Cases - ACLU of DC

Court Case

Mar 03, 2022

Court Case

Mar 03, 2022

Immigrants' Rights|
+2 Issues

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.

Court Case

Feb 07, 2022

Court Case

Feb 07, 2022

Immigrants' Rights|
+2 Issues

AAMIR SHAIKH V. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) – SEEKING COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOTS FOR MEDICALLY VULNERABLE ICE DETAINEES

The ACLU-DC filed this lawsuit, together with the ACLU’s National Prison Project and Immigrants’ Rights Project, on behalf of five medically vulnerable people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who have requested and been denied COVID-19 vaccine booster shots.

Court Case

Apr 16, 2020

Court Case

Apr 16, 2020

Disability Rights|
+2 Issues

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.

Court Case

Oct 04, 2019

Court Case

Oct 04, 2019

Disability Rights|
+2 Issues

Barber v. District of Columbia - Defending Employment Rights of a Medical Marijuana Patient

Court Case

Aug 30, 2018

Court Case

Aug 30, 2018

Disability Rights|
+1 Issue

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.

Court Case

Oct 11, 2017

Court Case

Oct 11, 2017

Disability Rights

Balcom v. AmeriCorps - Challenging Employment Discrimination Based on Mental-Health Conditions

Court Case

Feb 15, 2013

Court Case

Feb 15, 2013

Disability Rights|
+2 Issues

Pierce v. District of Columbia

Court Case

Sep 01, 2008

Court Case

Sep 01, 2008

Government Employees' Rights|
+1 Issue

Doe v. Rice

Court Case

Sep 01, 2005

Court Case

Sep 01, 2005

Criminal Justice Reform|
+2 Issues

Court Cases

All Cases

ESCALANTE V. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT - SEEKING COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOTS FOR MEDICALLY VULNERABLE ICE DETAINEES (Second Case)

AAMIR SHAIKH V. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) – SEEKING COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOTS FOR MEDICALLY VULNERABLE ICE DETAINEES

Costa v. Bazron - Challenging Conditions at St. Elizabeths Hospital During Month-Long Water Outage and COVID-19 Crisis

Barber v. District of Columbia - Defending Employment Rights of a Medical Marijuana Patient

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

Balcom v. AmeriCorps - Challenging Employment Discrimination Based on Mental-Health Conditions

Pierce v. District of Columbia

Doe v. Rice

Scott v. District of Columbia

ESCALANTE V. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT - SEEKING COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOTS FOR MEDICALLY VULNERABLE ICE DETAINEES (Second Case)

AAMIR SHAIKH V. U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) – SEEKING COVID-19 BOOSTER SHOTS FOR MEDICALLY VULNERABLE ICE DETAINEES

Costa v. Bazron - Challenging Conditions at St. Elizabeths Hospital During Month-Long Water Outage and COVID-19 Crisis

Barber v. District of Columbia - Defending Employment Rights of a Medical Marijuana Patient

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

Balcom v. AmeriCorps - Challenging Employment Discrimination Based on Mental-Health Conditions

Pierce v. District of Columbia

Doe v. Rice

Scott v. District of Columbia

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