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The City of New York v. Trump

1:25-cv-01510 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

This case challenged the Trump administration’s reversal of previously approved federal emergency shelter funding to the City of New York and the termination of the underlying grant program. On February 21, 2025, the City of New York filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against President Donald Trump, FEMA, DHS, the Treasury Department, and associated officials. The case was assigned to Judge Jennifer H. Rearden. The lawsuit arose out of FEMA’s She…

Temporary Restraining Order Denied

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Bradley v. City of San Diego

3:25-cv-02186 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

This is a case challenging the absence of humane conditions and reasonable accommodations for unhoused residents of municipally administered camps.  On August 25, 2025, eight unhoused people with disabilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Represented by Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance, in addition to private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the City of San Diego and two non-profit organizations—Dreams for Change and Downtown…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Haitian Americans United Inc. v. Trump

1:25-cv-10498 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: March 3, 2025

This case challenges the Trump administration's efforts to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants, potentially uprooting thousands who fled dangerous conditions in their home countries. TPS is a humanitarian program established in 1990 to offer temporary refuge and work authorization in the U.S. for immigrants fleeing their home countries due to dangers like violence, political upheaval, or natural disasters. The Secretary of the Department of Homeland …

Case Is Ongoing

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Parnell v. City of Berkeley

3:23-cv-06379 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2023

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2024

This case arose from a city’s plan to imminently clear an encampment of unhoused individuals with little notice. On December 11, 2023, three unhoused individuals filed suit against the City of Berkeley to prevent their eviction from an encampment at 8th and Harrison Streets. Proceeding pro se (that is, representing themselves), the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where it was assigned to District Judge Edward M. Chen. The plaint…
CHILD WELFARE
Charlie and Nadine H. v. Corzine

2:99-cv-03678 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1999

Closed Date: April 25, 2023

On August 4, 1999, a group of children in the legal and/or physical custody of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and DYFS in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented in part by Children's Rights, Inc., the plaintiffs alleged that DYFS failed to protect them from abuse, failed to provide them with services such as medical care, and failed to provide DYFS caseworkers with adequate resources and…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

CHILD WELFARE
D.G. v. Henry

4:08-cv-00074 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2008

Closed Date: March 13, 2025

The plaintiffs, represented by Children's Rights, filed this class action suit against the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) in February 2008 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The complaint alleged violations of the First, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, 42 U.S.C. § 670 et seq., and Oklahoma state …
CHILD WELFARE
Michelle H. v. Haley

2:15-cv-00134 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2015

On January 12, 2015, eleven named minor children in the legal custody of the South Carolina Department of Social Services ("SCDSS") filed this putative class action lawsuit (by their Next Friends) against the Governor of South Carolina and SCDSS in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. The named plaintiffs were represented by two advocacy organizations, Children's Rights and Appleseed, and by private counsel. Plaintiffs intended to seek certification of a class of…
CHILD WELFARE
B.K. v. McKay

2:15-cv-00185 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2015

On February 3, 2015, minors in the custody of the Arizona foster care system filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the Arizona Department of Child Safety, the Arizona Department of Health Services, and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396). The plaintiffs, represented by Children’s Rights, Inc., the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Butler v. City of New York

1:15-cv-03783 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 15, 2015

In this case, New York City residents with disabilities who are homeless alleged that the city's homeless services failed to accommodate them. On May 15, 2015, several named plaintiffs who are homeless and disabled filed this class-action lawsuit in the US District Court of the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff sued the city of New York and New York City's Department of Homeless Services (DHS) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, the New York State…
CHILD WELFARE
B.H. v. Johnson

1:88-cv-05599 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 1988

The ACLU filed this class action lawsuit in 1988 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the state of Illinois, on behalf of all children in the custody of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) placed somewhere other than with their parents. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Adoption Assistance Welfare Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 620-28, 670-76. The class consisted of all children who had been or would be in the custody of DCFS, a…