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PRISON CONDITIONS
Greenhill v. Clarke

7:16-cv-00068 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

On February 19, 2016, the plaintiff, a Muslim person incarcerated at the Red Onion State Prison, filed this pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, alleging a violation of his right to free expression. He sued the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) and several of its employees, individually and in their official capacities, under 48 U.S.C. § 1983, the Declaratory Judgment Act, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). H…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Hawaii Disability Rights Center v. Hawaii Dept. of Educ.

1:12-cv-00297 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: May 25, 2012

Closed Date: July 9, 2012

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority. On May 25, 2012, Hawaii Disability Rights Center (Hawaii DRC), Hawaii’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Represented by itself, Hawaii DRC alleged that the Hawaii Department of Education violated the under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) when they refused to provide DRC with records requested under its investigative autho…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights NC v. Wake Cnty Board of Education

5:08-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2008

Closed Date: Nov. 7, 2008

This is a case about a protection and advocacy agency’s (P&A) access authority. On September 16, 2008, Disability Rights North Carolina, North Carolina’s P&A, filed this lawsuit against the Wake County School District (Wake County) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Represented by itself, Disability Rights North Carolina alleged that Wake County violated the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights of Act (DD Act) and Protection and Advocacy o…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Caring Families Pregnancy Services v. Hartford

3:19-cv-00584 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 18, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 7, 2020

This is a case challenging an ordinance in the City of Hartford, Connecticut, that regulated pregnancy resource centers (PRCs). PRCs are organizations that provide counseling and other services to people facing unplanned pregnancies. Often, PRCs present themselves as healthcare facilities but do not employ licensed medical professionals to provide or supervise pregnancy tests, ultrasound examinations, and other medical services. On December 11, 2017, the City of Hartford enacted an ordinance re…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Vinyard v. IL Dept. Human Svc.

2:21-cv-02043 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 5, 2021

Closed Date: June 2, 2023

Plaintiff in this case is a young man with a physical disability who had received support services, through the State Medicaid waiver program since 1990. These services enabled him to live independently in the community, but on March 2019, his home care provider told him his services would be terminated on March 22, 2019. He received no notice from the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) that ran the waiver program.   On April 11, 2019 he requested an administrative hearing. The hearin…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pratt v. Ott

1:20-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2021

On February 4, 2020, a person in pretrial detention at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility (LCCF) in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against LCCF personnel and Lebanon County. The plaintiff alleged that he was placed in administrative segregation for refusing to cut off his dreadlocks in accordance with his Rastafarian faith. The case was initially assigned to Judge Jennifer P. Wilson, and was reassigned to Chief Judge …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Georgia State Conference of the NAACP v. Fayette County Board of Commissioners

3:11-cv-00123 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2011

Closed Date: Sept. 20, 2016

This is a case about the whether at-large election methods violated the Voting Rights Act. In an at-large voting system, members of a governing body are elected by majority vote to represent an entire population, rather than a subset of that population as in a district voting system. In Fayette County, Georgia, members of the Board of Commissioners and Board of Education were elected using an at-large method, with the effect of diluting the strength of a subset of the county: Black voters who l…
EDUCATION
Colin v. Orange Unified School District

8:99-cv-01461 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 1999

Closed Date: Sept. 28, 2000

This is a case about the right of public high school students in California to form a gay-straight alliance and be recognized as a student club. Students in the Orange Unified School District Board applied to form the alliance, and the Board deferred action on that application for months. During this period, the students did not have permission to meet. After several months, the Board formally denied the application, insisting that it would only reconsider the application if the group changed i…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Corona v. Cegavske

20-OC-00064-1B | Nevada state trial court

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

This is a case about voting by mail in Nevada. On April 16, 2020, a group of plaintiffs consisting of four registered Nevada voters and the Nevada State Democratic Party, Democratic National Committee, DCCC (national congressional committee of the Democratic Party), and Priorities USA (a voter-rights advocacy nonprofit) filed this lawsuit in the First Judicial District Court of Nevada (state trial court). The plaintiffs sued the state of Nevada, plus Clark County, Washoe County, and Elko County…
EDUCATION
Wadley v. University of Iowa

4:20-cv-00366 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2020

Closed Date: March 30, 2023

This is a case about racial discrimination and race-based threats on the University of Iowa football team. On November 12, 2020, a group of thirteen Black former and current Iowa football players filed this lawsuit in the Iowa District Court for the State of Iowa, Polk County (a state trial court). However, shortly after, on December 1, 2020, the defendants successfully removed the case to a federal court, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division. The…