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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…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. PROSPECT AIRPORT SERVICES

2:05-cv-01125 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2005

Closed Date: 2017

In September 2005, the Los Angeles District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against Prospect Airport Services, Inc. The complaint was brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. The plaintiff alleged that a male employee was sexually harassed by a female co-worker, and that the defendant company did not take steps to remedy the situation.The defendan…
JAIL CONDITIONS
U.S. CRIPA investigation of Clark County Detention Center

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On December 4, 1997, the United States Department of Justice (the “Department”) informed Clark County, Nevada that it planned to investigate conditions at the Clark County Detention Center (the “Detention Center”) under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (“CRIPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 1997 et seq. In early 1998, the Department sent experts to assess conditions at the Detention Center. Based on the experts’ findings, the Department concluded that “conditions at the Detention Center viola…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. EXAMINATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES

2:03-cv-01229 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

In September 2003, the Los Angeles District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Examination Management Services, Inc., d/b/a EMSI, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada alleging discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"). Specifically, the complaint alleged that the defendant subjected the charging party, a female employee, to a hostile work environment and terminated her because of her age. The parties took part in early neutral …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. GNLV Corp. d/b/a/ Golden Nugget

2:06-cv-01225 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2006

Closed Date: 2018

On September 29, 2006, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against GNLV, Corp., d/b/a Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino along with several individual employers under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC sought injunctive relief, modification of defendants’ policies, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys’ fees and costs. This case was originally assigned to Judge Brian Sandoval and refe…