Legal Docket

For decades, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California has used the courts to protect and expand the rights of all Californians. From fighting against the internment of Japanese Americans, to suing California Highway Patrol for targeting Black and Latinx drivers, the ACLU is building a more just state one lawsuit at a time.

ACLU of Northern California v. Stockton Unified School District (School to Prison Pipeline)

Feb 15, 2019

In June, 2016, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California sued the Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) for violating state and federal law by refusing to release SUSD's Police Department student arrest and citation data. A Public Records Act request by the ACLU revealed that from 2012-2016, the SUSD police department filed 12,000 “incident reports." However, in response to the ACLU's request, ... Read More

Berkeleyside v. Berkeley (Police Records)

Feb 14, 2019

The ACLU of Northern California filed suit against the city of Berkeley on behalf of Berkeleyside, an online publication that was denied police records under the police transparency bill SB 1421. On Jan. 2, 2019, Berkeleyside requested records now available under the historic new law. On Jan. 18, the Berkeley City Attorney responded and refused to release any records created before Jan. 1. T... Read More

ACLU v. Visalia Unified (Discrimination at School)

Dec 03, 2018

On October 24, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed a discrimination complaint on behalf of Black students in the Visalia Unified School District who have faced ongoing racial hostility. The complaint, filed with the Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Education, charges the district with violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by creating a racially hostile ... Read More

ACLU Foundation of Northern California v. ICE (Detainee Transport)

Jul 09, 2018

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on July 10, 2018 demanding records related to the treatment of immigration detainees by ICE, particularly transportation by contractor G4S Secure Solutions. In regions throughout the country, ICE subcontracts with G4S to transport immigration detainees. G4S is a private contrac... Read More

ACLU Foundation of Northern California v. DOJ (Policy on Government Spying)

Sep 29, 2017

We’re suing the Justice Department to disclose when the government tells people it electronically spied on them.

League of Women Voters, et al. v. California DMV (Voting Rights)

May 22, 2017

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed suit against the DMV on behalf of several voting rights groups, demanding that voter registration opportunities meet legal requirements.