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JAIL CONDITIONS
Henry v. Hulett

3:12-cv-03087 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 20, 2012

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2011, female prisoners at an Illinois women’s prison were strip searched as part of a training exercise for new guards. Several of the prisoners filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The plaintiffs sued the Illinois Department of Corrections, Lincoln Correctional Center, and Logan Correctional Center under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by civil rights attorneys Loevy a…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
DOJ Investigation of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice

3:22-cv-01221 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: April 14, 2022

Case Ongoing

In October 2017, the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina (collectively, “the DOJ”) initiated an investigation of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (SCDJJ) pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), and the Violent Crime and Law Enforcement Act. The investigation was focused on the B…
POLICING
United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2011, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Bostock v. Clayton County

1:16-cv-01460 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 5, 2016

Case Ongoing

This was the lead case before the Supreme Court in 2020 when it held that "[a]n employer who fires an individual merely for being gay or transgender violates Title VII [of the Civil Rights Act of 1964]." District Court On May 5, 2016, a male county employee filed this lawsuit, pro se, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, against his employer, the Clayton County Board of Commissioners. He sued for damages under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, claim…
POLICING
Street v. O'Toole

4:19-cv-02590 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a federal class action lawsuit for monetary damages against the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) for its response to anti-police brutality protests on September 17, 2017. For the injunctive suit filed by the ACLU of Missouri against the City of St. Louis that also arose out of the events of September 17, 2017, see Ahmad v. City of St. Louis. Following the acquittal on September 15, 2017, of an SLMPD officer for the 2011 killing of the 24-year-old Black man, Anthony Lamar…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Karlo v. Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC.

2:10-cv-01283 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2010

Closed Date: May 8, 2017

On September 29, 2010, a class of male employees 50 years of age or older filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC (“PGW”) under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), 29 U.S.C. § 621. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for lost compensation in front pay and back pay, attorneys' fees and costs, declaratory and injunctive relief, lost pension benefits, and liquidated damages, c…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Walz

0:20-cv-01688 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 12, 2021

This is a case about an executive order mask mandate by the governor of Minnesota allegedly conflicting with state law prohibiting wearing a mask in public. On August 8, 2020, the Minnesota Voters Alliance and five members of the organization filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Governor of Minnesota, the Secretary of State of Minnesota, the Hennepin County Auditor, the Ramsey County Auditor, the Attorney General of Minnes…
PRISON CONDITIONS
State of Oklahoma v. FCC

16-01057 | U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2016

Closed Date: 2017

This suit, brought by the State of Oklahoma on January 25, 2016, challenged a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that set new rate caps for local (intrastate) and long-distance (interstate) inmate calling. More information on the prior administrative proceedings can be found here. The State brought this suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), alleging the FCC violated the APA's prohibition on regulations that are arb…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Bush v. Biden

7:21-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the Biden administration's decision to stop building a southern border wall. On July 13, 2021, the General Land Office of the State of Texas and its then-commissioner, George P. Bush (collectively, “GLO”) sued President Biden, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Secretary of DHS in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. GLO challenged Proclamation 10142 (“the Proclamation”), which ordered DHS to stop construction of the southern U.S…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Murphy v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:16-cv-02623 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2016

Case Ongoing

This case alleging that the Minnesota Department of Human Services' (DHS) reliance on group homes for individuals with disabilities made it difficult for individuals who wanted to live on their own to find housing. On August 3, 2016, individuals with disabilities who lived in group housing in Minnesota—including some who had tried to secure individual housing—as well as their guardians filed suit against the DHS and its commissioner. The plaintiffs alleged a violation of the Medicaid Act's fair…