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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. City of Philadelphia

2:06-cv-04592 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2006

Closed Date: Jan. 7, 2009

This is a case about enforcing the Voting Rights Act and compelling the establishment of effective voting mechanisms for voters who have limited proficiency in English. On October 13, 2006, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The DOJ sued the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia City Commissioners and the Philadelphia County Board of Elections under Sections 203 and 208 of the Vot…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
UC Hastings v. City of San Francisco

4:20-cv-03033 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 4, 2020

On May 4, 2020, four individuals, a business, and the University of California Hastings School of Law filed a class action lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco in the Northern Federal District of California to challenge living conditions related to accessibility, criminality, and health and safety in a neighborhood called the Tenderloin. The plaintiffs alleged that city/county’s inaction allowed conditions to exist and grow, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, in violation …
POLICING
Holden v. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

1:17-cv-02192 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 27, 2017

Case Ongoing

On March 27, 2017, two men sued the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Port Authority), Port Authority Police Department (Department), and Department officers alleging discriminatory false arrests in Port Authority Bus Terminal (Bus Terminal) bathrooms. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and was initially assigned to Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants falsely arrested the plaintiffs and other …
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

Case Ongoing

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
Frye v. Gardner

1:20-cv-00751 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: July 7, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is about equal access to voting for print-disabled voters. On July 7, 2020, the National Federation of the Blind, Inc.; the National Federation of the Blind of New Hampshire, Inc.; Granite State Independent Living; and three individuals, two who identify as blind and one with a muscle-weakness disability, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. The plaintiffs sued the state of New Hampshire under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Goldin v. Restrepo

1:20-cv-00262 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: June 16, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 1, 2020

This case arose out of the 2020 election in Rhode Island. On June 16, 2020, candidates for the Rhode Island Senate ("the plaintiffs") filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island alleging that Rhode Island state law that required potential candidates to engage in-person solicitation and receipt of signatures and an in-person witness violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plaintiffs sued…
POLICING
Alsaada v. City of Columbus

2:20-cv-03431 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: July 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

Thirteen demonstrators protesting George Floyd's murder filed this lawsuit on July 8, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the city of Columbus, Ohio and various law enforcement officers in their official and individual capacities for the alleged use of excessive force. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that police officers used pepper spray and rubber bullets, among other crowd-control methods,…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. Rhode Island and City of Providence

1:13-cv-00442 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: June 13, 2013

Case Ongoing

On June 13, 2013, the Disability Rights Section of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division (“United States”) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island against the State of Rhode Island (“State”) and City of Providence, Rhode Island (“City”) (including the Providence Public School Department) under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134, as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 5…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hollihan v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

3:15-cv-00005 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 2015

Closed Date: March 21, 2020

On January 2, 2015, a prisoner in Pennsylvania sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections ("PDOC"), several of its employees and administrators in their official and individual capacities, as well as Wexford Health Sources (the provider of medical care in state prisons), in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The lawsuit was brought under the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for the alleged deprivation of t…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Wallace v. Powell/H.T. v. Ciavarella

3:09-cv-00286 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2009

Case Ongoing

This case grew out of the criminal misconduct of two state court juvenile judges who sent hundreds of children to juvenile detention facilities because of bribes paid by the companies that ran those detention facilities. On February 13, 2009, the plaintiffs--children who had been adjudicated delinquent found to have violated their probation and parents of those children--brought this class action lawsuit against the judges. The plaintiffs, represented by multiple firms, sought damages against t…