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CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
United States v. Garcia

3:25-cr-00115 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 21, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is a Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported in March 2025. After filing a habeas petition, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction ordering his return to the United States. Upon return, he was indicted in the Middle District of Tennessee on two counts related to human trafficking. The criminal case is being heard by Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw. The events of the habeas case and the criminal case are inextricably tied together. For this reason, the criminal …

Injunction Granted

PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ultima Services Corporation v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

2:20-cv-00041 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 4, 2020

This summary is temporary while we research the case. In this case, on July 19, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee enjoined the SBA from applying a “rebuttable presumption” of social disadvantage for certain minority groups when admitting applicants to its 8(a) program, reversing decades of SBA practice. Congress granted the SBA use of the presumption through the Small Business Act, finding that certain groups “have suffered the effects of discriminatory practic…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
L. W. v. Skrmetti

3:23-cv-00376 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: April 20, 2023

On March 2, 2023, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender patients under the age of 18. Specifically, Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SB1) prohibited any “medical procedure” from being performed “for the purpose of . . .[e]nabling a minor to identify with” a gender identity different from the sex they were designated at birth or “[t]reating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor’s sex and asserted identity.” SB1 ad…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

Supreme Court Stay of Trial Court Relief Granted

CHILD WELFARE
Odeneal v. Quin

3:25-cv-00566 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 19, 2025

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On May 19, 2025, 13 foster children in Tennessee filed this putative class action on behalf of more than 9,000 Tennessee children in foster care, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.  The complaint alleges that the system had temporarily improved while under court supervision until 2017, during a lawsuit known as Brian A., but now exposes children to significant risk of harm, fails to investigate reports of abu…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Doe v. Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security

24-0503-III | Tennessee state trial court

Filed Date: 2025

(This summary is temporary while we research the case further). On April 23, 2024, a transgender individual filed suit against the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security ("TDSHS") in state court. Represented by the ACLU of Tennessee and private counsel, the plaintiff challenged TDSHS's refusal to to issue accurate drivers licenses and state identification documents to transgender Tennesseans. On May 12, plaintiff filed a renewed petition, adding a second transgender individual as …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Trivette v. Tennessee Department of Correction

3:20-cv-00276 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

On March 31, 2020, a deaf man in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT), the state protection and advocacy entity, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs sued TDOC alleging violations of Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for failure to provide effective communication accommodations. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged inmates incarcerated at TDOC f…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
SisterReach, Inc. v. Skrmetti

2:24-cv-02446 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 27, 2024

This case challenged the Tennessee Senate Bill 1971, enacted in 2023, which criminalized helping minors obtain legal abortions out of state unless the minor has written, notarized parental consent to do so. Plaintiffs SisterReach, Inc. and Midwest Access Coalition, Inc. (collectively, “SisterReach”) assist young people in Tennessee in obtaining legal abortion care and other services. On June 26, 2024, SisterReach filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Hicks v. Robertson County Election Commission

3:18-cv-01235 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 8, 2019

This case is about the alleged illegal purging of a voter registration in Tennesse. On October 30, 2018, a Tennessee resident attempted to cast a ballot in the November 6, 2018 election, but was told that she was not on the list of registered voters and was not allowed to cast a ballot for the Election. On November 5, 2018, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiff sued the Robertson County Election Commissions under the Nati…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Patton v. Fitzhugh

3:23-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: June 22, 2023

[This summary is temporary while we research the case further.] This case is a challenge to a Tennessee state law that requires pre-trial detainees to prove in a hearing before a state court that any bail funds equal to or exceeding $75,000 were not derived from criminal activities. On June 22, 2023, the plaintiff filed a putative class action, alleging that the state law violated his substantive and procedural due process rights and seeking injunctive and declaratory relief. 
PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS/CONTRACTING
American Alliance for Equal Rights v. McDonald's Corporation

3:25-cv-00050 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2025

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2025

On January 12, 2025 American Alliance for Equal Rights filed suit against McDonald’s Corporation in the Middle District of Tennessee, alleging that the company’s HACER program was racially discriminatory against non-Hispanic individuals. Plaintiff was represented by private counsel. McDonald’s HACER program awarded thousands of dollars in scholarships to 30 Hispanic students nationwide. Plaintiffs alleged that the program violated §1981 of Title VI, which prohibits companies from discriminating…