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JAIL CONDITIONS
Lucero-Gonzalez v. Kline

2:20-cv-00901 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class-action brought by five prisoners with high-risk medical issues held at the federal Central Arizona Florence Correctional Complex against the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant’s failure to implement basic social distancing and hygiene measures violated their Eighth and Fifth Amendment rights. The court denied the plaintiffs’ motion for injunctive relief, finding that the plaintiffs had failed to show delib…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. County of Maricopa

2:99-cv-02137 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 1999

Closed Date: Nov. 27, 2000

On August 2, 1995, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a notice letter to Maricopa County Jails, notifying the Board of Supervisors of the government's intention to investigate the conditions in jails overseen by the County. A findings letter was sent to the Board on March 25, 1996, in which the DOJ condemned the unconstitutional conditions present at the outdoor jail facility Tent City, and the intake section of the Madison Street Jail. The DOJ found that a d…
CHILD WELFARE
B.K. v. McKay

2:15-cv-00185 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2015

Case Ongoing

On February 3, 2015, minors in the custody of the Arizona foster care system filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the Arizona Department of Child Safety, the Arizona Department of Health Services, and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396). The plaintiffs, represented by Children’s Rights, Inc., the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, a…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Parsons v. Ryan

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

Filed Date: March 22, 2012

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: In this preexisting class action addressing medical care in Arizona's prisons, the district court denied COVID-19 emergency relief on March 23, 2020. Notwithstanding the grave threats posed by congregate imprisonment during the pandemic, the court held that the emergency measures sought by the plaintiffs were outside of its authority under the settlement agreement in this case. However, the Court did (subsequently) order Arizona to disclose to class counsel who had been tested…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans v. Clean Elections USA

2:22-cv-01823 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about voter intimidation by private parties. The plaintiffs were two non-profit organizations, Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans (AARA) and Voto Latino, that work to protect voting and civil rights. In the weeks leading up to the November 2022 elections, the defendant, an organization called Clean Elections USA, encouraged its members to gather at ballot drop boxes in Arizona to deter voters from casting their ballots. The defendant claimed that these actions were necessary …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Arizona v. Mayorkas

2:21-cv-00617 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: April 11, 2021

Closed Date: Feb. 6, 2023

On April 11, 2021, the State of Arizona filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Arizona sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Arizona sought injunctive and declaratory relief. Specifically, Arizona claimed that the federal defendants should have complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and APA by completing environm…
POLICING
Melendres v. Arpaio

2:07-cv-02513 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

Case Ongoing

On December 12, 2007, a group of plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), as well as Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs sought to represent a class of Latino persons who have been or will be stopped, detained, interrogated, or searched by the Sheriff or his agents in moving or parked vehicles in Maricopa County. They alleged claims under the Fourth Amendment (search a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Fund for Empowerment v. City of Phoenix

2:22-cv-02041 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a challenge to Phoenix’s policies policing homelessness and the City’s treatment of unsheltered individuals concerning unreasonable seizure and destruction of property during “homeless sweeps.” On November 30, 2023, the Fund for Empowerment (FFE) and two individual plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District court for the District of Arizona. Defendants included the City of Phoenix and police officials in their official capacities. Represented by the ACLU of Arizona, plaintiffs s…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gladney v. Shartle

4:17-cv-00427 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2017

Closed Date: Jan. 24, 2022

This is a case filed by a transgender woman incarcerated in federal prison alleging a violation of the Federal Tort Claims Act. The plaintiff filed her complaint, pro se, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on August 28, 2017, against the Bureau of Prisons. The case was assigned to Judge David C. Bury.  In her complaint, the plaintiff alleged that she was the victim of a sexual assault by another incarcerated person in May of 2016. At the time, the plaintiff was hous…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Arizona Incorporated v. Brnovich

2:15-cv-01022 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 4, 2015

Closed Date: May 8, 2020

This is a case about abortion providers and physicians challenging the constitutionality of a provision within Arizona's S.B. 1318 (the “Act”). On June 4, 2015, Planned Parenthood of Arizona, alongside a private physician practice and two board-certified obstetricians and gynecologists, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, seeking a declaratory judgment and preliminary injunctive relief on behalf of themselves and their patients. The plaintiffs sue…