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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Toor v. Berger

1:22-cv-01004 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about individuals who were denied religious accommodations to practice their faith while in recruit training for, or serving in, the U.S. Marine Corps. On April 11, 2022, four Sikh Americans filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of the Navy, officials in both departments, and officials in the U.S. Marine Corps under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA), …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Sanders v. District of Columbia

1:22-cv-02259 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2022

Case Ongoing

On August 1, 2022, four Black female firefighters filed suit against the District of Columbia, alleging that D.C. Fire and EMS (DC FEMS) discriminated against them on the basis of race and gender. Plaintiffs alleged discriminatory pay, disciplinary, and overtime assignment practices in violation of Title VII, and sought injunctive and declaratory relief, as well as back, lost wages, and compensatory damages. Despite obtaining paramedic certifications that entitle DC FEMS to 15% premium to their…
EDUCATION
Blackman v. Dist. of Columbia

1:97-cv-01629 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 17, 1997

Closed Date: Dec. 18, 2014

On July 17, 1997, several public school students with disabilities brought this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the District of Columbia, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS), the Chief Executive Officer of DCPS and Director of Special Education of DCPS,  to challenge the city public school system’s failure to comply with the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitat…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Carr v. District of Columbia

1:06-cv-00098 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2006

Closed Date: Oct. 27, 2011

On January 19, 2006, the named plaintiffs filed this suit on behalf of themselves and similarly situated individuals in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs alleged that the District of Columbia’s (“the District”) Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) falsely arrested and imprisoned persons who had been participating in or observing a demonstration in Washington, D.C., in response to the second inauguration of President George W. Bush. The MPD arrested the plain…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Marouf v. Azar

1:18-cv-00378 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2018

Case Ongoing

On February 20, 2018, a married same-sex couple filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Administration for Children and Families, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for violating the First Amendment's Establishment Clause and the Fifth Amendment’s Equal Protection and Substantive Due Process clauses. The plaintiffs were represented by Lam…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ramirez v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

1:18-cv-00508 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 5, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) policies for detaining immigrants after they turned 18 who had entered the U.S. as unaccompanied minors. On March 5, 2018, two individual plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where it was assigned to District Judge Rudolph Contreras. They brought suit on behalf of a class of unaccompanied children who had been placed in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Ser…
EDUCATION
Charles H. v. District of Columbia

1:21-cv-00997 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the District of Columbia's alleged failure to provide special education and related services to incarcerated students during the COVID-19 pandemic.  D.C. Public Schools was the service provider for certain high school students with disabilities and special education needs, who were enrolled in the D.C. Jail's on-site school through the Inspiring Youth Program (IYP).  IYP Classes for were suspended on March 13, 2020.  For over a year, however, IYP students alleged that instr…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Council of Parents Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) v. DeVos

1:18-cv-01636 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 12, 2018

Closed Date: May 4, 2021

On July 12, 2018, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. COPAA sued the U.S. Department of Education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Represented by the National Center for Youth Law and private attorneys, COPAA sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as attorneys' fees and costs to stop the Dept. of Education from delaying …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Vote Forward v. DeJoy

1:20-cv-02405 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2020

Closed Date: May 25, 2021

This is a case about delays in mail-in ballots due to United States Postal Service (USPS) policy changes. On August 28, 2020, Vote Forward, Voces Unidas de las Montañas, Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (“COLOR”), Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, and eleven individuals filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against USPS and the Postmaster General. The challenged policies included policies prohibiting late or extra delivery trips. P…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Escalante v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

1:22-cv-00541 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 1, 2022

Closed Date: March 11, 2022

This is a putative class action lawsuit brought by medically vulnerable individuals in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody who were refused a COVID booster vaccine. On March 1, 2022, plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security alleging violations of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Administrative Procedure Act for failure to provide reasonable accommoda…