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133 cases, 145 documents
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State Of Texas v. United States Department of Homeland Security

6:24-cv-00306 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2024

Case Ongoing

In this case, a federal court permanently vacated the Biden Administration's policy that made it easier for some undocumented people to receive parole and green cards if they were the spouse or step-child of a U.S. citizen. This lawsuit was filed by 16 states on August 23, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The states sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as well as the DHS Secretary, the Director …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Flores v. Town of Islip

2:18-cv-03549 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 18, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2020

This case alleged that the town of Islip, New York's election scheme unconstitutionally diluted the strength of the Latino vote.  On June 18, 2018, Latino voters and a New York-based voting rights group sued the town of Islip, New York; the Islip Town Board; and the Suffolk County Board of Elections in the Eastern District of New York. Plaintiffs claimed that the city's at-large election scheme had the effect of impairing Islip’s minority Latino voters right to an equal opportunity to participa…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Contreras v. Illinois State Board of Elections

1:21-cv-03139 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: June 10, 2021

Closed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

This lawsuit was filed on June 10, 2021, by Latino and Latina voters against the state of Illinois, the Illinois State Board of Elections, the State Senate, and the State House of Representatives alleging that the new legislative districts under a redistricting plan adopted in June 2021 resulted in equal protection violations in the form of malapportionment. A similar lawsuit was also brought around the same time by an Illinois State Senator, McConchie v. Illinois State Board of Elections, and …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Adams & Knights v. Kentucky

3:14-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 2014

Closed Date: Dec. 24, 2020

On January 1, 2014, represented by private counsel and the Washington Lawyers' Committee Prisoners Rights Project, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners in the Kentucky prison system filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated against the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet (JPSC), the Department of Corrections (KDOC), and eight individuals serving in leadership roles at JP…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Petteway v. Galveston County

3:22-cv-00057 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case centers around the 2021 Galveston County, Texas redistricting process and is part of a series of cases challenging the redistricting practices in Galveston County over a number of years. This was the first Voting Rights Act (VRA) case decided since the Supreme Court’s decision in Allen v. Milligan, 599 U. S. 1 (2023). Following the 2010 Census, county leaders adopted a redistricting plan for the county commissioners’ districts that would have effectively removed the single minority op…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States of America v. State of New York

1:10-cv-01214 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2010

Case Ongoing

This is a case about US citizens' right to vote while overseas. This action was brought on October 12, 2010 by the Attorney General of the United States (“Attorney General”) on behalf of the United States pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (“UOCAVA”) against the State of New York. UOCAVA requires states to transmit validly requested ballots to UOCAVA voters not later than 45 days before any federal election. The Attorney General alleged that at least nine New Yo…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Harness v. Hosemann

3:17-cv-00791 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 30, 2023

This is a case about the felony disenfranchisement provision of Mississippi’s Constitution, which was enacted in 1890 and strips the right to vote for life from anyone convicted of certain crimes. On 28 September 2017, Black citizens of Mississippi with past felony convictions brought an action against Mississippi's Secretary of State. The claim was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The complaint argued that the disqualifying crimes in the felony disenfr…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Crumley v. Forestal

1:19-cv-04110 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2019

Closed Date: Sept. 16, 2022

This is a case about an individual with an intellectual disability and mental health diagnoses who was detained against medical advice and, while in custody, was denied basic medical care, supervision, reasonable accommodations and support necessary to protect him from harm and injury. On October 4, 2019, plaintiff, through his guardian and with counsel by Indiana Disability Rights, filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Plaintiff sued the Marion County…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
League of Women Voters v. Ashcroft

2:18-cv-04073 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: April 17, 2018

Case Ongoing

On April 17, 2017, League of Women Voters of Missouri, St. Louis A. Philip Randolph Institute, and Greater Kansas City A. Philip Institute filed a suit against the Missouri Secretary of State and the Director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants continuously failed to comply with portions of the “Motor Vehicle” provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, 52 U.S.S. § 20501, et seq. (“NVRA”). Plaintiff alleged that the defendants failed …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Allen v. Waller County, Texas

4:18-cv-03985 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2018

Closed Date: April 14, 2022

This case involved allegations that county officials failed to allocate sufficient time for early voting during the 2018 general election cycle to Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) (a historically Black university) in the State of Texas as compared to the other surrounding areas. Individual students and a student and alumni organization PVAMU, represented by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund attorneys, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Div…