11 results for 'cat:"Civil Rights" AND cat:"Constitution" AND cat:"Government"'.
J. Dick grants a request by the state to dismiss as moot a voting rights suit by black litigants that preceded legislative enactment of a new congressional map containing two first-ever majority-black districts. The litigants do not oppose the new congressional map but argue their case is not moot due to pending legislation in the Western District of Louisiana. State officials have sufficiently shown the earlier redistricting conduct challenged by litigants will not recur with the state’s voluntary enactment of a new congressional map with two black-majority districts.
Court: USDC Middle District of Louisiana, Judge: Dick, Filed On: April 25, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv211, NOS: Voting - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, constitution, government
J. Peterson partially grants the U.S. Coast Guard and Coast Guard officials' motion to dismiss a pro se lawsuit from a former member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary claiming he was removed from his position after refusing orders to remove posts he made on social media. The former Auxiliary member can proceed with his claim against the Coast Guard under the Administrative Procedures Act, but all his other claims, including those stating violations of due process and the First Amendment, are dismissed.
Court: USDC Western District of Wisconsin, Judge: Peterson, Filed On: March 27, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv170, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, constitution, government
J. Whitney dismisses the amended complaint of a mother claiming that a host of her constitutional rights have been violated by a county human services organization, a local housing authority and multiple of their individual employees. She says she was deprived her suitable housing, forced to carry out a birth that injured her and her child, and that her parental rights were improperly terminated. However, she seeks to sue people and organizations that have governmental immunity. Also, because her amendment has not changed from the original complaint, and because it is considered frivolous, it is dismissed with prejudice.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Whitney, Filed On: January 10, 2024, Case #: 3:23cv762, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, constitution, government
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[Consolidated]. J. Kobes finds a lower court properly dismissed constitutional rights claims brought by the Satanic Temple concerning a City's denial of the erection of a public monument. The Satanic Temple argued that the City gave the green light to place two monuments in a Veterans Memorial Park. However, the City presented sufficient evidence in court that its second complaint was barred by res judicata. Affirmed.
Court: 8th Circuit, Judge: Kobes, Filed On: August 30, 2023, Case #: 21-3079, Categories: civil Rights, constitution, government
J. Doughty on July 4th grants a request by Missouri and Louisiana for a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration, holding that the states and several individuals are likely to succeed on the merits of First Amendment claims that the Government has used its power to silence opposition on social media to Covid-19 vaccines, pandemic masking and lockdowns, the Chinese lab-leak theories about the origins of Covid-19, the validity of the 2020 presidential election, President Biden’s policies, claims that the Hunter Biden laptop story was true, and opposition to policies of government officials in power. “All were suppressed,” the ruling adds. “It is quite telling that each example or category of suppressed speech was conservative in nature.”
Court: USDC Western District of Louisiana , Judge: Doughty, Filed On: July 4, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv1213, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: civil Rights, constitution, government
J. Chang grants the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office its motion to dismiss constitutionality claims brought by the former treasurer of Cook County’s Sauk Village. The office ousted the treasurer from his position after learning he had two drug felony convictions from 1988 and 1998, and later filed suit to bar him from his subsequent attempts to hold office in the village. The former treasurer then filed suit against the state’s attorney’s office, arguing the state statutes which bar those with felony convictions from holding public office violate the Eighth Amendment. The court finds these claims without merit, and that the former treasurer has also failed to show how his claims should trump the office’s sovereign immunity.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Chang, Filed On: June 21, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv5314, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: civil Rights, constitution, government