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REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Family Planning Association of Maine v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

1:19-cv-00100 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: March 6, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2021

This is a case about the Trump Administration's Compliance with Statutory Program Integrity Requirements, 84 Fed. Reg. 7,714 (the “Rule”), published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) on March 4, 2019, and its deleterious effect on Maine reproductive health care organizations. Maine Family Planning was the largest reproductive health care organization in the state and its sole Title X family planning program grantee. Since the middle of the twenty-first century…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center v. Mayhew

PORSC-CV-2015-527 | Maine state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2015

Closed Date: Jan. 14, 2020

On November 24, 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Maine, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Maine (Maine's only trial-level court), Cumberland County, seeking to restore abortion coverage for women receiving free and low-cost Maine Medicaid ("MaineCare") as health insurance. These nonprofit organizations filed on behalf of Mable Wadsworth Women's Health Center, Maine Family Planning, and Planned Parenthood of New England, each a…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Jenkins v. Lynch

2:17-cv-00366 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2017

Closed Date: June 12, 2019

Maine law prohibited anyone other than a licensed physician from providing abortion services. Represented by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, five advanced practice registered nurses (“APRNs”) and two non-profit organizations, including Planned Parenthood, (“the plaintiffs”) brought this suit in the U.S District Court for the District of Maine on September 20, 2017, alleging that this restriction on who can perform abortions violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The plaint…
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Robbins v. Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services

CV-22-54 | Maine state trial court

Filed Date: March 1, 2022

Case Ongoing

This class-action lawsuit challenged Maine’s system of appointing private attorneys to provide representation to indigent criminal defendants. On March 1, 2022, five people currently being represented in criminal proceedings by appointed counsel filed a complaint and motion for class certification in Maine’s Kennebec County Superior Court. The plaintiffs sued the executive director of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services in his official capacity, the chair of the Maine Commission on …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Jorgensen v. Dunlap

1:20-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 31, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 10, 2020

On July 31, 2020, a candidate for United States President from the Libertarian Party of Maine, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, seeking to challenge Maine's petition signature requirements for independent candidates found at 21-A M.R.S. §§ 353 and 354(5)(A), which had become more challenging to meet due to COVID-19 restrictions. Suing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiff sued the Secretary of State of Maine, alleging violations of her First and Fourteent…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Merrill v. Dunlap

1:20-cv-00248 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about accessible electronic voting and vote-by-mail procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 15, 2020, the plaintiffs, who are blind or legally blind, filed this lawsuit in the District of Maine against the state of Maine and four Maine towns and cities. Represented by Disability Rights Maine, the plaintiffs requested a preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Maine to provide vote-by-mail and electronic voting procedures that were accessible to blind voters. The pl…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Loisel v. Clinton

1:19-cv-00081 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2019

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit, brought by persons in the custody of the Maine Department of Corrections with chronic Hepatitis C, challenged the Department's Hepatitis C care and treatment policies. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, filed their suit on February 21, 2019 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. The plaintiffs sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act and 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that the defendants’ policies for treating Hepatitis C violated the Eighth an…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Bayley's Campground, Inc v. Mills

2:20-cv-00176 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: May 15, 2020

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This is a suit brought by several campgrounds and individuals wishing to travel to Maine against the State of Maine's enforcement of stay-at-home orders and quarantine requirements for those traveling into Maine. The plaintiffs alleged that Maine's orders violated their rights to interstate travel, due process, and equal protection. The court denied their motion for preliminary injunction and found that the orders were narrowly tailored to the goal of protecting public health.…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Denbow v. Maine Department of Corrections

1:20-cv-00175 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: May 15, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a habeas action brought by a group of inmates in the the Maine Department of Corrections, seeking release of inmates due to COVID-19. The plaintiffs' claims were dismissed and the case is now closed. A group of vulnerable prisoners brought this lawsuit against the Maine Department of Corrections, alleging that the Department was not sufficiently protecting them against the threat of serious illness or death from the virus. Represented by the ACLU of Maine, they filed …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Smith v. Aroostook County

1:18-cv-00352 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 7, 2019

On September 6, 2018, a female prisoner at Aroostook County Jail filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. Represented by the ACLU of Maine and by private counsel, the plaintiff sued Aroostook County and its sheriff under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The plaintiff suffered from opioid use disorder. For ten years, her doctor treated her disorder with medication-assisted treatment (MAT). After pleading guilty in a criminal…