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Feb 07, 2022
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  • 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.

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54 Court Cases
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Aug 25, 2020
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  • Criminal Justice Reform

ACLU v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

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Apr 28, 2020
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
  • +1 Issue

United States v. Reed - Challenging the Shifting of Certain Prosecutions from D.C. to Federal Court

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Apr 16, 2020
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  • 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
Apr 03, 2020
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  • Criminal Justice Reform

Williams v. Federal Bureau of Prisons - Challening Life-Threatening Lack of COVID-19 Precautions at D.C. Halfway House

Court Case
Mar 30, 2020
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  • Criminal Justice Reform

Banks v. Booth - Challenging Life-Threatening Lack of COVID-19 Precautions at the D.C. Jail

Court Case
Jan 13, 2020
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  • Police Practices and Police Misconduct|
  • +1 Issue

Mwimanzi v. Wilson – Challenging Unconstitutional Sexually Invasive Search by MPD Officer

Court Case
Jul 11, 2019
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Blades v. United States - Asserting Public Right of Access to Full Jury-Selection Proceedings in Criminal Trials

Court Case
Jul 11, 2019
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  • Criminal Justice Reform

ACLU v. DHS - FOIA re: Hunger Strike Documents from the Bureau of Prisons

Court Case
Apr 29, 2019
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  • Police Practices and Police Misconduct|
  • +1 Issue

Price v. Gupton - Challenging Warrantless Search of Residential Property Belonging to Mother Whose Son Had Just Been Killed by D.C. Police