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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Jake Bertellotti v. Regents of the University of California

2:25-cv-03069 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

In this lawsuit, two disabled UCLA students sued the Regents of the University of California, the University’s President, its Chancellor, and ten unknown individuals, alleging widespread accessibility barriers and discriminatory practices.  On April 8, 2025, represented by Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund and private counsel, the two students filed a complaint in the United States District Court Central District of California for alleged violations of Title II of the Americans with …

Case Is Ongoing

PRISON CONDITIONS
Hope v. Harris

9:18-cv-00027 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2018

On February 16, 2018, a prisoner housed in solitary confinement in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) at the Polunsky Unit within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas challenging the conditions of his confinement. The plaintiff filed suit against the prison’s Senior Warden, Major of Correctional Officers, Deputy Director of Support Operations, and Assistant Director of Classification, as well as three members o…

Case Is Ongoing

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SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Liddell v. Board of Education for the City of St. Louis

4:72-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 1972

Background On February 18, 1972, five African-American parents and their minor children filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. They sued the Board of Education of the City of St. Louis and a number of its officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, claiming that the defendants operated city schools in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Specifically, the plai…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Alexander v. Hall

4:20-cv-00021 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2025

On February 10, 2020, fourteen prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. Press reports connected this sue to entertainment mogul Jay-Z, who had the month before written an open letter to Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant decrying the conditions at state correctional facilities. The plaintiffs claimed that state officials were aware of and deliberately indi…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

JAIL CONDITIONS
Hambrick v. Labat

1:24-cv-05658 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 2024

This case involved alleged excessive violence, overcrowding, and unsanitary conditions in a county jail. On December 10, 2024, two plaintiffs detained at Fulton County Jail filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs sued the Fulton County Sheriff's Office under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and damages for themselves and similarly situate…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Holloway v. Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee

2024CV006939 | Wisconsin state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2024

This case involved housing conditions in College Court, an apartment building managed by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, which was purportedly infested with bedbugs, roaches, and mice. On August 28, 2024, several residents of the building filed suit against the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee in Wisconsin state trial court. The residents claimed that the apartment building’s unsanitary conditions violated Wisconsin state statutory and common law. Specifically, the res…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Friends of the Everglades, Inc. v. Noem

1:25-cv-22896 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 27, 2025

This case challenged Florida's and the Trump Administration's construction of an immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Everglades. The facility was built in mere days, which plaintiffs alleged circumvented or ignored regulatory and environmental standards. Designed to hold up to 5,000 noncitizens at a time, the facility was located on the grounds of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport. Although the airport was located in Collier County, 36 miles west of …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appellate Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. One Boyertown Properties LP

5:20-cv-06249 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2020

Background This is a case about accessibility for people with disabilities in senior living communities. On December 11, 2020, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against fourteen companies who had designed, built, and/or owned fifteen buildings that housed independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The DOJ sued the defendants under the …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of the Jefferson County Board of Elections

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This is an out of court matter initiated by the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division (“DOJ”). The DOJ surveyed 22 polling places operated by the Jefferson County Board of Elections (“Board”) in Kentucky during the November 5, 2019 election. The polling places were reviewed to determine the Board’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Under the ADA, state and local governmental entities that conducted elections couldn’t select polling places that were…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. Los Angeles County, California

2:23-cv-05165 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 2023

This is a case about access to voting for individuals with disabilities in Los Angeles County. On June 29, 2023, the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles. The complaint alleged that Los Angeles County violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide a voting program that is accessible to persons with mobility and vision disabilities.  The DOJ brought this action to enforce Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 4…