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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Meriwether v. Hartop

1:18-cv-00753 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2018

Closed Date: April 14, 2022

This lawsuit involves a First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment challenge to disciplinary policies at Shawnee State University. On November 5, 2018, a Shawnee State University philosophy professor sued the following entities and individuals at the University: the Trustees; the Interim President (also the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs); Acting Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences; Chair of the Department of English and Humanities; Title IX Coordinator; Deputy Title IX Coordin…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Doe v. Delaware County

5:22-cv-01405 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 8, 2022

Closed Date: March 5, 2024

This is a case about the exclusion of an inmate from programs due to his HIV positive status.  On April 8, 2022, a named plaintiff, represented by LAMBDA Legal and the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff filed suit against Delaware County, the GEO Group, a private for-profit correctional management company that operates George W. Hill Correctional Facility (GWHC), and multiple staff members at GWHC inclu…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
J.G.G. v. Trump

1:25-cv-00766 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport noncitizens without due process. You can see all of the cases here. This case challenged the Trump Administration’s authority to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to circumvent removal procedures and order the immediate removal of Venezuelan nationals from the United States. On March 15, 2025, five detained Venezuelan nationals filed this class action lawsuit in the District …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Dunsmore v. State of California

3:20-cv-00406 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: March 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit alleged that the San Diego County Jail denied proper health accommodations to detainees. On March 2, 2020, a jail detainee filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The plaintiff sued the State of California, San Diego County, the San Diego Sheriff's Department, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the San Diego County Sheriff, and the Attorney General of California. Proceeding pro se and in forma pau…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Pars Equality Center v. Pompeo

18-cv-07818 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 31, 2018

Case Ongoing

On July 31, 2018, two nonprofit organizations and fifteen individuals filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, challenging the Trump Administration's implementation of the waiver provision of the Travel Ban (Presidential Proclamation No. 9645). The Travel Ban indefinitely banned millions of nationals of five Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. Pars Equality Center and OneAmerica are immigrant and refugee advocacy o…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Abrego Garcia v. Noem

8:25-cv-00951 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 24, 2025

Case Ongoing

On March 15, 2025, as reported by several news outlets, the second Trump administration deported almost 300 noncitizens—mostly Venezuelan nationals and some Salvadoran nationals—to El Salvador without going through any legal process in front of an immigration judge. Upon arrival, they were sent to the country’s mega-prison, the Terrorism Confinement Center or CECOT. This lawsuit challenged the deportation of one of the Salvadoran nationals, who had actually won protection from removal several y…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Hernandez v. Houston

4:16-cv-03577 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2016

Closed Date: Dec. 20, 2024

This is a case about Houston police arresting individuals without warrants and detaining them without probable cause. On December 5, 2016, two plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiffs on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated sued the City of Houston under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Represented by private counsel and th…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Climate United Fund v. Citibank

1:25-cv-00698 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the freezing of federal grant funds meant for green infrastructure projects. Plaintiffs, the Climate United Fund, a non profit financial institution, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The case was assigned to Judge Tanya S. Chutkan. The plaintiffs named Citibank, N.A., the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the EPA Administrator as the defendants. Climate United sought injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming t…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Scott v. Tom Schedler

2:11-cv-00926 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 19, 2011

Closed Date: Oct. 22, 2013

This is a case about voting access for individuals who registered through public assistance agencies in Louisiana.  On April 19, 2011, a Louisiana voter and the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP brought this action for injunctive relief under the National Voter Registration Act against the Defendants Louisiana Secretary of State, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, and the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. The plaintiffs alleged that Defendants engaged in sys…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Baker

3:18-cv-02078 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: July 27, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case arose after South Carolina cut Planned Parenthood's Medicaid funding because Planned Parenthood provides abortions outside of what is funded by Medicaid.  In May, 2018, South Carolina's Governor ordered the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to terminate Planned Parenthood's status as a qualified Medicaid provider. On July 27, 2018, Planned Parenthood of South Atlantic filed suit against Joshua Baker in his official capacity as South Carolina's Director of Health a…