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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Stringer v. Cascos

5:16-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: March 14, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 3, 2021

On March 14, 2016, four individual plaintiffs filed a suit against the Texas Secretary of State and the Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety (“DPS”), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to redress defendants’ alleged systemic and ongoing violations of the “motor voter” provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (“NVRA”). The plaintiffs also alleged that the defendants’ conduct violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment due to alleged dispa…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Stinnie v. Holcomb

3:16-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 6, 2016

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2025

On July 6, 2016, indigent Virginia residents brought this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia after suffering indefinite suspension of their driver's licenses pursuant to Virginia Code § 46.2-395 for failure to pay court costs and fines that they could not afford. The plaintiffs sued the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private attorneys, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunc…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Batalla Vidal v. Nielsen

1:16-cv-04756 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2016

On August 25, 2016, a Mexican-born Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient living in New York filed this suit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiff, represented by Make the Road New York, the National Immigration Law Center, and the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, sued under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and 5 U.S.C. § 551, alleging that the revocation of his …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Oklahoma's Mobile ID Application

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This was an investigation about the accessibility of mobile applications under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division investigated Service Oklahoma under Title II of the ADA in response to a complaint alleging that Service Oklahoma's mobile application, the Oklahoma Mobile ID Application, was inaccessible to individuals with vision disabilities. The DOJ issued a Letter of Findings on November 16, 2023, and concluded that th…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Kansas v. Harper

23-CV-000422 | Kansas state trial court

Filed Date: July 7, 2023

In 2023, the Kansas state legislature passed SB 180, which strictly defines “sex” under Kansas law as being based on the gender assigned at birth and defines “male” and “female” being based on one’s reproductive capacity. This new law passed in the state legislature over the veto of the governor of Kansas. Citing this state law, on July 7, 2023, the Attorney General of Kansas brought a lawsuit against the Director of Vehicles and the Secretary of Revenue in the District Court of Shawnee County,…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Das v. Brantley

1:16-cv-01367 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 27, 2016

Closed Date: Feb. 21, 2018

This case was about a challenge to a Georgia policy that directed state officials to deny driver’s licenses to people based on their past, rather than current, immigration status. On April 27, 2016, a group of private plaintiffs filed this putative class action under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against Bert Brantley, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS), in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center and private cou…
POLICING
Shaw v. Schulte

6:19-cv-01343 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2019

This case involved an alleged unconstitutional policy of the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) whereby they stopped motorists with out of state plates who were driving the I-70 corridor to or from the state of Colorado. On December 19, 2019, the three named plaintiffs on behalf of a class filed this lawsuit pro se in the District of Kansas. The plaintiffs sued the Kansas Highway Patrol superintendent and two named officers in their official capacity for the alleged unconstitutional stops and seizures…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Corbitt v. Taylor

2:18-cv-00091 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2018

On February 6, 2018, three transgender individuals brought an action against the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the Alabama Department of Public Safety, the Alabama Driver License Division, and administrative officials in their official and individual capacities in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU of Alabama and the ACLU LGBT & HIV Project, sued under 42 U.S.C § 1983, alleging violations of their First and Fourteenth A…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Texas

5:21-cv-01085 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 1, 2022

This is a case about Texas legislation Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), which restricts eligible voters’ ability to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted. The law bans drive-thru voting or casting a ballot from inside a vehicle unless participating in curbside voting due to sickness or a disability. It also prohibits 24-hour and overnight voting at early voting poll sites, restricting their hours of operation from 6am to 10 pm. Further, Texans who vote by mail will have to include a driver's license …
POLICING
Price v. City of Seattle

2:03-cv-01365 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: June 27, 2003

Closed Date: July 9, 2007

This is a case about a mandatory policy of impounding motor vehicles following the arrest of individuals for driving with a suspended or revoked license in Seattle, Washington. Initially filed in state court, this action was removed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington by the defendant, the City of Seattle, on June 27, 2003. The plaintiffs in this case were individuals who had their vehicles impounded by the defendant under the defendant’s mandatory impound…