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PRISON CONDITIONS
Rose v. Jividen

5:22-cv-00405 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Sept. 21, 2022

Case Ongoing

On September 21, 2022, two men, one currently and one formerly incarcerated in Southern Regional Jail (SRJ), filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. They sought to represent a class of individuals imprisoned in SRJ facilities, which house both pre-trial individuals and those who have received their sentences. They sued the former commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitations (WVDOC), the form…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights NC v. Rummage

1:21-cv-00220 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: March 19, 2021

Closed Date: April 19, 2021

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority for police investigation records. On March 19, 2021, Disability Rights North Carolina filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Disability Rights North Carolina alleged that the Chief of the Lexington Police Department, acting in his official capacity, violated the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) when the Department refused t…
POLICING
United States v. Puerto Rico

3:12-cv-02039 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2012

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2012, after a thorough investigation, the United States, represented by the Department of Justice (DOJ), filed suit against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its police department pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141. The Government alleged that the Puerto Rico Police Bureau (PRPB) violated the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments by engaging in unlawful patterns and practices. Filed along with the complaint was a joint m…
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

Closed Date: Aug. 16, 2021

As part of New York’s ban on gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance at houses of worship and outdoor religious gatherings was strictly limited. In June 2020, state and city officials allowed mass gatherings protesting the death of George Floyd, but continued to actively enforce prohibitions against congregational worship. On June 10, 2020, two Catholic priests and three Orthodox Jews filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. They alleged that Gove…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Johnson v. City of Annapolis

1:21-cv-01120 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 7, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case regards disparate treatment in the handling of housing inspections in Annapolis public housing. On May 7, 2021, two plaintiffs on behalf of a proposed class (every tenant in Annapolis public housing who is similarly situated), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, with Judge Catherine C. Blake presiding. The plaintiffs sued the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis for violations of the Housing Rights Act, Civil Rights Act, and the Equal Prot…
POLICING
Shaw v. Schulte

6:19-cv-01343 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case involved an alleged unconstitutional policy of the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) whereby they stopped motorists with out of state plates who were driving the I-70 corridor to or from the state of Colorado. On December 19, 2019, the three named plaintiffs on behalf of a class filed this lawsuit pro se in the District of Kansas. The plaintiffs sued the Kansas Highway Patrol superintendent and two named officers in their official capacity for the alleged unconstitutional stops and seizures…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
King v. City of Colorado Springs

1:19-cv-00829 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: March 20, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 2019

In February 2016, two individuals with mobility disabilities notified the City of Colorado Springs that the City’s policy regarding pedestrian right-of-ways discriminated against people with disabilities by denying them access to the right-of-ways and other public programs and services accessible through the right-of-ways. On August 4, 2016, the plaintiffs and the City entered into a structured negotiations agreement that tolled the statute of limitations on the plaintiffs’ claims. The parties …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Libertarian Party of Illinois v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-02112 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: July 8, 2021

This case was about Illinois election law (candidate nomination and signature gathering procedures) during the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 election. The Libertarian Party of Illinois, the Green Party of Illinois, and several independent candidates filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on April 2, 2020. Defendants were various members of the Illinois State Board of Elections. Plaintiffs challenged signature-gathering requirements for ballot qualification duri…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
United States v. Park National Bank

2:23-cv-00822 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”). On February 28, 2023, Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against Park National Bank (“PNB”). The complaint was filed following an investigation done as part of the DOJ’s Combating Redlining Initiative started in October of 2021.  The U.S. sought to remedy PNB’s alleged discriminatory practices in mortga…
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

Closed Date: Feb. 6, 2023

On April 11, 2021, the State of Arizona filed suit 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 Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Arizona sought injunctive and declaratory relief. Specifically, Arizona claimed that the federal defendants should have complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and APA by completing environm…