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JAIL CONDITIONS
Dunsmore v. State of California

3:20-cv-00406 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: March 2, 2020

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit alleged that the San Diego County Jail denied proper health accommodations to detainees. On March 2, 2020, a jail detainee filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The plaintiff sued the State of California, San Diego County, the San Diego Sheriff's Department, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the San Diego County Sheriff, and the Attorney General of California. Proceeding pro se and in forma pau…

Case Is Ongoing

Appeal Dismissed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Castanon Nava v. Department of Homeland Security

1:18-cv-03757 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 29, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about pretextual vehicle stops used to apprehend undocumented noncitizens in the Chicago area; it is also one of several lawsuits in which a federal court of appeals has addressed detention without a bond hearing under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A).  On May 29, 2018, five noncitizens and two nongovernmental organizations filed this putative class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Secretary, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and …

Administrative Stay Granted

Affirmed

JAIL CONDITIONS
Hernandez v. County of Monterey

5:13-cv-02354 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 23, 2013

Case Ongoing

On May 23, 2013, prisoners and recently released prisoners from Monterey County Jail filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the County of Monterey and the California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California, the ACLU National Prison Project, the Monterey Public Defender, and private attorneys…
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Judgment for Plaintiff

JAIL CONDITIONS
A.B. v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services

2:14-cv-01178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2014

Case Ongoing

On August 4, 2014, advocates for A.B. and other legally incompetent criminal defendants in county jails in Washington State filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs sued the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They sought both injunctive and declaratory relief.  The case was assigned to U.S. Distric…

Settled: Case Closed

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Glendening v. Howard

5:22-cv-04032 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: May 26, 2022

Closed Date: Nov. 5, 2024

This case arose out of the long wait times for competency evaluation and competency restoration for pre-trial defendants in Kansas. On May 26, 2022, three attorneys and a parent filed this lawsuit as “next friends” for five pre-trial defendants who underwent competency hearings and were awaiting competency restoration at Larned State Hospital. The plaintiffs sued the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Disability and Aging Services (KDADS), the State Hospitals Commissioner, and the Superinten…

Settled: Case Closed

Appeal Dismissed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Hernandez Alvarez v. Morris

1:25-cv-24806 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is one of several lawsuits in which a federal court of appeals has addressed whether the mandatory detention (without bond) provision in 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A) applies to noncitizens present in the United States.  In what ultimately became a consolidated appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, two noncitizens who were detained without the possibility of a bond hearing pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A) filed petitions for writs of habeas corpus in the U.S. Dis…

Habeas Relief Granted

Affirmed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Lopez-Campos v. Raycraft

2:25-cv-12486 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2025

Case Ongoing

This is one of several lawsuits in which a federal court of appeals has addressed whether the mandatory detention (without bond) provision in 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(2)(A) applies to noncitizens present in the United States.  This lawsuit ultimately became a consolidated appeal from four separate petitions for writs of habeas corpus filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. [The four lawsuits, and habeas de…

Judgment for Plaintiff

Affirmed

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:18-cv-04105 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 10, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 15, 2022

In December 2017, the ACLU of Northern California submitted a request to the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking documents related to the agency's use of a private contractor known as G4S Secure Solutions to restrain, process, and transport immigration detainees. G4S had reportedly been involved in instances of assault and neglect against detainees in their custody, including a 2014 incident during which a detainee died. The ACLU specifically sought r…

Settled: Case Closed

EDUCATION
B. P. J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education

2:21-cv-00316 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: May 26, 2021

Case Ongoing

On May 26, 2021, the plaintiff, an 11-year-old transgender girl and student in Harrison County, West Virginia filed this lawsuit through her mother in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Represented by the ACLU of West Virginia, with attorneys from the ACLU, Lambda Legal and Cooley LLP, the plaintiff challenged an April 2021 state statute, H.B. 3293, that banned girls who are transgender from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity.  …

Case Is Ongoing

Pending in Supreme Court

HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Guam Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists v. Ada

1:90-cv-00013 | District Court of Guam

Filed Date: March 23, 1990

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2026

This was a case about whether Guam could enforce a near-total abortion ban in 1990 and, decades later, whether that ban could be revived after Dobbs. On March 23, 1990, a group of plaintiffs led by the Guam Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists filed a class action in the United States District Court for the Territory of Guam challenging Guam Public Law 20-134, which had been enacted four days earlier and criminalized almost all abortions, with only narrow exceptions for ectopic pregnancy …

Judgment for Plaintiff

Affirmed