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DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Oklahoma's Mental Health Service System and Oklahoma City's Response to Mental Health Crises

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On November 17, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that they would be opening an investigation into the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD). The investigation intended to look into claims that Oklahoma failed to provide community-based mental health services for citizens of Oklahoma county. The investigation also included an appraisal of Oklahoma City’s responses to behavioral health crises, including the 911 response practices and poli…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Navarro v. State of Colorado

5:22-cv-00969 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2022

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2023

On November 8, 2022, a resident and voter in Rocky Ford, Colorado, filed this complaint pro se in the Western District of Colorado alleging violations of voting administration. Plaintiff filed suit against the State of Colorado, the Otero County Commissioner's Office, the La Junta Clerk & Recorder, City Manager of Rocky Ford, the R2 School Board and Administration, the Rocky Ford Gazette, the Colorado Governor's Office, and the La Junta Commissioner's Office, alleging a violation under 18 USC 3…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Williams v. Oklahoma

5:16-cv-00163 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2016

Closed Date: July 29, 2016

Plaintiff, an individual, retired farmer, decided to run for President of the United States as a write-in candidate. He had run twice before as a write-in candidate for mayor and twice for governor so he was familiar with the process. He mailed his first declaration of write-in candidacy on January 1, 2016 and proceeded to mail to each state. Oklahoma, however, does not allow write-in candidates for President of the United States. On February 22, 2016, Plaintiff explained filed a complaint in t…

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EDUCATION
United States v. State of Oklahoma

6:25-cv-00265 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2025

This case challenged a provision of Oklahoma state law, Oklahoma Statute Title 70 § 3242, along with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE) policy § 3.18.6. Together, these provisions authorized noncitizens who are unlawfully present in the United States to receive in-state tuition rates at Oklahoma postsecondary institutions. The United States alleged that these provisions violate the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution because they confer in-state tuition benefits based…

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EDUCATION
Oklahoma v. Cardona

5:24-cv-00461 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 6, 2024

This case is a challenge to the Biden administration's interpretation of Title IX. On April 19, 2024, the Department of Education announced an interpretation of Title IX ("the Final Rule"), to go into effect on August 1, 2024, that gave LGBTQ+ students and others explicit protection from sex discrimination “based on sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.” The Final Rule also broadened the definition of prohibited harassmen…
EDUCATION
Johnson v. The University of Oklahoma

5:24-cv-00495 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 15, 2024

This is a case about colleges' consideration of race in distribution of financial aid. On May 15, 2024, three white students filed a putative class action lawsuit against the University of Oklahoma and a series of University officials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. The plaintiffs alleged that the University discriminated in favor of Black students when awarding financial aid. They sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment's Eq…

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PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Fowler v. Stitt

4:22-cv-00115 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: March 14, 2022

This case involves a constitutional challenge to a state law barring transgender individuals from amending their birth certificates. On March 14, 2022, three transgender people born in Oklahoma brought this suit against the Oklahoma Governor, the Oklahoma State Department of Health Commissioner, and the State Registrar of Vital Records in their official capacities. Represented by Lambda Legal and the ACLU, the plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of…
EDUCATION
Oklahoma State Department of Education v. United States of America

5:24-cv-00459 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 6, 2024

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2025

On May 6, 2024, the Oklahoma Department of Education filed suit against the US Secretary of Education, the Department of Education's (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and the DOE's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Oklahoma sought to challenge DOE's notice that in the enforcement of Title IX's prohibitions on sex discrimination, that DOE would interpret the term "sex" to include sexual orientation and gender ide…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius

5:12-cv-01000 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2012

Closed Date: Sept. 4, 2014

This case was about whether private companies were entitled to a religious exception to covering emergency contraception under the Affordable Care Act. Please note that this case was previously titled Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores. Sylvia Burwell was automatically substituted as petitioner when she was approved by the U.S. Senate as the Secretary of Health and Human Services after being nominated by President Barack Obama to replace Kathleen Sebelius following Sebelius' resignation on Apr. 10,…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Casilao v. Hotelmacher LLC

5:17-cv-00800 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: July 26, 2017

This case challenged the legality of a scheme to recruit Filipino nationals to work in the United States under an H-2B visa. On July 26, 2017, three Filipino nationals recruited to work in the United States filed a class-action lawsuit against the owners of Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) operating various hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment venues in Oklahoma. Plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Oklahoma, Legal Aid, and the Equal Justice Center. The suit was filed in the Unite…

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