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JAIL CONDITIONS
Murray v. Santa Barbara

2:17-cv-08805 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2017

Case Ongoing

On December 6, 2017, several prisoners of the Santa Barbara County Jail (SBCJ) in pre-trial detention filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the County of Santa Barbara and the Sheriff's Office under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq., Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29…

Case Is Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Doe v. Noem

1:25-cv-10495 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2025

Case Ongoing

This putative class action lawsuit, filed on February 28, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, challenges the steps the Trump administration has taken to close off various paths into the United States for immigrants. Those paths included "Uniting for Ukraine" (U4U) for Ukrainians displaced by the war with Russia; special processes for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (CHNV) responding to the natural disasters and/or political strife in those coun…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

PRISON CONDITIONS
Hope v. Harris

9:18-cv-00027 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On February 16, 2018, a prisoner housed in solitary confinement in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at the Polunsky Unit within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas challenging the conditions of his confinement. The plaintiff filed suit against the prison’s Senior Warden, Major of Correctional Officers, Deputy Director of Support Operations, and Assistant Director of Classification, as well as three members o…

Case Is Ongoing

Reversed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
True the Vote, Inc. v. Internal Revenue Service

1:13-cv-00734 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 21, 2013

Case Ongoing

The case arose from the IRS’s years-long delay in processing a non-profit’s application for recognition as a tax-exempt organization. On May 21, 2013, True the Vote—a Texas-based nonprofit organization focused on elections—filed suit against the Internal Revenue Service, the United States, and a number of IRS officials. Represented by the ActRight Legal Foundation, the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence at Chapman University School of Law, and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued in the U.…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Darren Patterson Christian Academy v. Roy

1:23-cv-01557 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 20, 2023

Case Ongoing

On June 21, 2023, Darren Pattern Christian Academy (Plaintiff), a private Christian school, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and the Director of Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program (defendants) in their official capacities. The plaintiff challenged the nondiscrimination rules of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood’s Universal Preschool Program (UPK). The plaintiff cla…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Welch v. Brown

2:12-cv-02484 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2012

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

This case challenged a California law (SB 1772) that prohibited mental health providers from engaging in “sexual orientation change efforts” with patients under 18 years of age. SB 1172 defined “sexual orientation change efforts” to include any practices that sought to change not only sexual orientation, but also behavior and gender expression. It also provided that mental health providers who violated the prohibition would be subject to discipline.  The plaintiffs are a group of mental health …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Affirmed

PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Burns v. Seaworld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.

22-cv-02941 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 27, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit alleging racially discriminatory treatment of customers at Sesame Place, an amusement park operated by SeaWorld. On July 27, 2022, a private African-American plaintiff, individually and on behalf of a minor, and on behalf of a class of similarly situated individuals (collectively, “Burns”), represented by private counsel, sued SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc, Sesame Place Philadelphia, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment LLC, and four private defendants (collectively, “SeaWorld…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
McReynolds v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

1:08-cv-06105 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 2008

Closed Date: Oct. 3, 2012

This case challenged an employer’s practices and procedures – including a bonus program – as discriminatory based on race and gender. On October 24, 2008, a group of male and female African-American financial advisors filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against their employer, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case was assigned to Judge Robert William Gettleman.  The plaintif…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Affirmed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Potter v. District of Columbia

1:01-cv-01189 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2001

Case Ongoing

This case challenged the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department’s (D.C. Fire’s) grooming policy. The policy sets restrictions on the hair and facial hair of employees. Specifically, it sets restrictions on hair and facial hair length and requires that hair and facial hair be groomed in accordance with the policy.  On May 30, 2001, a group of firefighters in D.C. Fire brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Seeking declaratory an…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

JUVENILE INSTITUTION
J.J. v. Litscher

3:17-cv-00047 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2017

Case Ongoing

On January 23, 2017, four minor children confined to the state juvenile facilities Copper Lake School for Girls and Lincoln Hills School for Boys filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs sued various state officials responsible for the facility under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by wrongfully and unlawfully imposing solitary confinement, mecha…