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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Orellana Castaneda v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:17-cv-04267 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: July 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

Undocumented immigrants allege that Suffolk County law enforcement unlawfully detained immigrants past their release dates based on ICE detainers, raising key questions about local enforcement of immigration laws. On July 18, 2017, an undocumented immigrant brought this case against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the County of Suffolk, and the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) in the United States District Court for the …
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 …
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…
POLICING
Asante-Chioke v. Dowdle

2:22-cv-04587 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Nov. 18, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether police officers used excessive force on a Black man experiencing a mental health crisis. The complaint alleged the following facts. On November 21, 2021, local and state police officers in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana responded to an alert that there was a 52-year-old Black man walking along a highway. The man appeared to be visibly distressed and was carrying in his hands what were later identified to be a gun and a knife. Upon arriving on the scene, the officers in…
CHILD WELFARE
L.J. v. Massinga

1:84-cv-04409 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 1984

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the actions of twenty-one state and city officials, caseworkers, and supervisors who administered Maryland's federally-funded foster care program in Baltimore City, Maryland. The class action, filed on December 5, 1984, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore), alleged that the defendants' administration of the foster program subjected the plaintiffs to physical and sexual abuse as well as medical neglect. They sought broad interim and permanent i…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Rodriguez Macareno v. Thomas

2:18-cv-00421 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: March 21, 2018

Closed Date: May 31, 2019

On March 21, 2018, the plaintiff—a resident of the city of Tukwila, Washington represented by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project—filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against the Tukwila Police Department and its law enforcement officers for wrongfully detaining him. The plaintiff had initially called 9-1-1 over concerns with a trespasser on his property; however, upon law enforcement officers from the Tukwila Police Department arriving…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
C.B. v. Moreno Valley Unified School District

5:21-cv-00194 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 2021

Case Ongoing

On February 2, 2021, an eleven-year-old child with a disability filed suit through his parents, alleging that school police officers used excessive force and discriminated against him based on his disability and race when they violently handcuffed him multiple times while at school. The plaintiff also alleged that Defendants’ actions, inactions, policies, practices, customs, and procedures violated and continue to violate his rights under the U.S. and California Constitutions, the Americans wit…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
G.F.F. v. Trump

1:25-cv-02886 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is one of several challenges to the Trump Administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act ("AEA") to circumvent removal procedures and deport Venezuelan nationals without due process. You can see all of the cases here. On April 8, 2025, two Venezuelan men filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. They named as respondents President Donald J. Trump, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”…
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…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Warren v. DeSantis

4:22-cv-00302 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2022

Closed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

This case is about the First Amendment rights of public officials. On August 4, 2022, the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, promulgated Executive Order 22-176, suspending a State Attorney after he signed on to statements in support of transgender rights and abortion rights. The Executive Order (EO) claimed the State Attorney was "incompetent" to hold his office and had demonstrated a "neglect of duty" while in office. However, Governor DeSantis stated to the press that the suspension was due t…