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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Luciani v. Virginia State Board of Elections

7:20-cv-00401 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 13, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2020

On July 13, 2020, an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives (“the plaintiff”) sued the Virginia Department of Elections, the Virginia State Board of Elections, and its officers (“the defendants”) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia to enjoin the defendants from enforcing the state’s signature requirement for the 2020 election. The plaintiff, filing this case pro se, alleged that in light of Virginia’s state of emergency during the COVID-19 pandem…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
DOJ ADA Investigation of Virginia Regional Jail Authority

No Court

(This is a temporary summary while research is ongoing.) This matter was initiated by a complaint filed with the United States against the Central Virginia Regional Jail (CVRJ), alleging violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Specifically, Complainant VS, who is deaf and uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate, alleged that CVRJ personnel failed to provide a qualified interpreter or other appropriate auxiliary aids or services so that she could communica…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Aziz v. Trump

1:17-cv-00116 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2017

Closed Date: June 1, 2017

On January 28, 2017, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States, represented by the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown, filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs brought the action as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and a civil complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. They simultaneously filed an emergency application for a temporary restraining order (TRO). The plaintiffs were 50 to 60 lawful permanent residen…
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
Sines v. Kessler

3:17-cv-00072 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

In this case, ten private citizens of Charlottesville, Virginia, sued a host of individuals identified as organizers and promoters of the far-right “Unite the Right” rally held in the city on August 11-12, 2017. The plaintiffs filed this lawsuit on October 11, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs invoked state law and 42 U.S.C. § 1985, a Reconstruction Era federal statute creating a cause of action against those wh…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Thorpe v. Virginia Department of Corrections

3:19-cv-00332 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: May 6, 2019

Case Ongoing

On May 6, 2019, twelve prisoners at the Red Onion and Wallens Ridge supermax prisons, who had each been in solitary confinement for between two and twenty-three years, filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The plaintiffs sued the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) and the wardens of both Red Onion and Wallens Ridge under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 19…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Whorley v. Northam

3:20-cv-00255 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: April 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on April 8, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, amidst the outbreak of COVID-19 that occurred early in 2020. The plaintiffs were twenty-seven people incarcerated in Virginia state prisons. Represented by the ACLU Foundation of Virginia (ACLU-VA) and private counsel, they sued Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran, the Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections Harold Clarke, …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
CODING IN PROCESS
Richmond Medical v. Hicks

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

(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.
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Q.T. v. Fairfax County School Board

1:19-cv-01285 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2019

Case Ongoing

On October 8, 2019, the plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District against the Fairfax County School Board. The plaintiffs in this case were students with disabilities and organizations comprised, in part, by parents of children with disabilities. The school board, its superintendent, its assistant superintendent, and its agents (collectively "the defendants") allegedly violated the plaintiffs' rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Re…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gary v. Virginia Department of Elections

1:20-cv-00860 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

A voter with print disabilities, along with the National Federation for the Blind of Virginia and the American Counsel of the Blind of Virginia, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on July 27, 2020, where it was assigned to Judge Claude M. Hilton. They sued the Virginia Department of Elections, the Virginia Board of Elections, and the Virginia Secretary of Elections. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants violate…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Alliance Party v. Virginia State Board of Elections

1:20-cv-00774 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 9, 2020

Closed Date: April 20, 2021

On July 9, 2020, the Alliance Party and its 2020 presidential candidate (the Alliance Party), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against the Virginia Board of Elections, where it was assigned to District Judge Liam O'Grady and Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis. The Alliance Party, represented by private counsel, challenged Virginia’s in-person signature collection and witnessing requirements for the November 2020 general election as they pertained to…