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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Georgia State Conference v. State of Georgia

1:21-cv-05338 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2021

This is a case about redistricting in Georgia.   On December 30, 2021, the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP (NAACP), Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (GCPA), and Galeo Latino Community Development Fund, Inc (GALEO) (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.  Plaintiffs sued the State of Georgia, the Governor of the State of Georgia, and the Secretary of State of Georgia (collectively, “Defendants”) for …

Administrative Stay Granted

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
De La Fuente v. Kemp

1:16-00256 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2016

Closed Date: April 22, 2016

On January 28, 2016, an individual who sought to be a Democratic candidate for the presidency, and three individuals, filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division against the Georgia Secretary of State (Defendant GSS) and The Democratic Party of Georgia (Defendant DPG) alleging that the  denial of candidate plaintiff’s request to include plaintiff’s name on the ballot for the Democratic candidates in the State of Georgia’s 2016 Presidential Prima…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
The Democratic Party of Georgia v. Crittenden

1:18-cv-05181 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 11, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 14, 2019

On November 11, 2018, The Democratic Party of Georgia, Inc., and AFG Group Inc., a nonprofit doing business as Stacey Abrams for Governor, filed a class action complaint against (1) the Secretary of State for Georgia, (2) members of the Gwinnett County Board of Registration and Elections, (3) members of the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections, and (4) a class of defendants comprised of superintendents and boards of elections for each of the 159 counties in Georgia.  The complaint …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Corbett v. Register

7:16-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 30, 2016

Closed Date: July 25, 2016

This is a case about maintaining equal populations across voting districts.  A resident of Echols County in the Superior Court of Echols County filed a lawsuit on June 3, 2016 against the Echols County Board of Education, seeking that the Board members be elected from districts of equal population.  Prior to the lawsuit, on December 5, 2006, the Board held a meeting to discuss, amongst other things, the Board’s district lines. The populations of each district were presented to the Board and a p…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Georgia Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda v. Deal

4:16-cv-00269 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 12, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2016

This case involved requiring the State of Georgia to extend the voter registration deadline in Chatham County ahead of the November 8, 2016 general election due to the state of emergency caused by Hurricane Matthew.   On October 12, 2016, the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda, Inc., the George State Conference of the NAACP and Third Sector Development Inc. filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.  The plaintiffs sued the Governor of Ge…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger

1:18-cv-05391 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2018

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 2022

Two voter-rights advocacy organizations and four religious non-profit organizations brought actions against the Georgia Secretary of State, the State Election Board, and members of the State Election Board alleging constitutional violations and violations of the Voting Rights Act.  The original complaint was filed on November 27, 2018, by the two voter-rights groups.  The complaint was amended twice.  The four religious non-profit organizations joined as plaintiffs as part of the first amendmen…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Quintero Chacón v. Dickerson

4:25-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2025

The petitioner in this case, a Venezuelan non-citizen, initially filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on February 10, 2025 pro se in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. In his initial petition, he requested that he be released from detention in Georgia, where he soon would have been held beyond the statutory limit.  The petitioner ceased challenging deportation but could not be deported as the parties agreed that Venezuela was not taking deportations. This…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

EDUCATION
Gaines v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

1:24-cv-01109 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: March 14, 2024

This case is about transgender athletes' participation in NCAA swimming contests. On March 14, 2024, a group of current and former women’s collegiate athletes filed a putative class action lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the University System of Georgia, and other related state and institutional officials, alleging that the NCAA’s policies concerning transgender athletes violated Title IX. They also brought claims under 42 USC § 1983, alleging that the polic…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Benning v. Dozier

5:18-cv-00087 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: March 9, 2018

This is a lawsuit brought by an incarcerated person after his outgoing emails were allegedly censored without any form of notification or an appeals process. On March 9, 2018, Plaintiff filed this lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections (“GDC”) Commissioner, as well as the official allegedly responsible for censoring inmate emails for the GDC, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. (The plaintiff initially represented himself, but was later represented by t…

Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective v. Georgia

2022CV367796 | Georgia state trial court

Filed Date: July 26, 2022

On July 26, 2022, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Collective, Feminist Women’s Health Center, Planned Parenthood Southeast, Atlanta Comprehensive Wellness Clinic, Atlanta Women’s Medical Center, Femhealth, Summit Medical Associates, Medical Students for Choice, and three physicians filed suit against the state of Georgia in the Superior Court for Fulton County (Georgia state trial court). The plaintiffs challenged the state's Six-Week Ban on abortion and the Records Access Provision enac…