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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
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

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 23, 2020, Plaintiffs filed their action to enjoin the enforcement of Nevada bill AB4, which expanded the use of mail-in and absentee voting in elections that are impacted by a pandemic or other disaster. The bill would expand absentee voting in the November election. Plaintiffs argue that this will result in frau…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dillard v. Nevada Department of Prisons

3:89-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 1989

Closed Date: 1993

On 2/15/1989, female inmates housed within the Nevada Department of Prisons filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of Nevada, against officials of the Nevada Department of Prisons. Plaintiffs complained of inadequate vocational programs and maintenance at Nevada Department of Prisons institutions. Plaintiffs were represented by apparently private counsel.In February 1993, the parties submitted a stipulated settlement agreement that required defendants to encourage the entities…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ybarra v. Nevada Bd. Of Prison Comm'rs

3:80-00040 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 1980

In 1980, Bernard Ybarra applied, pro se, for a preliminary injunction in the District of Nevada to forbid officials of Nevada State Prison from enforcing its informal regulation requiring frisk searches of contact visitors against his girlfriend. In a March 1981 order, the District Court (Judge Edward C. Reed) stated that Ybarra was entitled to a preliminary injunction because the regulation (1) had not been put into writing and posted at the Prison, (2) was in conflict with a duly adopted exi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Chandler v. Koon

3:87-00235 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 12, 1987

On 5/12/1987, Michael Chandler, an inmate in the Nevada State Prison, filed a Section 1983 lawsuit in the District of Nevada, pro se, against officials of the Nevada Department of Prisons. Plaintiff alleged that his federal constitutional rights had been violated by a digital anal cavity search performed on him without reasonable suspicion. At some point an attorney was appointed by the court.The October 1989 trial resulted in a mistrial; a retrial was scheduled for January 1990. Following a…
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…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Sevcik v. Sandoval

2:12-cv-00578 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 10, 2012

Closed Date: Jan. 9, 2015

This is a case brought by eight same-sex couples seeking to marry or have their marriages recognized by the State of Nevada. Represented by Lambda Legal and private counsel, they brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, suing the Governor and several clerks/recorders. The Nevada Constitution prohibited official recognition of same-sex marriages. See Nev. Const. art. I, § 21 ("Only a marriage between a male and female person shall be recognized and given effect in [N…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Craig v. Hocker

3:72-cv-02662 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 1, 1972

In 1972, inmates at the Nevada State Prison filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of Nevada, pro se, against officials of the Nevada State Prisons. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants violated the Fourteenth Amendments' due process clause be denying them the right to call witnesses, produce evidence or obtain legal counsel during disciplinary proceedings within the prison. Plaintiffs also complained of denial of adequate medical care, mail privileges, and visiting privileges. …
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Duval Ranching Co. v. Glickman

3:95-cv-00038 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 1995

Closed Date: 2000

On January 20, 1995, plaintiffs, ranchers near Humboldt National Forest in Elko County, Nevada, filed this complaint in the District of Nevada against the United States, United States Forest Service, and individual federal officers. The complaint is unavailable, but according to the order granting summary judgment, the plaintiffs alleged violations of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), Bivens, and state law. Specifica…
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…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Paher v. Cegavske

3:20-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 21, 2020

Case Ongoing

NOTE: This case is being tracked in close to real time by the Stanford/MIT Healthy Elections Project. So for information, see their tracker. According to their summary as of September 7, 2020, Plaintiffs claim that a universal mail voting plan violates the right to vote (1st and 14th Amendments). They further claim that the plan violates the Purcell principle, violates Article I, § 4 of the Constitution, and violates Article IV, § 4 as well as the Nevada Constitution. State constitutional clai…