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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
National Association of Immigration Judges v. Neal

1:20-cv-00731 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: July 1, 2020

This case challenged a policy of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) which placed restrictions on immigration judges who wish to speak or write publicly in their personal capacities about certain topics. The 2017 policy imposed a preapproval requirement on all immigration judges who wished to speak at public events in their personal capacities. The 2020 policy, which replaced the 2017 policy, said that immigration judges were prohibited from speaking in their personal capacities …

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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Betances v. Fischer

1:11-cv-03200 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 11, 2011

On May 11, 2011, three individuals given extrajudicial sentences of post-release supervision filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The named defendants were the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) and the New York State Division of Parole (DOP). They claimed that the defendants administratively assigned sentences of post-release supervision (PRS) and that only a judge could impose an additio…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
American Bar Association v. Executive Office of the President

1:25-cv-01888 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 16, 2025

This case challenged the Trump Administration’s policy and practice of using executive orders to coerce lawyers and law firms into jettisoning clients, legal arguments, and principles contrary to the ideology of the Administration. The Trump Administration targeted law firms by suspending their security clearances, cutting off their federal contracts, and restricting government hiring from their ranks. The Administration successfully pressured some firms into entering settlement agreements whic…

Case Is Ongoing

CHILD WELFARE
Civil Rights Corps v. Walker

1:24-cv-00943 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2024

This case is about public access to the courts, specifically child dependency proceedings.  On November 13, 2024, the Civil Rights Corps filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Represented by a private law firm, the Civil Rights Corps sued the District Judge for the 14th Judicial District in Durham County and the sheriff of Durham County under the right of access to dependency proceedings under the First Amendment. The plaintiff argued t…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Meyers v. Jones

7:18-cv-00414 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2018

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2018

On July 18, 2018, plaintiff, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia against officials from the Virginia Department of Corrections and Red Onion State Prison. This case was assigned to Judge Michael F. Urbanski. Plaintiff alleged unconstitutional conditions of confinement at Red Onion State prison and he also claimed judicial corruption existed based on unfavorable rulings against him. Plaintiff sought declaratory and …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Neuman v. Ocean County Democratic County Committee

3:16-cv-02701 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: May 11, 2016

Closed Date: Jan. 30, 2017

This is a case about whether a political party’s method of endorsement and selection of candidates in primary elections constitutes state action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1983.  On May 11, 2016, several candidates, elected officials, and voters of Ocean County filed this lawsuit against the Ocean County Democratic County Committee, its members, several of its subcommittees. Plaintiffs claimed that the defendants’ endorsement and selection of candidates for the "Party Line" in primary elections co…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Equal Vote America Corp v. Mcconnell

1:19-cv-08178 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 3, 2019

Closed Date: Dec. 3, 2019

This is a case alleging that Congress's refusal to consider the nomination of Merrick Garland for Supreme Court Justice was unconstitutional.  On September 3, 2019, Equal Vote America Corporation, a not-for-profit corporation with the mission of educating the general public on voting rights, filed suit against Senators McConnell and Grassley, in their respectively roles as Majority Leader and Chair of the Judiciary Committee, seeking a declaration that the United States Senate's refusal to cons…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Meade v. Bonin

2:20-cv-01455 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: May 14, 2020

This is a case about due process violation under the 14th amendment based on a judge potentially steering defendants towards using ankle monitors by a company he has financial and political ties to. On May 14, 2020, two criminal defendants who were ordered to wear ankle monitors in Judge Paul A. Bonin’s court, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs, represented by Institute for Justice, sued Judge Bonin and the ankle monitoring compan…
POLICING
Culley v. Marshall

1:19-cv-00701 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2019

This is a case challenging Alabama police's practice of seizing property under civil asset forfeiture law from individuals not charged with a crime. On September 23, 2019, an Alabama resident whose car was seized following her son’s arrest filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Plaintiff sued the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, the District Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, and the City of Sat…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Cancassi v. State of New Jersey

3:16-cv-07343 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Oct. 14, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2016

On October 14 2016, the plaintiff, a voter in the state of New Jersey, filed her complaint seeking to, as she described, "vote publicly," a term that she did not define. Specifically, plaintiff requested to disclose her identity, change her address, and unseal her court records. Plaintiff referenced a case in which the state court held that domestic abuse victims can, upon request, vote without their residential addresses being made a public record. This aims to protect the victims from future …