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.
You can also find our amicus brief filings here.
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Sanchez Lagunas v. Jennings (Petition for Habeas Corpus)
Jul 23, 2021
A habeas petition raising claims under the Immigration and Nationality Act and procedural due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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Bahena v. ICE (Immigration Detention)
Mar 26, 2020
Thirteen detained immigrants at risk of a potentially fatal COVID-19 infection sue ICE, demanding their release
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Aleman Gonzalez v. Sessions (Immigration Detention)
Jan 10, 2020
In March of 2018, two Bay Area fathers who had been detained for over six months at the Contra Costa West County Detention Facility in Richmond, California sued the federal government in a class action lawsuit challenging their unlawful and prolonged detention. Complaint is here.
On June 5, 2018, a federal judge ruled that people who have been detained under 8 U.S.C. 1231(a)(6) cannot be held ...
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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, ...
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Center for Genetics and Society, et al. vs. Rob Bonta, et al.
Dec 10, 2018
Lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court challenging the state of California for its retention of genetic samples and profiles from people arrested but never convicted of a felony.
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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 ...
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