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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disabiltiy Rights North Carolina v. Frye

5:13-cv-00102 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: July 22, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 2014

This is a case about whether a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency can use its records access authority to receive peer review and internal investigation records regarding a deceased psychiatric facility resident. On July 22, 2013, Disability Rights North Carolina (Disability Rights NC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Disability Rights NC filed this lawsuit against Frye Regional Medical Center (Frye), a medical center with an inpatient …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Indiana Protection & Advocacy Services v. Indiana Family and Social Services Admininistration

1:06-cv-01816 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2006

Closed Date: May 27, 2010

This case considered whether a psychiatric hospital could refuse or ignore a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) request for death investigation records of a former hospital patient who did not have a guardian, conservator, or legal representative. On December 22, 2006, Indiana P&A Services (Indiana P&A), filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Indiana P&A filed this lawsuit against Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, as well the Indiana…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Sonnenberg v. Disability Rights Idaho

1:14-cv-00369 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2014

Closed Date: March 7, 2016

This case is about whether a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) record access authority includes death investigation records from a county coroner’s office for an individual who died while involuntarily committed at a psychiatric facility. The Ada County Coroner, in his official capacity, and Ada County initially filed this lawsuit in the Idaho District Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit against Disability Rights Idaho- Idaho’s P&A. On September 17, 2014, Disability Rights Idaho removed t…
POLICING
CODING IN PROCESS
Kalven v. City of Chicago

09-CH-51396 | Illinois state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2009

Closed Date: Aug. 12, 2014

The plaintiff in this case sued the City of Chicago (“the City”), the Chicago Police Department (“CPD”), and CPD Superintendent Jody Weis in Illinois state court under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”). The complaint was filed December 22, 2009, in which the plaintiff alleged that the defendants refused to produce public records regarding charges of official misconduct against Chicago police officers and the City’s investigation of those charges. The plaintiff accordingly request…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Galpern v. City of Berkeley

3:10-cv-04689 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2010

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2011

This case is about the city of Berkeley’s responsibility for removing physical access barriers to people with mobility disabilities. On September 15, 2010, a city resident with a disability who used a wheelchair for mobility, filed a complaint in the Alameda County Superior Court against the city of Berkeley, alleging violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. §12131), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794 et seq.), as well as analogous state s…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Saravia v. Sessions

3:17-cv-03615 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 22, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case, filed on June 22, 2017, was brought by a parent on behalf of her minor child for wrongful incarceration by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The complaint alleged that the child, A.H., was released into the plaintiff's custody but that a few years later, ICE arrested and detained him without cause. Represented by the ACLU of Northern California, the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, and the private law firm Cooley LLP, the plaintiff argued that the government violated th…

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

June 22, 2017

First Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Class Action Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief

Aug. 11, 2017

Order Granting the Motion for Preliminary Injunction, the Motion for Provisional Class Certification; Granting in Part and Denying in Part the Federal Defendants' Motion to Dismiss; Granting in Full the Non-Federal Defendants' Motions to Dismiss

Nov. 20, 2017

Order Granting The Motion For Preliminary Injunction; Granting The Motion For Provisional Class Certification; Granting In Part And Denying In Part The Federal Defendants' Motion To Dismiss; Granting In Full The Non–Federal Defendants' Motions To Dismiss

Nov. 20, 2017

Order Granting in Part Plaintiffs' Emergency Application for Relief

Nov. 27, 2017

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Vote Forward v. DeJoy

1:20-cv-02405 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

Closed Date: May 25, 2021

This is a case about delays in mail-in ballots due to United States Postal Service (USPS) policy changes. On August 28, 2020, Vote Forward, Voces Unidas de las Montañas, Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (“COLOR”), Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, and eleven individuals filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against USPS and the Postmaster General. The challenged policies included policies prohibiting late or extra delivery trips. P…
PRISON CONDITIONS
United States ex rel. Walker v. Mancusi

1:71-cv-00485 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 1971

Closed Date: Sept. 20, 1972

This case is part of the Clearinghouse's special collection on the Attica Uprising. In September of 1971, incarcerated people in New York's Attica Correctional Facility took control of the prison and took several staff members hostage. The uprising ended when state police violently stormed the prison, killing over 40 incarcerated people and staff members. Attica was one of the most significant events in the American prisoners' rights movement and drew public attention to poor conditions in pris…
PRISON CONDITIONS
In the Matter of the Application of Hugh Carey [Attica Grand Jury Materials]

INDEX NO. 15062 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 1977

Background This case is part of the Clearinghouse's special collection on the Attica Uprising. In September of 1971, incarcerated people in New York's Attica Correctional Facility took control of the prison and took several staff members hostage. The uprising ended when state police violently stormed the prison, killing over 40 incarcerated people and staff members. Attica was one of the most significant events in the American prisoners' rights movement and drew public attention to poor conditi…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Lee v. Macon County Bd. of Ed.

3:63-cv-00604 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 1963

Closed Date: 1970

IntroductionThis case began on 1963 when a group of Black students and parents sought to desegregate the twenty public schools of Macon County, Alabama. At that time seventeen of the county’s schools were designated for Black children and three for white children. This was one of many such cases dealing with school desegregation on a school system-by-system basis. Soon after the case was filed, the court ordered the desegregation of Macon County’s schools. However, after interference from Gover…