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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center v. Willden

2:05-cv-00757 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: June 17, 2005

Closed Date: June 5, 2007

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority. On June 17, 2005, Nevada Disability Advocacy & Law Center (Nevada DALC), Nevada’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Nevada DALC filed this lawsuit against Michael J. Willden, the Director of Nevada’s Department of Human Resources, in his official capacity. The P&A filed this lawsuit under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) an…
LABOR RIGHTS
Walden v. State of Nevada

3:14-cv-00320 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: June 17, 2014

Case Ongoing

On May 19, 2014, seven hourly correctional officers, represented by private counsel, filed suit in the First Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in and for Carson City against the State of Nevada, the Nevada Department of Corrections, and state employees in their official and individual capacities. The plaintiffs brought their claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Nevada State Constitution on behalf of a putative class of correctional officers employed by the State…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Corona v. Cegavske

20-OC-00064-1B | Nevada state trial court

Filed Date: April 16, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

This is a case about voting by mail in Nevada. On April 16, 2020, a group of plaintiffs consisting of four registered Nevada voters and the Nevada State Democratic Party, Democratic National Committee, DCCC (national congressional committee of the Democratic Party), and Priorities USA (a voter-rights advocacy nonprofit) filed this lawsuit in the First Judicial District Court of Nevada (state trial court). The plaintiffs sued the state of Nevada, plus Clark County, Washoe County, and Elko County…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fair Maps Nevada v. Cegavske

3:20-cv-00271 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 6, 2020

Closed Date: June 9, 2020

This is a case about the constitutionality of Nevada's signature-gathering requirements for ballot initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Near the end of 2019, a political action committee called Fair Maps Nevada filed a ballot initiative that would amend the Nevada Constitution to provide for the establishment of an independent redistricting commission. After social distancing measures were implemented at the beginning of the pandemic, the organization discovered that it would be unable to …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Donald J. Trump for President v. Cegavske

2:20-cv-01445 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2020

This is a 2020 case about voting by mail during pandemics and other disasters in Nevada. Nevada passed Assembly Bill 4 (AB4) on August 2, 2020. AB4 allowed areas impacted by a pandemic or other disaster to expand their use of mail-in and absentee voting, effective in time for the November 2020 election. AB4 Sections 11 and 12 also authorized particular numbers of polling places depending on county populations. On August 4, 2020, plaintiffs Donald J. Trump for President, the Republican National …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Melnik v. Aranas

2:17-cv-02378 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2017

Case Ongoing

On September 5, 2017, plaintiff, a person incarcerated in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC), initiated this lawsuit (pro se, initially) by filing a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. By direction of the court, plaintiff's complaint was docketed on July 2, 2018.  Plaintiff sued the Medical Director of NDOC, alleging that he was denied treatment for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) from 2015-2017, even though he was…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Elmajzoub v. Davis

3:19-cv-00196 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: March 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

On March 27, 2020, an incarcerated individual in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) filed suit against the Lovelock Correctional Center (LCC) and various LCC officials in their individual and official capacities. The plaintiff, a practicing Muslim, brought the suit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C. § 2000cca, alleging violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), the First …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Fight for Nevada v. Cegavske

2:20-cv-00837 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 11, 2020

Closed Date: May 26, 2020

This lawsuit challenged a statutory deadline for gathering signatures on a petition for the recall of an elected official during the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 11, 2020, a committee established for the purpose of recalling Nevada's Governor Steve Sisolak filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against the Nevada Secretary of State in her official capacity, pursuant to the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The committee, repr…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak

3:20-cv-00303 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 22, 2020

Closed Date: May 13, 2021

On May 22, 2020, a Nevada church filed this lawsuit against the Governor of Nevada, challenging the state’s restrictions on congregational worship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, the church filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. The case was assigned to Judge Larry R. Hicks; when he recused himself, the case was reassigned to Chief Judge Miranda M. Du, and later, based on relatedness to Calvary Chapel Lone Mountain v. Sisol…
PRISON CONDITIONS
In Re HCV Prison Litigation

3:19-cv-00577 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2019

Case Ongoing

This consolidated, class action lawsuit brought by people in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) challenged the Department's Hepatitis C treatment policies and protocols. Eight named plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sued the NDOC alleging violations of their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights and the Americans with Disabilities Act. The lawsuit sought a court order requiring NDOC to identify and monitor inmates with Hepatitis C, provide medical care that me…