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REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Sobel v. Cameron

22-CI-005189 | Kentucky state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about Kentucky’s abortion laws (Revised Statutes KRS 311.710 et seq.), and the ways in which they allegedly restricted religious freedom. The statutes posed a complete ban on abortions, beginning at fertilization, and provided exceptions only to save the pregnant person's life and/or to prevent serious risk to the pregnant person's physical health. The statutes also made it a felony for physicians to perform an abortion on a viable fetus except to preserve the life and health of …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
EMW Women's Surgical Center v. Cameron

22-CI-3225 | Kentucky state trial court

Filed Date: June 27, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case is about Kentucky's Trigger Ban (KRS 311.772) and Six-Week Ban (KRS 311.7701) prohibiting abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org. to overturn Roe v. Wade. On June 27, 2022, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, and the EMW Women's Surgical Center brought suit against the state in the Jefferson Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky, claiming that the statutes violate state constitutional rights to privacy and self-determination. Plaintiffs …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. v. Cameron

3:22-cv-00198 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 14, 2022

Case Ongoing

Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana and Kentucky (Planned Parenthood) filed this suit on April 14, 2022 in the Western District of Kentucky in response to the enactment of the Humanity in Healthcare Act of 2022 (the Act) on April 13. The Act imposed significant restrictions on abortion providers, including imposing vast reporting requirements and banning all abortions after fifteen weeks, with very narrow exceptions. Under the Act, providers risked significant fines and …
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation of the Boyd County Detention Center

N/A | No Court

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2016

Case Ongoing

On November 1, 2016, the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division notified Boyd County officials of its intent to conduct an investigation of the Boyd County Detention Center pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The DOJ indicated that the purpose of the investigation was to determine whether prisoners are adequately protected from the use of excessive force, whether prisoners are subject to an invasion of their bodily privacy …
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Kentucky v. Biden

3:21-cv-00055 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2021

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio sued to block the federal vaccine mandate which required federal contractors and subcontractors to become vaccinated prior to December 6, 2021. The judge granted the preliminary injunction on November 30, 2021, which enjoined the defendants from implementing the vaccination requirements in the states party to the lawsuit. The defendants appealed and the case remains ongoing. This case is about whether the federal government can requ…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Beshear

3:17-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 2017

Closed Date: Feb. 4, 2020

On January 7, 2017, Kentucky enacted House Bill 2 ("the Act"), that required physicians to show a woman seeking an abortion ultrasound images of her embryo or fetus, auscultate the heartbeat, and provide a detailed description of the embryo or fetus prior to performing the abortion, even over the patient's objection. The penalties for violating the Act included a fine of up to $100,000 for a first offense and up to $250,000 for each subsequent offense in addition to disciplinary actions brought…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Meier

3:18-cv-00224 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: April 10, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a Kentucky bill which effectively banned abortions for all women in Kentucky at or after 15 weeks of pregnancy. On April 10, 2018, abortion providers filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The healthcare providers sued Kentucky’s Attorney General, the interim secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the Executive Director of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, and the Attorney for the 30th Judicial Circuit of…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Nemes v. Bensinger

3:20-cv-00407 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: June 8, 2020

Closed Date: July 17, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of a reduction in the number of polling places during the June 23, 2020 primary election in Kentucky. On June 8, 2020, a Kentucky state representative and several Kentucky residents filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. They sued the governor, secretary of state, and state election officials as well as county clerks, sheriffs, and election officials in Jefferson, Fayette, Kenton, Boone, and Cam…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Woodcock v. Correct Care Solutions

3:16-cv-00096 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 2015

This class action, brought on behalf of approximately 1,200 prisoners in the custody of the Kentucky Department of Corrections diagnosed with Hepatitis C, and those who might be diagnosed in the future, was filed in Kentucky state court in 2015, and removed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on December 7, 2016. Represented by the civil rights firm Belzley, Bathurst & Bentley, plaintiffs sued the Kentucky Department of Corrections, several individual employees of …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard

3:17-cv-00057 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: July 17, 2017

Closed Date: May 15, 2020

On July 17, 2017, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. HRDC sued both the former and current commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC), as well as many agents of the KDOC, all under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. HRDC, a charitable organization and publisher of Prison Legal News, sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief as well as attorneys’ fees. The plaintiffs claimed that KDOC's policy of …