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DOJ Investigation of Mount Vernon Police Department

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On December 3, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, along with the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced a pattern and practice investigation into the Mount Vernon Police Department (MVPD). The investigation would assess whether the MVPD engaged in practices of discriminatory policing. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 gave the investigators the authority to bring the inquiry. The act prohibited state and local governments …
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DOJ Investigation of Phoenix Police Department

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On August 5, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it was opening a pattern and practice investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department (collectively, “PhxPD”). DOJ initiated the investigation under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which prohibits state and local governments from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives individuals of rights protected by the Constitution or federal law. T…
POLICING
Illinois v. City of Chicago

1:17-cv-06260 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2017

This case established a consent decree related to alleged systemic misconduct by the Chicago Police Department.  On August 29, 2017, the State of Illinois filed this lawsuit against the City of Chicago in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003, and the Illinois Human Rights Act. The State brought this action on behalf of the people of Illinois to ensure that the City enacted comprehensive, lasting reform of th…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Pedro Vasquez Perdomo v. Kristi Noem

2:25-cv-05605 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: June 20, 2025

On June 6, 2025, federal law enforcement arrived in Los Angeles to launch what Trump Administration officials described as “the largest Mass Deportation Operation in History.” This case challenges the enforcement practices used during that operation, focusing specifically on the use of roving patrols. Petitioners alleged that federal agents conducted indiscriminate roundups without reasonable suspicion, often appearing masked, without visible badges or identification, and without identifying th…

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B. (PS) v. Aber

1:25-cv-02763 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On September 3, 2025, Plaintiffs, women who were once in custody at the La Plata County Jail, all of whom are over the age of eighteen, filed this class action suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. According to their complaint, at Defendant La Plata County Sheriff Sean Smith’s direction, every woman entering the La Plata County Jail is forced to strip naked and endure visual and physical penetration on camera. Allegedly…

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Porter

2:77-cv-01164 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 1977

Closed Date: July 2, 1982

This case involved allegations of misconduct against Officer Baranyai, a policeman of the Borough of Millvale. On October 6, 1977, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Officer Baranyai and the Millvale chief of police, mayor, and borough council. Filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the complaint sought injunctive relief prohibiting defendants from violating the constitutional rights of the residents of Millva…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Lindsey v. Carson

4:19-cv-00612 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 12, 2019

On August 9, 2019, Plaintiff, a private citizen, filed this complaint pro se in the Western District of Missouri. In the complaint, Plaintiff accused Ben Carson in his capacity as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of (1) breaching a duty to provide Plaintiff housing and (2) murdering Plaintiff's nephew in an attempt to prevent Plaintiff from obtaining the same. Plaintiff sought "specific performance" compelling Ben Carsen to provide Plaintiff housing. Plaintiff also sought to "punish e…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mondy v. Messina

2:17-cv-00104 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: June 14, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2017

This case is about whether plaintiffs have standing to bring--and federal courts have jurisdiction to hear--claims regarding a city council's repeal of an initiated ordinance in alleged violation of state law. On June 14, 2017, the plaintiff filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas on behalf of himself and all similarly situated citizens of the City of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiff sued…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Castanon Nava v. Department of Homeland Security

1:18-cv-03757 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 29, 2018

This is a case about pretextual vehicle stops used to apprehend undocumented noncitizens in the Chicago area. On May 29, 2018, five noncitizens and two nongovernmental organizations filed this putative class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Secretary, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its Acting Director, and the Field Office Director of the ICE Chicago Field Office in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ill…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
V.M.L. v. Harper

1:25-cv-00550 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 24, 2025

Closed Date: May 8, 2025

This is a case about the alleged unlawful detention and deportation of a U.S. citizen child without due process. On April 24, 2025, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on behalf of a two-year-old natural-born U.S. citizen, identified as V.M.L. The petitioner sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its Secretary, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its Acting Director. Judge Terry A. Dou…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)