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Mar 03, 2022
ESCALANTE V. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT - SEEKING COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOTS FOR MEDICALLY VULNERABLE ICE DETAINEES (Second Case)
The ACLU-DC filed a lawsuit on behalf of five people in ICE detention facilities who are medically vulnerable to severe illness and death in the event of COVID-19 infection, demanding that they be given COVID-19 booster shots.
Apr 16, 2020
Costa v. Bazron - Challenging Conditions at St. Elizabeths Hospital During Month-Long Water Outage and COVID-19 Crisis
This case challenges the failure of the District of Columbia government to protect some of its most vulnerable patients from back-to-back crises at their treatment facility: first, an extended water outage in the fall of 2019, and second, the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020.
Oct 04, 2019
Barber v. District of Columbia - Defending Employment Rights of a Medical Marijuana Patient
Aug 30, 2018
Arthur v. District of Columbia Housing Authority - Asserting Disability Rights Claim For Deaf Public-Housing Tenant Denied Visits from Her Son Because She Couldn’t Hear Her Phone
The ACLU-DC and the law firm of Arnold & Porter filed a lawsuit against the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the D.C. Human Rights Act on behalf of Evelyn Arthur, a 77-year-old deaf woman living in D.C. public housing.
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