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DISABILITY RIGHTS
E.S. v. State

1:18-cv-00008 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: May 23, 2018

Closed Date: July 9, 2018

The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in state court to challenge the fair hearing decision on May 23, 2018.  The state removed the case to the US District Court, Federal District of Alaska on June 22, 2018.  The case was assigned to Judge H. Russel Holland.  Plaintiffs are two brothers each eligible for Alaska Medicaid waiver services, For years, they had each received 15 hours per week of individual day habilitation and 15 hours per week of group day habilitation services. Their services were reduce…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest v. State

No. 3AN-10-12279 CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 19, 2010

Case Ongoing

This case concerns abortion restrictions in Alaska relating to pregnant minors and parental involvement. In 2007, the Alaska Supreme Court held a parental consent law unconstitutional because it violated the state constitution’s equal protection clause by regulating minors terminating pregnancies but not other pregnant minors. Two years after that ruling, anti-abortion activists in Alaska submitted an application for a ballot initiative to require parental notification instead. Minors seeking a…
CHILD WELFARE
Jeremiah M. v. Crum

3:22-cv-00129 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: May 19, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case is about allegations of longstanding, systematic deficiencies in the Alaskan child welfare system as relating to its foster care services. On May 20, 2022, twelve foster children involved with the Alaska Office of Children's Services (OCS) — represented by A Better Childhood, Northern Justice Project, Disability Law Center of Alaska, and private counsel — filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, suing the Alaska Departmen…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Fischer v. Campbell

3AN-09-12037CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 23, 2009

Closed Date: Nov. 29, 2010

This state court case challenged a ballot initiative seeking to recognize the legal personhood of “all human beings including unborn children” (the “Initiative”). In August 2009, three sponsors filed an application with the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska to certify the Initiative. On October 23, 2009, the Lieutenant Governor certified the Initiative, allowing its circulation for gathering signatures. On November 3, 2009, three Alaska citizens filed their complaint for declaratory and injunctive …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. Campbell

3AN-09-09236CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: July 31, 2009

Closed Date: Oct. 6, 2010

This is a state court case challenging a ballot initiative in the state of Alaska. In 1997, the Alaska legislature passed the Parental Consent Act (PCA), a law requiring unemancipated minor patients to first obtain parental consent or judicial authorization before seeking abortions. A 10-year legal battle culminated in the Alaska Supreme Court’s declaration that the PCA unconstitutionally violated the patient’s right to privacy, but that the state constitution could permit a parental notificati…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. State

3AN 97-6014 | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: July 25, 1997

Case Ongoing

This is a state court case challenging an abortion restriction in the state of Alaska. SB 24 (the "Parental Consent Act" or "PCA") enacted on May 2, 1997, prohibited any unemancipated or unmarried woman under 17 years of age from having an abortion unless she first obtained the consent of a parent, guardian, or custodian or a court order authorizing the procedure. Anybody providing an abortion on a minor in non-compliance with this consent requirement would be subject to criminal and civil liab…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Anchorage School District v. M.G

3:17-cv-00157 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: July 12, 2017

Closed Date: March 27, 2019

This case is about whether an Alaska school district was required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to provide a student with blindness and other disabilities with an education a specialized school in Massachusetts. The student was a young man with multiple disabilities, including autism, gastrointestinal disorders, cognitive impairments, and impending blindness. His Individualized Education Plan (IEP) established he needed to attend a school for the blind in order to ad…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Matanuska-Susitna Borough v. Alaska Redistricting Board

No. 3AN-21-8869CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2021

Case Ongoing

On December 2, 2021, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB) and an Alaskan voter filed suit against the Alaska Redistricting Board (ARB) in the Superior Court of Alaska to challenge districts in the ARB's redistricting plan. Plaintiffs alleged that the ARB's adopted state House redistricting plan violated the one person, one vote requirement under the Equal Protection clauses of the Alaska and the U.S. Constitutions. Plaintiffs also asserted that the districts violated several of the redistricting…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Disability Law Center of Alaska v. Meyer

3:20-cv-00173 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: July 20, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This case was filed on July 17, 2020 by three nonprofit advocacy groups and two individual plaintiffs in Alaska, seeking injunctive relief enjoining the state from only sending mail absentee applications to voters over 65 years old for the 2020 federal elections and a declaration that the state's policy was unconstitutional. On September 3, 2020, the court denied the plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs appealed the denial of the preliminary injuncti…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Arctic Village Council v. Meyer

20-07858 | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This case, initially being tracked by the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project, was filed by Arctic Village Council, the League of Women Voters, and individual Alaska voters with underlying health conditions. The plaintiffs sought an order enjoining the State of Alaska from enforcing its notarization/witness requirement for mail in-ballots during the November 2020 election, arguing that the requirement left self-isolated, immunocompromised citizens with an untenable choice b…