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Feb 07, 2022
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.
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Apr 28, 2020
United States v. Reed - Challenging the Shifting of Certain Prosecutions from D.C. to Federal Court
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.
Apr 14, 2020
Nora v. Wolf - Challenging the Policy of Deporting Immigrants to One of the Most Dangerous Regions in the World to Await Their Asylum Hearings
The ACLU-DC co-represents 26 asylum seekers—12 adults and their 14 minor children—who are unlawfully trapped in life-threatening conditions in Tamaulipas, Mexico, while they wait for their asylum proceedings in the United States to conclude.
Apr 03, 2020
Williams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons - Challening Life-Threatening Lack of COVID-19 Precautions at D.C. Halfway House
Mar 30, 2020
Banks v. Booth - Challenging Life-Threatening Lack of COVID-19 Precautions at the D.C. Jail
Jan 13, 2020
Mwimanzi v. Wilson – Challenging Unconstitutional Sexually Invasive Search by MPD Officer
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