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Venegas v. Homan

1:25-cv-00397 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2025

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] On September 30, 2025, this class action suit was filed against the Trump government's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policies that grant federal immigration officers sweeping search and seizure powers that, plaintiff claims, violate the Fourth Amendment and exceed officers’ statutory and regulatory powers. Plaintiff alleges dragnet raids have been occurring on construction sites throughout this District. The officers rarely (if eve…

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Sanders v. Trump

2:20-cv-00921 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 18, 2020

On November 10, 2020, the Plaintiff, a resident of Alabama and candidate for election in Nevada, alleged that he suffered a deprivation of rights, privileges, or immunities secured to him by the Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment because the Nevada Secretary of State excluded his name from being listed on the ballot in every county in the State of Nevada. Plaintiff further alleged that the Secretary of State acted with the encouragement and support of President Trump. Plaintiff sued Pres…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Smith v. The State of Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles

1:15-cv-00625 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2015

Closed Date: April 26, 2018

On December 11, 2015, a pro se individual filed suit against the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, alleging that it discriminated against him due to his race and denied restoration of his voting rights. The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of Alabama and assigned to Judge William H. Steele. The pro se plaintiff originally sued the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 14th Amendment and the 15th Amendment. The plaintiff sought to have his vo…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Jabbour v. Merrill

1:20-cv-00034 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2020

Closed Date: March 25, 2020

On January 21, 2020, one individual plaintiff and National Defense Committee (“NDC”) filed a suit against the Alabama Secretary of State and the Mobile County Board of Registrars, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to redress defendants’ alleged violations of the Fourteenth Amendment and the First Amendment due to defendants’ use of ranked choice ballots. This action challenged Alabama’s Instant Runoff Primary Election scheme, or the Ranked Choice Voting scheme (“RCV Scheme”) for voters …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Thompson v. State of Alabama

2:16-cv-00783 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 25, 2023

A voting rights organization and several convicted felons filed putative class action against the Alabama Secretary of State, chair of county board of registrars, and chair of Board of Pardons and Paroles, alleging that the amendment to state constitution disenfranchising persons convicted of felonies involving moral turpitude violated Equal Protection and Ex Post Facto Clauses, and that Alabama's mail voting registration form violated National Voting Registration Act (NVRA).  The Supreme Court…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Sanders v. Merrill

2:22-cv-00334 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 3, 2022

Closed Date: Feb. 21, 2023

Plaintiff, a private citizen who attempted to join a ballot as an independent candidate, filed his initial complaint on June 3, 2022 against the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama alleging a violation of the 14th Amendment Due Process clause. Plaintiff alleged that he attempted to obtain the required number of signatures to obtain access to the ballot as an independent candidate by following pre-pandemic requirements and was unable to do so because of the existence of the pandemic and a…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Town of Hayneville v. Tyson-Bailey

2:16-cv-00818 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2016

Closed Date: March 21, 2017

This is a case about whether a federal court had jurisdiction to order different relief than what was ordered by a state court with respect to a town council election where, after being elected, a candidate was disqualified due to being a convicted felon. On October 13, 2016, the Town of Hayneville ("Hayneville") filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (the "Federal Court"). Represented by private counsel, Hayneville sued the four qualified candidates fo…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Chestnut v. Merrill

2:18-cv-00907 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 13, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 17, 2020

This is a case about dilution of African American voting strength by congressional districting in Alabama. On 13 June 2018, eight African American voters residing in Alabama filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Southern Division. The plaintiffs were represented by private counsel. The case was initially assigned to Magistrate Judge John E Ott, and reassigned to Chief Judge Karon O Bowdre. The plaintiffs sued the Alabama Secretary of State. The plain…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
DOJ Investigation of Alabama Department of Public Health

No docket (out of court) | No Court

In November 2021, during the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) initiated this investigation into whether the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Lowndes County Health Department's (ADPH) wastewater disposal and management systems in Lowndes County violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, by discriminating against African American…

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Bradley v. Haley

2:92-cv-00070 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 1992

Closed Date: Jan. 1, 2005

On January 15, 1992, a group of prisoners incarcerated in the Alabama Department of Corrections brought suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama under 42 U.S.C. §1983 challenging the adequacy of mental health treatment provided by state prison officials. The plaintiffs, mentally ill prisoners, were represented by private counsel and the Southern Poverty Law Center. The case was assigned to Judge W. Harold Albritton III. The plaintiffs were granted class certification o…