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EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Meier

3:19-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: March 14, 2019

Closed Date: June 30, 2022

This is a case about two Kentucky laws: one banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, and the other banning abortion based on the specific reasons for the person’s decision, such as a fetal diagnosis. On March 19, 2019, EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C. on behalf of itself, its staff and its patients, and a its owner, on behalf of himself and his patients filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Louisville Division. The plaintiffs sued the …
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

Closed Date: Aug. 17, 2022

This is a case about abortion rights in Kentucky. On April 10, 2018, abortion providers filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. They 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 Kentucky under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the ACLU of Kentucky and the ACLU, the abortion provid…
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 …
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA investigation of Grant County (Kentucky) Jail

DJ 168-30-22 | No Court

On November 4, 2003, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (DOJ) issued a notice letter announcing that it had opened a CRIPA investigation into detainee conditions in the Grant County Detention Center (GDC) in Williamstown. (Source) The DOJ initiated the investigation into GCDC after a sexual attack on a teenager that occurred in early 2003 brought this detention center onto the department’s radar; the attack was encouraged by GCDC guards.  In February of 2004, the DOJ conduct…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Kentucky Protection and Advocacy v. Hall

3:01-cv-00538 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2001

Closed Date: Feb. 7, 2002

This is a case about whether a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency must demonstrate that each facility resident has a disability before entering the facility or speaking with residents under its investigatory authority. On September 14, 2001, Kentucky P&A filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Kentucky P&A filed this lawsuit against Kentucky Youth Academy under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI Act) and the D…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. H.T. Hackney Co.

5:03-cv-00038 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2003

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2005

In February 2003, the Louisville Area Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against H.T. Hackney Company in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. After the date for jury trial had been set, the parties settled the lawsuit in June 2003 through a consent decree. The two-year de…
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 …
JAIL CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation of the Boyd County Detention Center

N/A | No Court

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…