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PRISON CONDITIONS
Balla v. Board of Corrections

1:81-cv-01165 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: May 15, 1981

On May 15, 1981, a prisoner at the Idaho State Correctional Institution ("ISCI") filed a class action lawsuit against the Idaho State Board of Corrections in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho alleging Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as well as numerous state claims. The allegations included: (1) the prison was overcrowded and understaffed, increasing the likelihood of violence; (2) the classification system at the prison, which p…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Turkmen v. Ashcroft

1:02-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: April 17, 2002

Turkmen v. Ashcroft, also known as Ziglar v. Abbasi, is one of two related actions filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York by plaintiffs who were investigated and detained for suspected terrorist ties in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. It was filed on April 17, 2002 as a class-action lawsuit, but the class was never certified. The case was assigned to Judge John Gleeson. (The related case, Elmaghraby v. Ashcroft (later Ashcroft v. Iqbal), was also assigned to Judge …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

3:01-cv-02252 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 8, 2001

Closed Date: 2016

On June 8, 2001, a female Wal-Mart employee filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against her employer claiming gender discrimination. Although the original complaint was filed pro se, on June 19, 2001, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint with counsel. Dozens of lawyers have worked on this case, but the lead counsel is Brad Seligman of the Impact Fund, a nonprofit advocacy group. Plaintiffs filed their third amended complaint on…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Perez-Farias v. Global Horizons, Inc.

2:05-cv-03061 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: July 12, 2005

Closed Date: 2014

On July 12, 2005, three U.S. orchard workers from Yakima Valley who had been denied or terminated from agricultural employment, brought this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Represented by Columbia Legal Services and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued Global Horizons, Green Acre Farms, Platte River Insurance Company, and Valley Fruit Orchards, under the Migrants and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. § 1801), the Farm…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
McClain v. Lufkin Industries

9:97-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1997

Closed Date: 2014

On February 26, 1997, African American employees of Lufkin Industries filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act against their employer. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought declaratory and equitable relief, attorneys' fees and costs, an injunction, and any other appropriate equitable relief. The plaintiffs claimed that they were discriminated against…
POLICING
Floyd v. City of New York

1:08-cv-01034 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2008

This is one of four ongoing cases challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" program. See Ligon v. City of New York; Daniels v. City of New York; Davis v. City of New York. On January 31, 2008, four African-American men who had been stopped and frisked in the City of New York brought this class § 1983 suit against the City in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rig…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Lippert v. Godinez

1:10-cv-04603 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 23, 2010

On July 23, 2010, a prisoner at Stateville Correction Center filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff sued Wexford Health Services and the Illinois Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, representing himself pro se, asked the court for monetary damages and injunctive relief. The plaintiff claimed that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his medical needs resulting from Type 1 Diabetes, viola…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dockery v. Epps

3:13-cv-00326 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: May 30, 2013

On May 30, 2013, prisoners in the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The plaintiffs sued the Mississippi Department of Corrections commissioner, deputy commissioner, and chief medical officer in their official capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the ACLU National Prison Project and the Southern Poverty Law Center, asked the court for declar…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters v. Lee

4:21-cv-00242 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 6, 2021

Four lawsuits were filed in the District Court for the Northern District of Florida challenging 2021 Florida Senate Bill 90 (SB 90), an omnibus bill that significantly restricted vote-by-mail in the state. The bill also restricted voter registration activity by third-party organizations. Harriet Tubman Freedom Fighters was the fourth lawsuit filed, following League of Women Voters of Florida Inc. v. Lee, Florida State Conference of Branches and Youth Units of the NAACP v. Lee, and Florida Risin…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters of Florida Inc. v. Lee

4:21-cv-00186 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 6, 2021

This is a case about Florida imposing voting restrictions on vote-by-mail procedures following the 2020 election. On May 6, 2021, the League of Women Voters, the Black Voters Matter Fund, the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, and three individual plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the Northern District of Florida. The plaintiffs sued the Florida Secretary of State and Attorney General, as well as the Supervisors of Elections for each of Florida’s 67 counties under the First and Fourteenth A…