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JAIL CONDITIONS
Jones v. Gusman

2:12-cv-00859 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 2, 2012

On April 2, 2012, ten prisoners at the Orleans Parish Prison -- the New Orleans Jail (NOJ) -- brought this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against the Orleans Parish Sheriff, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, asked for both declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that they suffered from abusive and unconstitutional treatment while confined at the NOJ. The case was assigned to Judge Lance…

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POLICING
State of California v. County of Kern

BCV-20-102971 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2020

This case involved a state-led lawsuit against a county sheriff’s office accused of unconstitutional policing. On December 22, 2020, the Attorney General of California filed this lawsuit against the County of Kern and the Kern County Sheriff’s Office (“KCSO”) in the Kern County Superior Court of California, alleging that the KCSO engaged in a pattern or practice of violating state and federal law. The California Constitution and state law empowered the Attorney General to file a civil action to…
POLICING
State of California v. City of Bakersfield

BCV-21-101928 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2021

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On August 23, 2021, the California Department of Justice ("DOJ") entered into a stipulated judgment with the City of Bakersfield and the Bakersfield Police Department ("BPD"), regarding BPD's policies and practices. The stipulated judgment resulted from a investigation by DOJ to improve BPD's practices, such as requiring body-worn cameras, volunteering to collect data early under the Racial and Identity Profiling Act, and implementing a c…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. City of Pawtucket

1:24-cv-00209 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: May 23, 2024

This is a case about voting rights for Spanish speakers. On May 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the city of Pawtucket and city election officials to challenge the city's alleged lack of Spanish election materials and provisional ballots. The DOJ filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act and Section 302 of the Help America Vote Act. Specifically, the DOJ argued that Pawtucket violated statutory requiremen…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Rivera Madera v. Detzner

1:18-cv-00152 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 1, 2021

This case centers around allegations that the Secretary of State of Florida failed to uphold the requirements of Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), which prohibits conditioning the right to vote on a person's ability to understand English if they were educated in a school where the predominant language was not English, such as in Puerto Rico. On August 16, 2018, ahead of the 2018 midterm elections in November, the plaintiffs—which included voting rights organizatio…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
One Wisconsin Institute v. Nichol

3:15-cv-00324 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 29, 2015

Closed Date: Jan. 13, 2023

This is a lawsuit regarding a set of changes in Wisconsin's voter registration and election laws. On May 29, 2015, the advocacy groups of One Wisconsin Institute and Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund, as well as individual voters, filed suit in the United States Western District Court of Wisconsin, represented by Perkins Coie. The defendants in this case are members of the Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board (“GAB”), a state governmental entity that oversees Wisconsin’s campaig…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Comite De Jornaleros De Rancho Cucamonga Y Upland v. City of Cucamonga & City of Upland

5:02-cv-01010 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2002

Closed Date: Jan. 30, 2004

On September 19, 2002, an organization representing day laborers filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the City of Cucamonga and the City of Upland. Plaintiffs claimed that the defendants had passed ordinances in 2001 to enforce anti-solicitation at one street corner, located at the cities’ boundary, and that the defendants were violating the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing the ordinances. Plaintiffs were repres…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Society of St. Vincent De Paul of Santa Clara v. City of Los Altos

5:02-cv-00847 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2002

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2004

On February 19, 2002, an organization representing day laborers filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a), and 2201, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Los Altos, California. Plaintiffs claimed that the City was violating the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing an ordinance that made it unlawful for any person occupying any unparked vehicle, or any person standing, sitting, walkin…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Comite de Jornaleros de Redondo Beach v. City of Redondo Beach

2:04-cv-09396 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2004

Closed Date: April 25, 2012

On November 16, 2004, two day laborers organizations filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a), and 2201, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Redondo Beach, California. Plaintiffs claimed that the City violated the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing an ordinance making it unlawful to stand on the sidewalk and solicit “employment, business, or contributions from an occupant of any m…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Comite De Jornaleros De Glendale v. City of Glendale

2:04-cv-03521 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 9, 2004

Closed Date: March 5, 2009

On May 19, 2004, an organization of day laborers filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1343(a), and 2201, as well as 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the City of Glendale, California. Plaintiffs claimed that the City was violating the First Amendment rights of day laborers by enforcing an ordinance that made it unlawful to stand on the sidewalk and solicit “employment, business, or contributions of money or other property…