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Feb 07, 2022
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
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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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Oct 04, 2019
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  • Disability Rights|
  • +2 Issues

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

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Aug 21, 2019
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +2 Issues

I.A. v. Barr - Challenge to Trump Administration Limitation on Asylum for Migrants Passing Through Another Country en route to the U.S.

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Aug 06, 2019
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +2 Issues

Make the Road New York v. McAleenan - Challenge to Trump Administration Expansion of “Expedited Removal” for Immigrants

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Jul 11, 2019
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  • Criminal Justice Reform

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

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Jul 11, 2019
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  • Privacy|
  • +1 Issue

Weir v. United States - Challenging Inhumane Detention Conditions and Property Destruction by U.S. Coast Guard

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Jul 11, 2019
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  • Privacy|
  • +1 Issue

Coast Guard Seizure FOIA Request

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Jul 04, 2019
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  • Freedom of Speech and Association

District of Columbia v. Johnson - Defending Protestor’s First Amendment Right to Burn the U.S. Flag

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Apr 29, 2019
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  • Police Practices and Police Misconduct|
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Price v. Gupton - Challenging Warrantless Search of Residential Property Belonging to Mother Whose Son Had Just Been Killed by D.C. Police

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Aug 30, 2018
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  • Disability Rights|
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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.