Search

Support Article

How To Search Guide
clear search

Docket Number

Key Dates

Filing Date

Settlement / Judgment Date

Terminating Date

Plaintiffs

Defendants

Case Details

Outcome

Issues

MORE▾

Document Details

Document Filing Date

MORE▾

Document Citation (Choose One)

Use this for most court reporters

S.Ct. reporter and WL only

LEXIS and L.Ed. only

Support Article

How To Search Guide
384 cases
Ordered by
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

POLICING
Baerga v. City of New York

1:21-cv-05762 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 5, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case challenged a New York Police Department (NYPD) policy allowing the police to take into custody anyone who is mentally ill. On July 5, 2021, an individual who was legally disabled due to a mental condition challenged NYPD Patrol Guide Policy 221-13 (“EDP” policy). The EDP policy stated that the New York police can take into custody anyone who is mentally ill. Subsequent amended complaints added several more individuals, as well as several organizations representing people who are menta…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Dunn v. Cuyahoga County

1:23-cv-00364 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case arose out of Cuyahoga County's pattern of over-detaining individuals after they were entitled to release. On February 23, 2023, a woman who was subjected to two days of unlawful detention in the Cuyahoga County Jail filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The plaintiff sued Cuyahoga County and various individuals in the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The county oversees the Jail through the Cuyahoga County Sherif…

Case Is Ongoing

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
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

POLICING
J. v. City and County of San Francisco

3:23-cv-06524 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit brought against the City and County of San Francisco for the police department’s unlawful arrest and mistreatment of over 100 children and young adults. On December 19, 2023, four teenagers filed suit on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated against the City and County of San Francisco and named defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The youth and their families sued the City and County of San Francisco and …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Menocal v. The GEO Group, Inc.

1:14-cv-02887 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2014

Case Ongoing

On October 22, 2014, current and former civil immigration detainees housed at the Aurora Detention Facility filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs sued The GEO Group, Inc., a private company that provides detention and correction services under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) 18 U.S.C. § 1589, and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by several public interest law firms, sought monetary damages. The plaintiffs alle…

Case Is Ongoing

Affirmed

JAIL CONDITIONS
West-Campeau v. Dunlap

2:24-cv-12751 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2024

Closed Date: March 25, 2026

This is a class action lawsuit alleging that the Wayne County Criminal Justice Center (CJC), a new jail that opened in September 2024, was plagued by operational and administrative chaos, leading to people being held in the jail longer than was permissible. On November 17, 2024, an individual formerly detained by the CJC filed a lawsuit alleging staff shortages and computer system unavailability led to individuals being held beyond their release order. The named plaintiff in the suit was held f…
see 6 additional documents

Judgment for Defendant

POLICING
Scott v. Louisville Metro Government

3:20-cv-00535 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: July 30, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2025

On July 30, 2020, six individual plaintiffs and the Kentucky Alliance Against Racial and Political Repression (KAARPR) filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. They were represented by attorneys from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the ACLU of Kentucky Foundation, and private counsel. They brought suit against the Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (Louisville Metro), the mayor of Louisville, the i…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Dismissed

POLICING
Communities United v. Chicago

1:17-cv-07151 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2017

Closed Date: May 22, 2019

On October 4, 2017, five organizations serving Black and Latino communities in Chicago (the ACLU of Illinois, Communities United, Community Renewal Society, Next Steps, and ONE Northside), filed this lawsuit in the United States Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs sued the City of Chicago under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Illinois state law, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Based on findings from a Departme…