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M.H. v. Monreal

1:12-cv-08523 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2012

Closed Date: Nov. 14, 2019

On October 23, 2012, a teenager detained awaiting a parole revocation hearing filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, represented by the MacArthur Justice Center and Uptown People's Law Center, asked the court for a declaratory judgment that the policies of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board regarding parole revocation hearings were unconstitutional. He also requested that the Court enjoin the defendant from…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ulibarri v. City and County of Denver

1:07-cv-01814 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2007

Closed Date: 2012

On August 28, 2007, three deaf individuals and two deaf advocacy groups filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the City and County of Denver, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, the Center for the Rights of Parents with Disabilities, and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Center For Community Access, Inc. v. Detroit

2:05-cv-73475 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2005

The lead plaintiff in this action was a Detroit-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that assisted and advocated for people with disabilities. On September 9, 2005, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, suing the City of Detroit and claiming that the city had failed to meet federal and Michigan accessibility standards in altering intersections and sidewalks. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff claimed that the city had violated Title…
NATIONAL SECURITY
In re National Security Letter (3 cases)

3:11-cv-02173 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 2, 2011

For the complete Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA Matters, see our special collection. This case involves a dispute over administrative subpoenas known as National Security Letters (NSLs). In 1986, Congress empowered the FBI to issue NSLs as part of authorized investigations to protect against international terrorism and clandestine intelligence activities. NSLs are directed to electronic communications service providers in order to obtain specified limited information;…

Petition of Plaintiff to Set Aside National Security Letter and Nondisclosure Requirement Imposed in Connection Therewith; Memorandum of Points and Authorities

In Re Matter of National Security Letter

May 2, 2011

Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Petition of Plaintiff to Set Aside National Security Letter and Nondisclosure Requirement Imposed in Connection Herein

In Re Matter of National Security Letter

May 2, 2011

Petition of Plaintiff to Set Aside National Security Letter and Nondisclosure Requirement Imposed in Connection Therewith; Memorandum of Points and Authorities

In Re Matter of National Security Letter

May 2, 2011

Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief

The United States Department of Justice vs. UNDER SEAL

June 2, 2011

Memorandum in Opposition to Petition to Set Aside National Security Letter

In Re Matter of National Security Letter

July 22, 2011

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NATIONAL SECURITY
Doe v. Ashcroft

1:04-cv-02614 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 6, 2004

Closed Date: 2014

On 04/06/2004, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU Foundation filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of a John Doe plaintiff against the United States and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Plaintiff was an internet access and consulting corporation that received a National Security Letter (NSL) from the FBI directing it to disclose names, addresses, and records of communications relating to one of its clients. Plaintiff also…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta

1:12-cv-01192 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 18, 2012

Closed Date: April 4, 2014

In July 2012, Plaintiffs, representing the estates of their respective children, filed suit in United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States and Department of Defense officials in their personal capacities. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, the plaintiffs alleged that the United States directed and authorized missile strikes resulting in citizens' deaths abroad, in violation of the Fifth and Fourth A…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Amnesty v. Clapper

1:08-cv-06259 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 10, 2008

Closed Date: 2013

On 07/10/2008, plaintiffs--a group of attorneys, journalists, and human rights, labor, legal, and media organizations represented by the American Civil Liberties Union--filed suit in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the National Security Agency (NSA), the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), and the United States challenging the constitutionality of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 50 U.S.C. § 1881 (FISA) under Article III of the Constitut…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Ali v. Rumsfeld

1:05-cv-01378 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 8, 2005

Closed Date: March 27, 2007

In 2005, plaintiffs, four Afghan and five Iraqi citizens who were incarcerated in U.S. detention facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq, respectively, filed suit against the U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and three high-ranking U.S. Army officers, alleging violations of the Fifth Amendment due process clause, Fifth and Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, the law of nations prohibitions against torture and against cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment under the…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Blatch v. Franco

1:97-cv-03918 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 29, 1997

Closed Date: 2018

On May 29, 1997, mentally disabled tenants of the New York City Housing Authority ("Housing Authority") who have been subjected to eviction proceedings filed a lawsuit, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Housing Authority alleging violation of Due Process Clause and 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12131, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and th…
NATIONAL SECURITY
In re Motion for Consent to Disclosure of Court Records or, in the Alternative, a Determination of the Effect of the Court's Rules on Statutory Access Rights [FISA Docket Misc. 13-01]

13-00001 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2013

Closed Date: 2013

In July 2012, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, request with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The FOIA request sought any written opinion or order issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) in which the FISC held government surveillance conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment or had circumvented the law. DOJ did not release any requested l…