubber bullets on individuals peacefully protesting. They brought suit against the City of Fort Wayne and the Allen County Sheriff, arguing that these actions const…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Di Genova-Chang v. Ducey

4:20-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

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 09/05/2020, Citing multiple federal laws (Public Health & Welfare, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Help America Vote Act 2002, National Voter Registration Act of 1993; Voting Accessibility for the Elderly & Handicapped Act of 1984), Plaintiff (Arizona resident) filed suit against Arizona's Governor and the St…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hawaii v. Trump

1:17-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 2, 2018

The below summary is a condensed version. The full summary can be found here on the Clearinghouse website. Hawaii Attorney General Douglas S. Chin filed this lawsuit on February 3, 2017 against President Trump’s Jan. 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants, visitors, and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a concurrent complaint and motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. Distr…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arizona v. Mayorkas

2:21-cv-00617 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 11, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about governmental environmental impact surveys prior to immigration policy changes. On April 11, 2021, the State of Arizona filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Arizona sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the APA. Represented by the Attorney General of Arizona, the plaintiff sought injunctive and declaratory relief. Specifically, the plaintiff …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hudson v. Maloney

1:01-cv-12145 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2001

Case Ongoing

This action began with a pro se complaint filed in 2001 by prison inmates in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Correction (the "DOC"). The plaintiffs brought the action against the Commissioner of DOC and other DOC defendants under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Boston Division. The plaintiffs were Muslims and members of the Nation of Islam. They alleged that the defendants had interfered with their right to freely exercise their reli…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Brown v. Warren

1:20-cv-07907 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 26, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This putative class action was filed pro se by eight inmates in the Cumberland County Correctional Facility on June 26, 2020. The plaintiffs were later appointed legal counsel and, in an amended complaint, sought safety and testing remedies in light of COVID-19. The parties later agreed on the appointment of a Special Master. As of October 2021, the Special Master has filed two reports and recommendations regarding the jail's COVID-19 testing procedures and cleaning supplies. …
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Soos v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-00651 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: June 10, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 summary: On June 10, two Catholic priests and three Orthodox Jews filed this lawsuit against the city and state of New York, alleging that by allowing protests while prohibiting worship, they discriminated against people of faith and violating their constitutional rights. They sought declaratory relief, a temporary restraining order (TRO), a preliminary injunction, and a final injunction prohibiting the defendants from enforcing limitations on worship services. The court denied the TRO…