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DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Seaman v. The Commonwealth of Virginia

3:22-cv-00006 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2022

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REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
Richmond Medical v. Hicks

3:03-cv-00531 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 18, 2003

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.)The Center for Reproductive Rights challenged Virginia’s Partial Birth Infanticide Act of 2003 (the “Virginia Ban”), a method ban that targets the dilation and evacuation (D&E) method of abortion.
PRISON CONDITIONS
Scott v. Clarke

3:12-cv-00036 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 24, 2012

Case Ongoing

Prisoners detained at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women filed this class-action lawsuit against Armor Correctional Health Services and the Virginia Department of Corrections on July 24, 2012. Brought under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and 28 U.S.C. §2201, the suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia and assigned to Judge Norman Moon. The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center, the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban…
JAIL CONDITIONS
DOJ ADA Investigation of Virginia Regional Jail Authority

No Court

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) initiated an investigation into the Central Virginia Regional Jail (“CVRJ”), run by the Virginia Regional Jail Authority (“VRJA”) following a complaint alleging violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The complainant, a deaf individual who uses American Sign Language (“ASL”) to communicate, alleged that VRJA failed to provide a qualified interpreter or any additional aids or services so that she could effectively com…
EDUCATION
Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board

1:21-cv-00296 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: March 3, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a new admissions policy of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) that would negatively affect admissions for Asian American students. On March 3, 2021, an organization of primarily Asian American parents named the Coalition for TJ advocating against the new admissions policy filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiff sued the Fairfax County School Board (“the School Board”) under 42 U.S.C. §§ …
NATIONAL SECURITY
Baby Doe v. Piehota

1:16-cv-00373 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 5, 2016

Case Ongoing

On April 5, 2016, nineteen American Muslim individuals listed in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ("FBI") Terrorist Screening Database filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), the FBI, the Transportation Security Administration ("TSA"), and the Terrorist Screening Center ("TSC"). Represented by the Council on American-Islamic Relations and private counsel, the plaintiffs brought this…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Harris v. McDonnell

5:13-cv-00077 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2013

Closed Date: 2015

On August 1, 2013, two same-sex couples filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia against the state of Virginia, under 42 U.S. § 1983 and the Declaratory Judgment Act. The plaintiffs, represented by the national ACLU, the ACLU of Virginia, Lambda Legal and private counsel, asked the court for both declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the state's refusal to allow same-sex couples to marry or to recognize same-sex couples married in other states v…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Braden Sutphin Ink Company

3:04-cv-00720 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2004

Closed Date: 2007

In September 2004, the EEOC district office in Richmond, Virginia brought this suit against the Braden Sutphin Ink Company in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The complaint is not currently available. A consent decree was entered in May 2005. Although the consent decree is unavailable, the docket states that the defendant would expunge its employment records concerning the aggrieved party and that the terms of the agreement would run for two years.The decree was …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Alltel Telecom Information Services

3:04-cv-00722 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2004

Closed Date: 2007

The Baltimore District Office of the EEOC filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The defendant was Alltel Telecom Information Services, Inc., a network telecommunications business serving customers in 26 states. It was alleged that the complainant, a black male, was discharged on the basis of race. The lawsuit was filed in September 2004 and was resolved by consent decree in April 2005. The complainant, who did not intervene in the case, was awarded…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Riggleman v. Clarke

5:17-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 26, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 27, 2017, an prisoner in the custody of the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, against VDOC's Director and its Chief Medical Director in their official and personal capacities. Plaintiff, who had Hepatitis C, claimed that VDOC knowingly refused him medical care for his disease and this refusal violated the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause and the state constitution. Plaint…