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.
Masters v. CDCR (Death Penalty)
Jarvis Jay Masters, a death-sentenced inmate, and Witness to Innocence, a nonprofit organization composed of and led by exonerated death row inmates and their family members, is challenging California’s new lethal injection regulations.
Read MoreAsian Americans Advancing Justice v. Padilla (Language Assistance)
ACLU Foundation of Northern California v. TSA (Electronic Searches)
La Follette v. Padilla (CA Vote-By-Mail Signature Match)
Minton v. Dignity Health (Sex Discrimination)
Saravia v. Sessions (Due Process for Immigrant Youth)
ACLU Foundation of Northern California v. Madera County Board of Supervisors
ACLU of Hawai'i Foundation v. US Dept. of Homeland Security (Trump's Muslim Ban)
J.I. v. United States (Sexual Assault)
People ex rel. Pierson v. Superior Court (Grand Juries)
Santa Clara County v. Donald J. Trump (Sanctuary Cities)
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California representing YWCA of Silicon Valley filed a motion to intervene in this lawsuit challenging President Trump’s executive order threatening to withhold federal funding from so-called "sanctuary cities."
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