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POLICING
DOJ Investigation of the Lexington Police Department and the City of Lexington, Mississippi

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This is a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) pattern and practice investigation of the City of Lexington, Mississippi and its police department. The investigation was announced on November 8, 2023. Lexington is a small town near the Mississippi Delta with a population of about 1,200. Its population is about 1,200 people (76% Black and 22% white) with a median income of roughly $39,000, which is half the national average. The LPD made the national news in July 2022 when a former LPD officer leaked…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Bradley v. City of San Diego

3:25-cv-02186 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

This is a case challenging the absence of humane conditions and reasonable accommodations for unhoused residents of municipally administered camps.  On August 25, 2025, eight unhoused people with disabilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Represented by Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance, in addition to private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the City of San Diego and two non-profit organizations—Dreams for Change and Downtown…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hope for The Homeless Lakeside, Inc. v. County of San Diego

3:24-cv-01009 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: June 9, 2024

On June 10, 2024, Hope for the Homeless Lakeside and multiple named individuals (collectively, “HFTH-L”) filed suit against the County of San Diego, City of Lakeside, City of Santee, City of San Diego, California Department of Transportation, and several police officers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (collectively, “San Diego”). This case was assigned to District Court Judge Myron James Lorenz. HFTH-L's proposed class action lawsuit challenged the defendants'…

Case Is Ongoing

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Parnell v. City of Berkeley

3:23-cv-06379 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2023

Closed Date: Dec. 13, 2024

This case arose from a city’s plan to imminently clear an encampment of unhoused individuals with little notice. On December 11, 2023, three unhoused individuals filed suit against the City of Berkeley to prevent their eviction from an encampment at 8th and Harrison Streets. Proceeding pro se (that is, representing themselves), the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where it was assigned to District Judge Edward M. Chen. The plaint…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Lutrario v. City of Hollywood, Florida

0:23-cv-60806 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 2, 2023

Closed Date: Nov. 30, 2023

This case is a constitutional challenge to anti-panhandling statutes. The plaintiff, represented by the Florida Justice Institute, sued the city of Hollywood, Florida in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on May 2, 2023. The plaintiff sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the city's ordinance imposing various restrictions on panhandling, including a permit requirement, violated his right to free speech under the First Amendment. The plaintiff sought declaratory an…

Settled: Case Closed

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Dixon v. City of St. Louis

4:19-cv-00112 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 8, 2021

On January 28, 2019, several arrestees from St. Louis filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. None of the four named plaintiffs could afford to pay their monetary release conditions, which ranged from $10,000 to $30,000, and were thus incarcerated at one of the City’s two detention centers without access to showers or medical care and forced to endure allegedly unconscionable conditions, including extreme heat and cold, rat and cockroach …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Bloom v. City of San Diego

3:17-cv-02324 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 2017

On November 15, 2017, a group of homeless individuals sued the City of San Diego, alleging that the city's enforcement of parking and vehicle habitation ordinances against them was a violation of their Eighth Amendment (cruel and unusual punishment) and Fourteenth Amendment (substantive due process, right to travel and equal protection) rights. Plaintiffs sought to certify a class consisting of "All persons in the City of San Diego who used, use, or will use an RV or other vehicle as their only…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The Cosac Foundation, Inc. v. Columbia County, Florida

3:23-cv-01499 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2023

Closed Date: Oct. 24, 2024

The Cosac Foundation, Inc. (Plaintiff), a non-profit charitable corporation dedicated to helping the homeless, brought this lawsuit on December 21, 2023 against Columbia County, Florida (defendant) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The plaintiff challenged Columbia County Ordinance NO. 2022-03 (the ordinance), which prohibited solicitation and loitering within or upon any county building or the curtilage of those buildings. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that t…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Rowand v. City of Morgantown, West Virginia

1:24-cv-00041 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: April 22, 2024

This case challenged a city ordinance in Morgantown, West Virginia which prohibited solicitation from vehicles as a violation of the First Amendment.  The Plaintiff, a resident of Monongalia County who was unemployed and relied on soliciting donations to cover his basic needs and those of his disabled girlfriend filed this lawsuit on April 22, 2024 as a class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. He asked the court to certify the class defined as all pers…

Case Is Ongoing

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
White v. City of Miami

1:23-cv-24783 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2023

Closed Date: Nov. 6, 2024

This case challenged a panhandling ordinance in Miami, Florida on first amendment grounds.  On December 18, 2023, the plaintiff brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against the city of Miami. The plaintiff was a homeless man in Miami who was previously arrested and cited for panhandling under the city’s ordinance, which banned soliciting donations on public property within the downtown business district of Miami. Seeking declaratory and injunctive…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)