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Stinnie v. Holcomb

3:16-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 6, 2016

Case Ongoing

On July 6, 2016, indigent Virginia residents brought this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia after suffering indefinite suspension of their driver's licenses pursuant to Virginia Code § 46.2-395 for failure to pay court costs and fines that they could not afford. The plaintiffs sued the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private attorneys, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive reli…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Lo v. County of Siskiyou

2:21-cv-00999 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: June 4, 2021

Case Ongoing

On June 4, 2021, six Hmong residents of Siskiyou County, California, represented by private counsel, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The case was assigned to Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller and Magistrate Judge Dennis M. Cota. The plaintiffs sued Siskiyou County, its sheriff, its county counsel, and its board members under 42 USC §1983 for violations of the Fourth Amendment's seizure clause and Fourteenth Amendment's equal …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. v. Cameron

3:22-cv-00198 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 14, 2022

Case Ongoing

Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana and Kentucky (Planned Parenthood) filed this suit on April 14, 2022 in the Western District of Kentucky in response to the enactment of the Humanity in Healthcare Act of 2022 (the Act) on April 13. The Act imposed significant restrictions on abortion providers, including imposing vast reporting requirements and banning all abortions after fifteen weeks, with very narrow exceptions. Under the Act, providers risked significant fines and …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Singleton v. Taylor

2:20-cv-00099 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2020

Case Ongoing

On February 12, 2020, the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU, and National Law Center of Homelessness & Poverty filed suit against the City of Montgomery, the Sheriff of Montgomery County, and the Secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The case was assigned to Judge Andrew L. Brasher. The plaintiffs were three Montgomery residents experiencing homelessness, on behalf of themselves and a class of those similarly situ…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pritchard v. County of Erie

1:04-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: July 21, 2004

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

On October 31, 2003, three plaintiffs represented by private attorneys with law firms in New York and Washington, D.C., filed this class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. They alleged that the Erie County Sheriff's Department had an unconstitutional blanket policy and/or practice of strip searching all individuals who entered either the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) or the Erie County Correctional Facili…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Trump

2:17-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 7, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2022

This class action challenged President Trump's January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) which prohibited admission to the US for nationals of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The plaintiffs commenced this lawsuit on February 7, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Washington and private counsel. On November 29, 2017, this case was consolidated with Jewish Family Service of Seattle v. Trump, No…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Wagafe v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

2:17-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit challenges President Trump's January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO) suspending entry into the United States of citizens or nationals of Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, and Libya. This case also challenges the government's Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program (CARRP), alleging it was a precursor to the EO's "extreme vetting" of Muslims, and chronicled the government's attempts to resist disclosure of documents about this program. The original complaint was f…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
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…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Washington & Minnesota v. Trump

2:17-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 9, 2018

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed this federal lawsuit on January 30, 2017 against President Trump’s January 27, 2017, Executive Order (EO-1) barring legal immigrants and refugees from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S. and barring Syrian refugees indefinitely. The State filed a complaint and an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The State of Minnesota also signed on as a plaintif…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Arizona Incorporated v. Betlach

2:12-cv-01533 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: July 16, 2012

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2013

This is a case challenging a 2012 Arizona abortion law. In 1980, Congress barred the use of Medicaid funds for elective abortions, but medical providers who offered elective abortions were still eligible to receive Medicaid reimbursement for other healthcare services. However, on May 4, 2012, the Arizona governor signed Arizona Assembly HB 2800 into law, making providers that conducted elective abortion procedures ineligible to receive Medicaid reimbursements for any healthcare services. Arizon…