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JAIL CONDITIONS
Busby v. Bonner

2:20-cv-02359 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 20, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 2023

Two individuals with medical conditions that rendered them especially vulnerable to COVID-19 filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus on May 20, 2020 against the Shelby County Sheriff's Office in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. They sought to represent a class of Shelby County Jail detainees with disabilities or who were medically vulnerable to COVID-19. Represented by lawyers from the ACLU as well as private counsel, they alleged violati…

Settled: Case Closed

Affirmed

JAIL CONDITIONS
Murray v. Santa Barbara

2:17-cv-08805 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2017

On December 6, 2017, several prisoners of the Santa Barbara County Jail (SBCJ) in pre-trial detention filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the County of Santa Barbara and the Sheriff's Office under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq., Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29…

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PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Agudath Israel of America v. Cuomo

1:20-cv-04834 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2020

Closed Date: April 28, 2023

This case concerns the constitutionality of New York’s executive order restricting gatherings at houses of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic. On October 8, 2020, Agudath Israel and affiliated Orthodox Jewish synagogues in New York City filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. They challenged an executive order issued by Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of the State of New York, and sought declaratory and injunctive relief and attorneys' fees and …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
A. Phillip Randolph Institute v. Hargett

3:20-cv-00374 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 1, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2023

On May 1, 2020, two qualified voters and five public interest organizations whose many members were not eligible to vote by mail filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, against the Tennessee Secretary of State, the Tennessee Coordinator of Elections, and the Shelby County District Attorney General. The plaintiffs challenged Tennessee’s restrictions on absentee voters, its criminal penalties against those who aid voters in obtaining absentee ballots, a…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Michael P. v. Department of Education, State of Hawai'i

1:08-cv-00146 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: March 28, 2008

Closed Date: Nov. 6, 2013

This case challenged Hawaii’s Department of Education’s finding that a minor with dyslexia was ineligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (“IDEA”).  On March 28, 2008, the guardian of a minor with dyslexia filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii under Chief United States District Judge Helen Gillmore. The guardian sued the Department of Education in the State of Hawaii under the Individuals with Disabilities Educati…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Seaman v. The Commonwealth of Virginia

3:22-cv-00006 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2022

Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2022

This suit was filed in the Charlottesville Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on February 1, 2022. The plaintiffs, a group of parents representing their children, brought this action against the Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin, the Virginia attorney general, the Virginia superintendent of public instruction, and the acting Virginia health commissioner. They argued that Governor Youngkin's signing of Executive Order 2, which prevented state…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Baxley v. Jividen

3:18-cv-01526 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2018

On December 18, 2018, the plaintiff, a pretrial detainee at West Virginia's Western Regional Jail, filed a pro se complaint against the jail in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The plaintiff alleged that he had been exposed to unsanitary conditions in the jail, including a lack of clean clothes, filthy showers, and inmates with staph and other infections. The case was assigned to Judge Robert C. Chambers. On April 25, 2019, two cases were consolidated with thi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Money v. Pritzker

1:20-cv-02093 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 2, 2020

Closed Date: July 1, 2021

On April 2, 2020, a group of prisoners filed this class action lawsuit against the Governor of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Represented by the Uptown People's Law Center, Equip for Equality, the MacArthur Justice Center at Northwestern University, the Illinois Prison Project, and Loevy & Loevy, the plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of their Eighth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment right…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Gray v. County of Riverside

5:13-cv-00444 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2013

On May 8, 2013, three prisoners in Riverside County jails filed this class-action lawsuit in the US District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the County of Riverside (California) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that the access to both physical and mental healthcare was so deficient that it violated the Eighth Amendment proscription of cruel and unusual punishment, violated prisoners' Fourteenth Amendment rights, and constituted deliberate indiffer…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Carranza v. Reams

1:20-cv-00977 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 7, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 16, 2021

On April 7, 2020, inmates held in Weld County Jail with high risks of complications from COVID-19 filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs sued the Sheriff of Weld County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging the conditions of confinement violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. They alleged that the defendant had failed to adequately address the COVID-19 pandemic and that Weld County Jail was not following public …