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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State of New York v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:19-cv-07777 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 21, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case is one of several brought nationwide by States, counties, and nonprofit organizations challenging the Trump administration's revised, final public charge rule, which expands the types of programs that the federal government will consider in public charge determinations to now also include previously excluded health, nutrition, and housing programs. District court judges from across the countries granted preliminary injunctions enjoining the government from implementing the public char…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v. Sununu

1:20-cv-00688 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: June 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire and several of its hopeful candidates in the 2020 elections brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire on June 8, 2020. Plaintiffs brought their case against New Hampshire's Governor and Secretary of State. Plaintiffs alleged that their would-be nominees could not safely be placed on the ballot due to COVID-19 mitigation orders issued by the state. In New Hampshire, third-party candidates must secure nomination papers fr…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Novoa v. GEO Group

5:17-cv-02514 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2017

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action lawsuit over labor conditions in the Adelanto Detention Center. The plaintiffs filed a motion for a temporary restraining order on April 6, 2020, requesting relief from work for class members, or adequate protective clothing, antiseptic supplies, and testing, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The judge denied the motion for temporary restraining order on April 22. The plaintiffs moved for partial summary judgment on December 21, 2020, and the defendants…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Winston v. Polis

2020CV31823 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: May 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

On May 28, 2020, the ACLU of Colorado and the Civil Rights Clinic at the University of Denver School of Law sued the Governor of Colorado and the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) for failure to protect medically vulnerable people in prison from COVID-19. Five named plaintiffs represented a class of "Medically Vulnerable Prisoners;" the proposed class consisted of current and future persons held by CDOC who were at a high risk of serious illness or death from C…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Castañeda Juarez v. Asher

2:20-cv-00700 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit in which people detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center ("NWIPC"), which houses detainees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE"), sought their release due to their risk of contracting COVID at this facility. More specifically, petitioners each suffered from underlying medical conditions that placed them at a greater risk of a severe illness or death should they contract COVID. The facility was operated by GEO, a private prison company. On May …
PRISON CONDITIONS
NC NAACP v. Cooper

20-cv-500110 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a state prison case filed in light of COVID-19, alleging that the failure to protect inmates from COVID-19 amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. The court granted a preliminary injunction on June 16, requiring the defendants to begin making plans for the release of inmates and to improve conditions in the prison by testing and management. The North Carolina Conference of the NAACP, Disability Rights North Carolina, the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carol…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
CODING IN PROCESS
Dr. A v. Hochul

21-cv-01009 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2021

Case Ongoing

Several healthcare workers in New York brought this suit to enjoin the state of New York from enforcing its vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. The healthcare workers filed their suit on September 13, 2021 in the Northern District of the U.S. District Court. They were represented by the Thomas More Society. Because the vaccine mandate did not allow religious exemptions, the health care workers alleged violations of the Free Exercise Clause, the Supremacy Clause, and the Equal Protection Cla…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Criswell v. Boudreaux

1:20-cv-01048 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: July 29, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This constitutional action was filed on July 29, 2020 by inmates in Tulare County in California seeking improved safety and health conditions in light of COVID-19. The court granted part of the plaintiffs' temporary restraining order and provisional class certification on September 2, 2020. However, on December 23, 2020 the court denied to certify the class and enter a preliminary injunction. On July 29, 2020, plaintiffs, four incarcerated individuals in custody of the Tulare …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Swenson v. Bostelmann

3:20-cv-00459 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 18, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 20, 2021

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of December 20, 2020, Action by group of citizens alleging denial of right to vote in 4/7/20 Wisconsin Presidential Primary and Spring Election. Complaint seeks damages and injunctive and declaratory relief to establish reasonable, disability accessible, and constitutionally sufficient voting procedures (including mail voting…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Missouri v. Biden

21-cv-01329 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2021

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, several states sued to block the federal vaccine mandate which required Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers to become vaccinated prior to December 6, 2021. The judge granted the preliminary injunction on November 29, 2021, which enjoined the defendants from implementing the vaccination requirements in the states party to the lawsuit. The defendants appealed to the Eighth Circuit and moved for a stay of the injunction, which was denied by the …