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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights New York v. City of New York

1:22-cv-04493 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 1, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about challenging the inaccessibility of sidewalks in the East Mount Eden neighborhood of the Bronx, New York. On June 1, 2022, Disability Rights New York, alongside two plaintiffs representing a class of similarly affected individuals (all people with mobility and vision disabilities who use or will use sidewalks and pedestrian street crossings in the East Mount Eden neighborhood), filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Vitagliano v. County of Westchester

7:22-cv-09370 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2022

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2023

This is a case about “bubble zones” that make it illegal to approach another person to protest, educate, or counsel them while both within eight feet of that person and also inside a 100-foot radius of a reproductive health care facility. On November 1, 2022, plaintiff, who was working toward becoming a “sidewalk counselor” and planned to approach women entering abortion clinics to engage them in conversation about alternatives, sued Westchester County in the U.S. District Court for the Souther…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of St. Louis

No Court

This matter was an investigation and settlement agreement to ensure polling place accessibility for voters with disabilities. On January 12, 2021, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of St. Louis (“the Board”). The settlement agreement followed an investigation initiated by the DOJ under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) following surveys a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Fund for Empowerment v. City of Phoenix

2:22-cv-02041 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a challenge to Phoenix’s policies policing homelessness and the City’s treatment of unsheltered individuals concerning unreasonable seizure and destruction of property during “homeless sweeps.” On November 30, 2023, the Fund for Empowerment (FFE) and two individual plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District court for the District of Arizona. Defendants included the City of Phoenix and police officials in their official capacities. Represented by the ACLU of Arizona, plaintiffs s…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Curran v. Oakland

3:23-cv-02354 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 15, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about systemic discrimination against individuals with mobility disabilities in Oakland's public pedestrian pathways. On May 15, 2023, two individuals with mobility disabilities filed suit against the City of Oakland in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the City of Oakland under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and California Government Code § 11135. Represent…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
McDonald v. City of Pompano Beach

0:20-cv-60297 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2020

Case Ongoing

This was a challenge to a Pompano Beach city ordinance (“Street Solicitation Ordinance”) that restricted panhandling to specifically regulated hours and locations. On February 12, 2020, a homeless resident filed this lawsuit against the City of Pompano Beach in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiff sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of his civil rights, referencing his 2018 arrest, under the First and Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by attorneys f…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of St Louis

No Court

This case is about accessibility of polling places for disabled voters in St. Louis. On Jan. 12, 2021, the Department of Justice reached a settlement under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of St. Louis to ensure that St. Louis polling places are accessible during elections to individuals with mobility and vision impairments. The DOJ identified architectural barriers at St. Louis polling places, including inaccessible par…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Goodlaxson v. City of Baltimore

1:21-cv-01454 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 10, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case is about sidewalk and street accessibility for people with mobility disabilities in Baltimore, Maryland. On June 10, 2021, three residents of Baltimore with mobility disabilities and the IMAGE Center of Maryland sued the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs, represented by lawyers from three disability rights groups and private counsel, sued under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 50…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hulinsky v. County of Westchester County Department of Public Safety

7:22-cv-06950 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the constitutionality of Westchester County’s Reproductive Health Care Facilities Access Act (RHCFAA), which restricts a range of activities outside of abortion clinics, including engaging in sidewalk counseling with passersby. On August 15, 2022, plaintiffs, two individuals actively engaged in pro-life sidewalk outreach, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs brought this pre-enforcement challenge against Westche…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Liberty Resources, Inc. v. the City of Philadelphia

2:19-cv-03846 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act class action case brought in 2019 against the City of Philadelphia in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Judge Harvey Bartle III and Magistrate Judge Elizabeth T. Hey presided over the case. The class action suit was brought by Liberty Resources, an independent living center that serves Philadelphian residents with disabilities, along with several related non-profits and a number of Philadelph…