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State of Louisiana v. Barrientos

06-1726 | Louisiana state trial court

Filed Date: 2006

Closed Date: 2007

This case involved a criminal proceeding in Louisiana state court. The State charged defendant Omar Barrientos with violating La. R.S. 14:100.13, Operating a Vehicle Without Lawful Presence in the United States. The statute provided:"No alien student or nonresident alien shall operate a motor vehicle in the state without documentation demonstrating that the person is lawfully present in the United States." The statute further provided that the arresting law enforcement officer was to seize an…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Rhode Island ACLU v. Najarian

PC20052572 | Rhode Island state trial court

Filed Date: May 15, 2005

On May 15, 2005, the Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union and the advocacy group Direct Action for Rights and Equality filed suit in the Superior Court of Providence, Rhode Island, challenging the practice of the Rhode Island Department of Motor Vehicles requiring an applicant to have a valid Social Security Number in order to obtain a state driver's license. Plaintiffs maintained that the practice adversely affected the ability of immigrants in the state, many of whom …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
One Michigan v. Johnson

2:12-cv-15551 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2012

Closed Date: Feb. 5, 2013

One Michigan, an organization for immigrant youths, and four Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients brought this lawsuit against the Michigan Secretary of State after they were unable to obtain drivers licenses because of their immigration status. The case was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on December 19, 2012, where it was assigned to District Judge Patrick J. Duggan. Represented by the ACLU of Michigan, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project,…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer

2:12-cv-02546 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 29, 2012

Closed Date: Dec. 10, 2018

Plaintiffs--young undocumented immigrants residing in Arizona--filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Declaratory Judgment Act against the State of Arizona and the Arizona Motor Vehicle Division in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona on Nov. 29, 2012. Represented by the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, plaintiffs claimed that the state was invalidly denying them drivers' licenses, despite their eligibility under the f…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Bautista v. Tennessee Dep't of Safety

3:08-cv-01125 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2008

Closed Date: 2009

On November 24, 2008, several Lawful Permanent Residents ("LPRs") who reside in Tennessee filed a class action lawsuit in the Middle District of Tennessee against the Tennessee Department of Safety, under the right to freedom of association under the First Amendment, the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures under the Fourth Amendment, the Due Process Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the right to freedom of travel under Article IV, Section II of…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
United States v. Texas

1:14-cv-00254 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 2014

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2017

On Dec. 3, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, fourteen states (South Dakota, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, West Virginia, Kansas, Georgia, Nebraska, Utah, Wisconsin, Montana, Idaho, South Carolina, and Indiana) and four governors (of Mississippi, Maine, North Carolina, and Idaho) sued the U.S. government for violations of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Take Care Clause of the U.S. Constitution, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief. The origina…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Love v. Johnson

2:15-cv-11834 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: May 21, 2015

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2016

On May 21, 2015, the six transgender individuals filed this lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the Secretary of the State of Michigan under the Declaratory Judgment Act and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint alleged that the current Drivers License policy, put in place by the Secretary, violated the plaintiffs' rights to privacy (U.S. Const. amend. 14), free speech (U.S. Const. amed. 1), equal protection, interstate travel (U.S. Const. art. I…
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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 …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. City of LaGrange

3:17-cv-00067 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 18, 2017

On May 18, 2017, the Georgia State Conference of the Georgia NAACP, the Troup County Chapter of the NAACP, Project South, and a small number of named and unnamed plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against the City of LaGrange, Georgia in the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs sued the city on one federal claim – violation of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §3604(b) – and two state claims: tortious interference with utility service and unconscionability. They sought injunctive relief, decla…