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172 cases, 185 documents
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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ms. L. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:18-cv-00428 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

On February 26, 2018, an asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo (Ms. L.) filed this lawsuit and a writ for habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. 2018 WL 1310160. The plaintiff sued the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its parent agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and several other government entities and officials, all under the federal asylum statute and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Repre…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Equality State Policy Center v. Wyoming Secretary of State

1:25-cv-00117 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: May 9, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged a Wyoming state law, HB 156, which imposed new documentary proof of citizenship requirements that allegedly made it harder for eligible citizens to vote. A similar law passed by Kansas in 2011 saw roughly 1 in 8 people excluded from voter registration, despite nearly all of them being citizens; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit struck down that law as unconstitutional. Plaintiff alleged the state of Wyoming imposed an undue burden on the right to vote and that…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Mid-America Milling Company v. U.S. Department of Transportation

3:23-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE). DBE was a legislatively mandated program, established in 1982, that ensured that federally-assisted contracts for highway, transit, and aviation projects were made available to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including women and certain racial and ethnic minority groups. While any small business owner may qualify as soc…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Wood v. Florida Department of Education

4:23-cv-00526 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 2023

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit challenged the constitutionality of a Florida statute that prohibits public school teachers from sharing their personal pronouns or titles with students if those identifiers do not match the sex assigned to them at birth.  On December 13, 2023, three Florida public school teachers filed suit against the Florida Department of Education, the State Board of Education, multiple Florida state officials in their official capacities, and the teachers’ respective employers: Hillsborough Co…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Palmigiano v. Garrahy

1:74-cv-00172 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 16, 1974

Closed Date: Feb. 19, 2014

On 01/11/2007, six inmates in the "awaiting trial" section of the Adult Correctional Institutions of Rhode Island (ACI) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs, represented in part by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated because …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Cousins v. School Board of Orange County

6:22-cv-01312 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: July 25, 2022

Closed Date: Aug. 16, 2023

This is a case challenging Florida's H.B. 1557, commonly known as the "Don't Say Gay" law. The state measure restricts instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. Plaintiffs in this case included students attending Florida schools and their parents, as well as a nonprofit CenterLink that has members, including LGTBQ+ community centers, in various Florida counties. The plaintiffs sued various school boards under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that H.B. 1557 violated the Firs…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

DISABILITY RIGHTS
R. v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

1:17-cv-02332 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the child welfare system in Pennsylvania.  On December 18, 2017, six children with disabilities in Pennsylvania's foster care system filed a putative class action against the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (“PDHS”) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Represented by Disability Rights Pennsylvania, plaintiffs alleged that the state failed to provide children with mental health disabilities with adequate services and support in …
CHILD WELFARE
Katie A. v. Bonta

2:02-cv-05662 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 18, 2002

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed in the Central District of California on July 18, 2002, by the class of children and young adults who (a) are in the custody of Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; (b) have a behavioral, emotional, or psychiatric impairment; and (c) need individualized mental health services. The suit is against County and State agencies for neglecting their responsibilities to provide mental health care services to foster children in California. Plaintiffs soug…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Munday v. Beaufort County

9:20-cv-02144 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit concerning the allegedly unconstitutional manner in which female inmates were searched at the Beaufort County Detention Center (“BCDC”) in Beaufort, South Carolina. Specifically, the lawsuit alleged that between February, 2015 through May, 2020, BCDC had a policy of strip searching all female pre-classification detainees upon entry into the facility, but not similarly-situated male detainees. It was brought by two individual female pre-classification detainees at BCDC who were…

Case Is Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
Caballero v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

9:20-cv-01470 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit alleging that the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) intentionally denied all people with moderate mental health disorders from having the opportunity to complete a program that would have made them eligible for early release.  The plaintiff, a formerly incarcerated individual out on parole, filed a complaint on December 2, 2020 against the DOCCS, alleging that the plaintiff was forced to spend nine extra months in prison be…

Case Is Ongoing