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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. State of Arizona

2:22-cv-01124 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: July 5, 2022

On July 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against the State of Arizona challenging voting restrictions imposed by Arizona House Bill 2492 (2022), a recently-enacted law set to take effect in January 2023. The United States’ complaint challenged provisions of House Bill 2492 under Section 6 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) and Section 101 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The lawsuit alleged that …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry

204-8-265 | No Court

This investigation concerns allegations of discrimination against incarcerated persons with vision disabilities by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR). On July 19, 2023, the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued the findings of its investigation under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in a letter to the General Counsel of the ADCRR. The DOJ’s inquiry was sparked by …
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Lighthiser v. Trump

2:25-cv-00054 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: May 29, 2025

This case challenged Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy,” Executive Order 14156, “Declaring a National Energy Emergency,” and Executive Order 14261, “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241,” issued by President Donald Trump. On May 29, 2025, twenty-two citizens from or residing in Montana filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Montana against President Donald Trump, the United States, and seve…

Judgment for Defendant

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Pennington v. Taylor

2:19-cv-00695 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2019

On September 19, 2019, attorneys from the Juvenile Law Center and Southern Poverty Law Center––representing plaintiffs who, as children, were tried and convicted as adults––filed this lawsuit against Alabama's Attorney General, the Secretary of Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, and others in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Plaintiffs alleged that the state's Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act (SORNA) was an unconstitutional violation of the Eighth…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Blue v. Lockhart

5:84-cv-00551 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 1984

Closed Date: March 27, 2024

On December 5, 1984, a prisoner at the Jefferson County Jail in Arkansas filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Arkansas Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, alleging that prison officials had violated his constitutional right to free exercise of his religion. The parties entered into a consent decree. On April 16, 1992 the plaintiff asked the court to hold the defendants in contempt, claiming that they had violated the consent d…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
The City of New York v. Trump

1:25-cv-01510 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s reversal of previously approved federal emergency shelter funding to the City of New York and the termination of the underlying grant program. On February 21, 2025, the City of New York filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against President Donald Trump, FEMA, DHS, the Treasury Department, and associated officials. The case was assigned to Judge Jennifer H. Rearden. The lawsuit arose out of FEMA’s She…

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

POLICING
State of Illinois v. Noem

1:25-cv-00495 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) decision to reduce grant award amounts to at least eight states. The plaintiff states allege the Administration reduced these awards because they refused to deploy their local law enforcement to assist in enforcing federal immigration laws.  On September 29, 2025, 11 states and Washington DC sued DHS and FEMA regarding cuts that dramatically reduced their grant aw…

Case Is Ongoing

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

6:25-cv-01748 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) threat to revoke funding for sex education programs that include gender ideology.   On September 26, 2025, a group of 16 states and Washington DC sued HHS for revoking or threatening to revoke funds provided under two programs for adolescent sex education. The two programs, the Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) and Title V Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program (SRAE), provide funding to…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
United States v. Simon

0:25-cv-03761 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2025

Filed on September 25, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota before District Judge Katherine M. Menendez, United States v. Simon is one of six parallel enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, against state election officials in California, New Hampshire, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota. Collectively, these suits allege that the defendant states failed to comply with federal requirements for voter list mainten…

Case Is Ongoing

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Hayes v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 30, 2021

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2024

After the Coronavirus pandemic emerged in early 2020, the US Federal Government mobilized to bolster the US economy by creating advanced tax credits, also known as stimulus payments. While Congress explicitly stated the eligibility of incarcerated folks for these stimulus payments, the State of Arkansas passed an act—Act 1110—on April 26, 2021, which allowed Arkansas’ Department of Corrections (ADC) to seize any "federal relief or stimulus funds" from people in its custody. This act prevented a…