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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Jerry M. v. District of Columbia

1519-85 | District of Columbia state trial court

Filed Date: March 1, 1985

Case Ongoing

On March 1, 1985, a class of juveniles confined at juvenile detention centers operated by the District of Columbia ("the District") filed a lawsuit against the District under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. They alleged unconstitutional conditions of confinement in violation of the juveniles' Fifth and Eighth Amendment rights. Plaintiffs specifically challenged the conditions of confinement at Cedar Knoll Youth Center and Oak Hill Youth Center, both in Laure…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
T.G. v. Kern County

1:18-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2018

Closed Date: May 20, 2024

This is a case about alleged abuse and failure to provide education to youth with disabilities detained at juvenile detention facilities in Kern County, California. Plaintiffs, represented by Disability Rights California and Disability Rights Advocates, sued Kern County, the Kern County Probation Department, the Kern County Superintendent of Schools, and two individual officials. They alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act (RA), the Individual…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Moore v. Putnam County Community School

1:07-cv-01011 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2006

Closed Date: June 18, 2007

This is a case concerning alleged vote dilution in Putnam County.  On December 20, 2006, seven residents of Putnam County filed suit against the Putnam County Community School District challenging the election of the Board of Education of Putnam County Community District #535.  In Putnam County, only three of seven board members could be elected from a district that contained a majority of the population. In their complaint, plaintiffs alleged 105 ILCS 5/11 A-8, succeeded by 105 ILCS 5/9, viola…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. Lincoln Public Schools

4:24-cv-03141 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2024

Case Ongoing

This investigation concerned Lincoln Public Schools' (LPS) alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) through its treatment of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated an investigation into LPS following allegations that it violated the ADA by denying some deaf and hard-of-hearing students an equal opportunity to attend their neighborhood schools. The investigation scrutinized LPS's practices, specifically focusing on the requirement …
EDUCATION
Tennessee v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

3:22-cv-00257 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: July 26, 2022

Closed Date: March 29, 2023

This case is about whether the Food and Nutrition Act (“FNA”) (7 U.S.C. § 2011, et seq.) and Title IX (20 U.S.C. § 1681, et seq.) permit states to categorically refuse low income individuals federally funded food-assistance benefits on the basis of gender identity. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), through the Food and Nutrition Service (“FNS”), administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”). SNAP is implemented through cooperative grant agreements between the fed…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Rinkel v. D.O.C.

62-cv-19-1165 | Minnesota state trial court

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2019

Closed Date: Dec. 10, 2020

On February 21, 2019, 5 deaf individuals, 4 of whom were at the time or had previously been incarcerated in the state of Minnesota, filed suit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) in [court], alleging that the DOC violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) in failing to provide full and equal access to services, programs, and activities provided to other incarcerated people who were not deaf or hard of hearing. These services included: telecommunications services, access to…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a very longstanding class action addressing appropriate treatment of noncitizen children in federal immigration custody. On March 26, 2020, plaintiffs filed an emergency motion seeking prompt release due to COVID-19 risks. On March 27, 2020, the court issued an order to the federal agencies detaining immigrant children to “make continuous efforts” to release the children from custody because of the risk posed to them by COVID-19 and to provide an accounting of their ef…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
GLBT Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force v. Reynolds

4:23-cv-00474 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2023

Case Ongoing

The Iowa governor signed SF 496 into law on May 26, 2023. SF 496 includes an Age-Appropriate Standard, an Identity and Orientation Prohibition, a Library Restriction provision (together, the Book Restriction provisions), and a Parental Notice provision. The Age-Appropriate Standard dictates that school libraries must contain “only age-appropriate materials” which cannot include “any material with descriptions or visual depictions of a sex act.” SF 496 defines sex act broadly and does not accoun…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Roake v. Brumley

3:24-cv-00517 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 24, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case involves Louisiana's HB 71, a state law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in every public school classroom. Nine families with children in Louisiana public schools, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, filed suit against the Louisiana State Superintendent of Education; the members of the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board; Livingston Parish School Board; Orleans Parish School Boar…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Robertson v. District of Columbia

1:24-cv-00656 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 7, 2024

Case Ongoing

On March 7, 2024, five parents of minor students with developmental delays and cognitive disabilities filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1400, et seq., Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794(a), the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq., and the DC Human Rights Act (DCHRA), DC Code § 2-1401.01, et seq. against the Distri…