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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration

1:25-cv-00596 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2025

This case challenged the U.S. DOGE Service’s access to sensitive federal information systems. Since President Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025, the U.S. DOGE Service and Elon Musk allegedly initiated a broad and unlawful campaign to access highly sensitive information systems across multiple federal agencies, including the Social Security Administration. This occurred in the broader context of the Trump Administration’s unprecedented reliance on DOGE, a temporary organization created wi…

Plaintiffs’ Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO v. Social Security Administration

Feb. 21, 2025

Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief

American Federation of State v. Social Security Administration

March 7, 2025

Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and/or 5 U.S.C. 705 Stay

American Federation of State v. Social Security Administration

March 7, 2025

Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, Preliminary Injunction, and/or 5 U.S.C. 705 Stay

American Federation of State v. Social Security Administration

March 7, 2025

Order

American Federation of State v. Social Security Administration

March 10, 2025

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Preliminary Injunction Granted

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Messier v. Southbury Training School

3:94-cv-01706 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1994

Closed Date: March 13, 2019

On October 4, 1994, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Connecticut's Departments of Mental Retardation (DMR), Social Services (DSS), and Public Health (DPH) and Southbury Training School, an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities (ICF/MR) in Southbury, Connecticut. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief on behalf of both current and future Southbury residents.…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Bemke, Brian v. Pechacek, Amy

3:21-cv-00560 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Sept. 7, 2021

This case challenges a Wisconsin law that categorically denied unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to people who also received Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). On September 7, 2021, a group of eight disabled Wisconsin residents filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, arguing that a state law prohibiting them from receiving SSDI benefits unlawfully discriminated against them. The case was assigned to District Judge William M. Conley.…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
R. v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

1:17-cv-02332 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2017

This is a case challenging the child welfare system in Pennsylvania.  On December 18, 2017, six children with disabilities in Pennsylvania's foster care system filed a putative class action against the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (“PDHS”) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Represented by Disability Rights Pennsylvania, plaintiffs alleged that the state failed to provide children with mental health disabilities with adequate services and support in …
CHILD WELFARE
L.J. v. Massinga

1:84-cv-04409 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 1984

This case challenged the actions of twenty-one state and city officials, caseworkers, and supervisors who administered Maryland's federally-funded foster care program in Baltimore City, Maryland. The class action, filed on December 5, 1984, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore), alleged that the defendants' administration of the foster program subjected the plaintiffs to physical and sexual abuse as well as medical neglect. They sought broad interim and permanent i…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Affirmed

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Missouri v. Biden

4:21-cv-01329 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2021

Closed Date: July 21, 2023

This case is about whether the federal government can require Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. President Joe Biden announced in September 2020 that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would issue a rule requiring vaccination for all employees in Medicare- and Medicaid- participating facilities. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), which is an HHS component, issued a rule to that effect. On November 10, 2021, the St…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Parrent v. Angus

89-0907653-CV | Utah state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 1989

Closed Date: Feb. 23, 2001

On December 21, 1989, attorneys for the Legal Center for People with Disabilities, and the Association for Retarded Citizens for Utah filed suit on behalf of residents of the Utah State Developmental Center in the Third Judicial District Court, Salt Lake County, Utah, challenging the treatment, care, training and services being provided to the residents. The defendants included officials of Utah State Department of Human Services and other state agencies. The plaintiffs made claims under 42 U…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Hutchinson v. Patrick

3:07-cv-30084 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 17, 2007

On May 17, 2007, Medicaid-eligible individuals with acquired brain injuries qualifying for long-term care services in nursing or rehabilitation facilities and the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated. The plaintiffs sued Massachusetts under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (42 U.S.C. § 12132 et seq.), Section 504 of the Reh…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Ricci v. Okin

1:72-cv-00469 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: July 14, 1972

Closed Date: 2013

On February 7, 1972 a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of mentally disabled clients of Belchertown State School in Massachusetts against various Commonwealth officials responsible for the operation of the school in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs, filing under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396(a), asserted that conditions at the school violated residents' statutory and constitutional rights, including the right to minimally adeq…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
Valdivia v. California Department of Health Services

2:90-cv-01226 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 1990

Closed Date: March 16, 1999

On Oct. 1, 1990, two residents of California nursing homes filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California under the Medicaid Act against the California Department of Health Services. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the state had failed to comply with the recently enacted federal nursing home reform law, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395i-3(a)-(h) and 1396r(a)-(h). The plaintiffs also requested a preliminary injunctio…