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Doe v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:25-cv-12245 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 2025

This case challenges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP)'s sudden en masse termination of the lawful parole status of non-citizens who entered the United States using the government’s “CBP One” app. Represented by Democracy Forward, plaintiffs bring this class action on August 11, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of 1) non-citizen individuals whose parole status, secured through the CBP One app, was termin…

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People v. Poole

02-000893-02-FC | Michigan state trial court

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). In 2002, the defendant, then 18 years old, was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Two decades later, the Michigan Supreme Court held in People v. Parks that mandating life-without-parole sentences for defendants who were at 18 at the time of crime violated the Michigan Constitution's prohibition on cruel or unusual punishment clause. The defendant in this case filed a motion for relief from judgment. …
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Faheem-El v. Klincar

1:84-cv-02561 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 27, 1984

Closed Date: July 20, 1988

This is a case that challenged the Illinois parole revocation system procedures, specifically targeting preliminary parole revocation proceedings, questioning the constitutionality of the state’s denial of bail or service credits to individuals who had violated parole, and addressing the timeliness of final parole revocation hearings. On March 27, 1984, Faheem-El brought an action, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2254. This case was fil…
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Makowski v. Governor

11-000579-Cz | Michigan state trial court

Filed Date: May 19, 2011

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2017

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On December 2, 2011, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit in Ingham Circuit Court of Michigan challenging the governor of Michigan’s revocation of the commutation of his sentence. The governor had enforced restrictions on granting commutations, citing COVID-19 as a concern in correctional facilities. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, sued the Governor and the Secretary of State of Michigan.

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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
State Of Texas v. United States Department of Homeland Security

6:24-cv-00306 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2024

In this case, a federal court permanently vacated the Biden Administration's policy that made it easier for some undocumented people to receive parole and green cards if they were the spouse or step-child of a U.S. citizen. This lawsuit was filed by 16 states on August 23, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The states sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), as well as the DHS Secretary, the Director …
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Gray v. Missouri Department of Corrections

16AC-CC00565 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 27, 2016

Closed Date: July 2, 2020

This case involves a claim filed against the Missouri Department of Corrections (“MDOC”) by an inmate in the MDOC system who was incarcerated as a minor. On December 27, 2016, plaintiff, a prisoner in the MDOC system, filed a lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections (“MDOC”) in the Circuit Court of Cole County. The plaintiff was incarcerated as a juvenile in 2009 and denied parole as an adult in 2016.  Represented by the MacArthur Justice Center at St. Louis, the plaintiff alleged…
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Singleton v. Hamm

1:24-cv-01081 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2024

This is a putative class-action lawsuit about parole practices in Alabama. Three people incarcerated in Alabama filed this lawsuit on August 8, 2024, alleging that the Alabama Department of Corrections routinely incarcerated people past their release dates instead of releasing them on parole. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the MacArthur Justice Center and private counsel, named ten defendants: current and past members of the Department of Correction’s Executive Leadership team, and cur…
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Cobb v. Georgia Department of Community Supervision

1:19-cv-03285 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: July 19, 2019

On July 19, 2019, individuals who were deaf and on parole or probation in the State of Georgia filed this putative class action lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Community Supervision and its commissioner (collectively, “GDCS”) for refusing to provide them with adequate communication access, in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiffs alleged that GDCS’s failure to provide them with adequate communicatio…
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Moore v. Gwathney

2:23-cv-00134 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 9, 2023

On March 9, 2023, two individuals serving life with parole sentences for crimes committed as youth in Alabama brought this lawsuit against officials of the Alabama Board of Pardons and Parole [the "Board"] alleging that the state's parole processes and procedures violated the Eighth Amendment.  Plaintiffs had originally been sentenced to life without parole, but, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Miller v. Alabama that mandatory life without parole sentences imposed for crimes …
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Hansen v. Utah Board of Pardons and Parole

2:24-cv-00203 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2024

This class action lawsuit challenges the Utah Board of Pardons' parole procedures. On February 23, 2024, a parolee filed suit in the Third Judicial District Court for Salt Lake County, Utah against the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, the individual members of the Board, and the State of Utah. 2024 WL 752313. Represented by private counsel, plaintiff brought a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Utah State Constitution for violations of the federal and state due process and ex post facto clau…