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JAIL CONDITIONS
Roman v. Wolf

5:20-cv-00768 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 13, 2020

This case concerns the due process rights of immigration detainees in the Adelanto ICE Processing Center during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 13, 2020, immigration detainees filed this lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), and the warden of the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by private counsel and the ACLU of Southern California, the petitioners …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Remick v. City of Philadelphia

2:20-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

On April 20, 2020, ten individuals held at the Philadelphia Department of Prisons brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Represented by the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Department of Prisons ("PDP") under 22 U.S.C. § 2241, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-2202, seeking relief based on deprivations of their Fourteenth…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
AALFA Family Clinic v. Walz

0:20-cv-01037 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: April 28, 2020

Closed Date: June 16, 2020

On April 28, 2020, a group of plaintiffs, including a family clinic, medical professionals, private citizens, and pro-life organizations, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for Minnesota against the Governor of Minnesota, the State’s Commissioner for the Department of Health, and several health clinics. The plaintiffs took issue with the State’s decision to allow surgical abortions to continue when medication abortion remained available. The plaintiffs claimed this not only wasted per…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Mays v. Dart

1:20-cv-02134 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 3, 2020

Closed Date: June 10, 2024

As of April 3, 2020, at least 167 detainees and 46 staff members at Cook County Jail ("the Jail") in Chicago had tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. In response, the plaintiffs filed this class action complaint under 18 U.S.C. § 1983 on behalf of the class of persons who are detained in the Jail and are facing unreasonable and unnecessary risks of exposure to the coronavirus. The plaintiffs alleged that despite being aware of the substantial risk of harm that COVID-1…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Brown v. Smith

1:20-cv-08463 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

On July 8, 2020, the plaintiff, a pretrial detainee at the Cumberland County Department of Corrections (CCDOC) in the state of New Jersey filed this lawsuit in the District of New Jersey individually, and in another similar lawsuit on June 26, 2020, Brown v. Warren, on behalf of a class. The plaintiff filed pro se, and was repeatedly denied his request for an attorney until a New Jersey firm took on his case pro bono. The plaintiff filed suit against the CCDOC, Cumberland County New Jersey, CFG…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Ahlman v. Barnes

8:20-cv-00835 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 30, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2022

This putative class-action lawsuit was filed on April 30, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California by several people incarcerated in the Orange County Jail. The suit arose out of the COVID-19 pandemic that swept the world in early 2020. As the virus raged throughout the country, it became particularly problematic in jails and prison systems. This lawsuit alleged that Orange County Jail's management of the virus was wholly inadequate and in violation of the U.S. Con…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings

3:20-cv-02731 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class-action lawsuit brought on April 20, 2020, by seven individuals in immigration detention at the Mesa Verde Detention Facility (MVDF) and the Yuba County Jail (YCJ), seeking immediate release from unsafe conditions of the jail in light of the global coronavirus pandemic. The court granted the request for TRO on April 29, requiring ICE to provide information and access to detainees to facilitate a process of considering bail requests. On June 9, the court granted …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. Sununu

1:20-cv-00688 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: June 8, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 4, 2020

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire and several of its hopeful candidates in the 2020 elections brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire on June 8, 2020. Plaintiffs brought their case against New Hampshire's Governor and Secretary of State. Plaintiffs alleged that their would-be nominees could not safely be placed on the ballot due to COVID-19 mitigation orders issued by the state. In New Hampshire, third-party candidates must secure nomination papers fr…

Complaint

Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. Sununu

June 8, 2020

Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction Sought Amended Complaint

Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. Sununu

June 9, 2020

Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Emergency Verified Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction

Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. Sununu

June 9, 2020

Memorandum of Law in Support of the Defendants’ Objection to Plaintiffs’ Emergency Verified Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction

Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. Sununu

July 2, 2020

Plaintiffs’ Reply Memorandum to Defendants’ Objection to Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction

Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. Sununu

July 13, 2020

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Barnett v. Tony

0:20-cv-61113 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

This is a class-action lawsuit about the sufficiency of COVID-19 safety protocols at Broward County Jails, administered by the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO). On June 5, 2020, thirteen named plaintiffs and a local NGO, Disability Rights Florida, represented by the ACLU, filed the case seeking a writ of habeas corpus and injunctive and declaratory relief. Plaintiffs alleged that the BSO knowingly failed to adopt and implement adequate policies and procedures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. T…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Banks v. Booth

1:20-cv-00849 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

In the final week of March 2020, the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (“DOC”) announced five COVID-19 cases from different units in its facilities. On March 30, individuals incarcerated in D.C. jails filed this class action lawsuit on behalf of all such individuals in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by the ACLU-DC and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, the plaintiffs sued the Director and Warden of the DOC. The plaintiffs ch…