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Hugo Martin Recinos-Recinos v. Express Forestry Inc.

2:05-cv-01355 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 7, 2005

Closed Date: June 22, 2009

On April 7, 2005, attorneys with the Immigrant Justice Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on behalf of over 300 predominantly Guatemalan and Mexican migrant workers, admitted to work in the U.S. pursuant to H-2B temporary foreign worker visa program, who planted trees and performed other forestry-related activities for Express Forestry Inc. Plaintif…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Lowell v. Lyft, Inc.

7:17-cv-06251 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2017

Case Ongoing

On August 17, 2017, an individual from White Plains, New York who uses a motorized scooter to travel filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Represented by private counsel and the Westchester Independent Living Center, the plaintiff sued Lyft, Inc., alleging a failure to provide accessible service to people with mobility disabilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12181), the New York State Human Rights…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Bensley v. Pate

4:20-cv-00329 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2020

Closed Date: May 26, 2021

This case is about a voter's erroneous placement on a list of convicted felons, which excluded her from voting in Iowa.  In this case, an Iowa voter was erroneously placed on a list of convicted felons and excluded from voting, even though she had not been convicted of a felony.  The plaintiff alleged that she voted “as usual” in November 2018, and a few weeks later received a letter informing her that her vote had been rejected. On October 26, 2020, she sued the Iowa Secretary of State and Pol…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Equal Vote America Corp. v. Congress

1:19-cv-00311 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2019

Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2020

This case is about an alleged violation of equal representation in Congress.   On January 11, 2019, a non-profit organization called “Equal Vote America Corp.” (EVA) and an individual filed a complaint in federal court in the Southern District of New York.  The complaint explained that EVA represented a group of eligible voters and that its mission was educating the public on voting rights and promoting voter participation in the election process.  The individual plaintiff was the leader of the…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gonzalez v. Benson

2:19-cv-13515 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Nov. 26, 2019

Closed Date: Jan. 28, 2020

This is a case alleging a violation of the Voting Rights Act against the Michigan Secretary of State by refusing to put a candidate on the Republican primary ballot. This class action lawsuit was filed on November 26, 2019 against the Michigan Secretary of State and alleged that the defendant failed to include a candidate on Michigan's Republican primary ballot for president in violation of the Voting Rights Act.  This suit was brought by a resident of Michigan of Hispanic and/or Latino ethnici…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Terrill v. Oregon

6:21-cv-00588 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 20, 2021

Closed Date: July 1, 2024

This lawsuit, which resulted in a settlement agreement, addressed whether incarcerated people in Oregon have to pay for certain medical equipment. A person incarcerated at the Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon on April 20, 2021. Defendants were the State of Oregon and the Director of the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODC). Plaintiff had a lower leg amputation. He had received a prosthesis while incarcerated. To pay f…
POLICING
Illinois v. City of Chicago

1:17-cv-06260 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2017

Case Ongoing

This case established a consent decree related to alleged systemic misconduct by the Chicago Police Department.  On August 29, 2017, the State of Illinois filed this lawsuit against the City of Chicago in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. The State brought this action on behalf of the people of Illinois to ensure that the City enacted comprehensive, lasting reform of th…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Remick v. City of Philadelphia

2:20-cv-01959 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action brought by individuals incarcerated in the Philadelphia Department of Prisons (Philadelphia's jail system), alleging that the conditions within the facility were unconstitutional due to the plaintiffs' heightened risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19. The parties entered into a partial settlement agreement as to protective equipment, disinfectant, and monitoring, which was approved by the court on June 3, 2020. The plaintiffs twice moved for con…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Feehan v. Wisconsin Elections Commission

2:20-cv-01771 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2020

This case stemmed from alleged voter fraud in the State of Wisconsin during the 2020 presidential election. In the decade preceding the 2020 election, Wisconsin passed various laws aimed at ensuring the integrity of absentee ballots. These laws included, in relevant part, requirements that most voters presented a photo ID at the time of registering for an absentee ballot (Wis. Stat. §§ 6.34; 6.79) and absentee ballots contained certain certifications from both the voter and a stated witness in …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Reeves v. Kemp

1:20-cv-00172 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 25, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 12, 2021

This is a case about Georgia's mail-in ballot regulations during the 2020 election. On November 25, 2020, a family of three Georgia residents filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. The residents sued Georgia Governor Brian Kemp under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Filing pro se, the plaintiffs sought the invalidation of "all mail in ballots in the State of Georgia." Alternatively, the plaintiffs sought $30 million in damages so that family could relocate to…