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Van Duyne v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

4:22-cv-00122 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2022

Closed Date: July 27, 2023

This case pertains to the mask mandate that the CDC issued during the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a federal mask mandate requiring individuals to wear face masks on public transportation and at transportation hubs to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. On February 16, 2022, U.S. Representative Elizabeth Van Duyne and the State of Texas filed suit against the CDC, its officials, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hampton v. State of California

3:21-cv-03058 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 27, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about conditions at San Quentin State Prison during the Covid-19 pandemic. On April 27, 2021, the spouse of a person who had died while incarcerated at San Quentin filed this wrongful death suit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of herself and as successor in interest for the deceased, against the State of California, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”), San Quentin State Prison, and named and unnamed indiv…
PRISON CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
In Re CIM-SQ Transfer Cases

5:20-cv-06326 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2020

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case resulted from the consolidation of dozens of lawsuits in the US District Court for the Northern District of California about a COVID-19 outbreak that occurred in San Quentin State Prison in 2020 and resulted in over 2,000 COVID cases. The court consolidated the cases for pre-trial purposes on July 24, 2024, with 5:20-cv-06326 as the main docket. 
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jensen v. Thornell

2:12-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: March 22, 2012

Case Ongoing

This case is a direct descendant of Gamez v. Ryan, which was dismissed with prejudice on March 21, 2012. The district court judge determined that the sudden expansion of the case to include thirteen new plaintiffs and class treatment in the third amended complaint was not within the court's contemplation when it permitted the plaintiff to file a third amended complaint. On March 22, 2012, fourteen Arizona prisoners brought this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Case Ongoing

Note: We've tagged this case as one challenging President Trump's immigration executive orders because those executive orders and their implementing memoranda, included as "resources," below, touch on many of the matters subject to longstanding court oversight in this case. On July 11, 1985, attorneys from the National Center for Immigrants' Rights, the National Center for Youth Law, and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California represented four minors who filed this class action complaint aga…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Heredia Mons v. McAleenan

1:19-cv-01593 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

On May 30, 2019, asylum seekers detained under the jurisdiction of the New Orleans ICE Field Office filed this class action lawsuit under the Administrative Procedure Act and 28 U.S.C.§§ 1361 and 1651 against the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); the Acting Director of ICE; the Acting Executive Associate Director of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations; and the Acting Director of the New Orleans ICE Field Office. Represented by the ACLU of Louisiana and Southern P…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Roman v. Wolf

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

Filed Date: April 13, 2020

Case Ongoing

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 …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
New Approach Montana v. Montana

XBDV-2020-444 | Montana state trial court

Filed Date: April 6, 2020

Closed Date: April 6, 2020

This is a case about the collection of electronic signatures for ballot initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 6, 2020, New Approach Montana, a registered ballot committee, filed this lawsuit in the Montana First Judicial District Court. The organization sued Montana and the Montana Secretary of State under Montana's Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and constitutional provisions. Represented by private counsel, plaintiff sought temporary and preliminary injunctions to allow the c…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Yazzie v. Hobbs

3:20-cv-08222 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2021

In this case, six plaintiffs, all tribal members of Navajo Nation, challenged the constitutionality of Arizona’s requirement that Vote By Mail (“VBM”) ballots be received, not postmarked, by 7:00 PM of Election Day.  This case was filed on August 26, 2020 in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and assigned to Chief District Judge G. Murray Snow. The plaintiffs, represented by out-of-state private attorneys at Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP, sued the Secretary of State …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas

1:21-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2021

Closed Date: Nov. 8, 2023

This is a case about immigration policy that restricted refugee and asylum entry into the United States on account of health concerns around the coronavirus pandemic. On January 12, 2021, families of asylum- and refugee-seekers, who were detained by the Department of Homeland Security, sued the U.S. federal government for humanitarian protection in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. With the spread of coronavirus, on March 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services…