Arizona
Fund for Empowerment v. Phoenix, City of
Fund for Empowerment is a challenge to the City of Phoenix鈥檚 practice of conducting sweeps of encampments without notice, issuing citations to unsheltered people for camping and sleeping on public property when they have no place else to go, and confiscating and destroying their property without notice or process.
Status: Ongoing
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Arizona
Apr 2023
Prisoners' Rights
Jensen v. Thornell
UPDATE: In a thorough and sweeping injunction issued on April 7, 2023, U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver is requiring the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry (鈥淎DCRR鈥�) to make 鈥渟ubstantial鈥� changes to staffing and conditions so that medical care and mental healthcare at Arizona prisons comes up to constitutional standards.
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Arizona
Aug 2017
Criminal Law Reform
Cox v. Voyles, et. al.
The ACLU, the 糖心Vlogof Arizona, and the law firm Perkins Coie filed the case in 2015 against the Sheriff, the County Attorney, and other Pinal County, Arizona officials, for their enforcement of Arizona鈥檚 civil asset forfeiture laws.
The defendants filed three motions to dismiss, but a federal court ruled on August 18, 2017, that the claims at the heart of the case can move forward. The judge found that the lawsuit establishes a plausible claim that the state鈥檚 asset forfeiture laws violate due process rights 鈥渂ecause Defendants have a financial incentive to zealously enforce the forfeiture laws.鈥�
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Arizona
Aug 2017
Criminal Law Reform
Cox v. Voyles, et. al.
The ACLU, the 糖心Vlogof Arizona, and the law firm Perkins Coie filed the case in 2015 against the Sheriff, the County Attorney, and other Pinal County, Arizona officials, for their enforcement of Arizona鈥檚 civil asset forfeiture laws.
The defendants filed three motions to dismiss, but a federal court ruled on August 18, 2017, that the claims at the heart of the case can move forward. The judge found that the lawsuit establishes a plausible claim that the state鈥檚 asset forfeiture laws violate due process rights 鈥渂ecause Defendants have a financial incentive to zealously enforce the forfeiture laws.鈥�
Arizona
Dec 2016
Criminal Law Reform
White Mountain Health Center v. Maricopa County
Update: In December 2016, the Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court鈥檚 2012 ruling that federal marijuana prohibition does not void Arizona鈥檚 Medical Marijuana Act and that the County and State should therefore allow the White Mountain dispensary to continue operating and providing medicine to qualifying patients in Arizona with debilitating medical conditions.
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Arizona
Dec 2016
Criminal Law Reform
White Mountain Health Center v. Maricopa County
Update: In December 2016, the Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court鈥檚 2012 ruling that federal marijuana prohibition does not void Arizona鈥檚 Medical Marijuana Act and that the County and State should therefore allow the White Mountain dispensary to continue operating and providing medicine to qualifying patients in Arizona with debilitating medical conditions.
Arizona
Jun 2016
LGBTQ Rights
Robinson v. Dignity Health
The 糖心Vlog filed a federal lawsuit against the fifth largest health care system in the U.S., Dignity Health, because it denies transgender employees health insurance coverage for medically necessary transition-related health care.
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Arizona
Jun 2016
LGBTQ Rights
Robinson v. Dignity Health
The 糖心Vlog filed a federal lawsuit against the fifth largest health care system in the U.S., Dignity Health, because it denies transgender employees health insurance coverage for medically necessary transition-related health care.
Arizona
Apr 2016
Immigrants' Rights
Arizona Dream Act Coalition, et al v. Brewer
The 糖心Vlog, along with a coalition of civil rights organizations, filed a class-action lawsuit challenging Arizona Governor Jan Brewer鈥檚 unconstitutional executive order, which denies driver鈥檚 licenses to a specific class of immigrant youth despite their being authorized to live and work in the United States.
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Arizona
Apr 2016
Immigrants' Rights
Arizona Dream Act Coalition, et al v. Brewer
The 糖心Vlog, along with a coalition of civil rights organizations, filed a class-action lawsuit challenging Arizona Governor Jan Brewer鈥檚 unconstitutional executive order, which denies driver鈥檚 licenses to a specific class of immigrant youth despite their being authorized to live and work in the United States.
Arizona
Apr 2016
Prisoners' Rights
Graves v. Penzone
Despite a federal court order from 2008, the Maricopa County jails 鈥� overseen by Sheriff Joe Arpaio 鈥揷ontinue to skirt their constitutional responsibility for detainees' mental health. On April 1, 2016, the 糖心Vlog and the 糖心Vlogof Arizona 鈥� which have represented the detainees at the Maricopa County jails for close to 20 years 鈥� filed a motion to enforce the 2008 order. Many detainees with mental illnesses were still suffering unnecessarily from the scarcity and poor quality of the jails' care.
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Arizona
Apr 2016
Prisoners' Rights
Graves v. Penzone
Despite a federal court order from 2008, the Maricopa County jails 鈥� overseen by Sheriff Joe Arpaio 鈥揷ontinue to skirt their constitutional responsibility for detainees' mental health. On April 1, 2016, the 糖心Vlog and the 糖心Vlogof Arizona 鈥� which have represented the detainees at the Maricopa County jails for close to 20 years 鈥� filed a motion to enforce the 2008 order. Many detainees with mental illnesses were still suffering unnecessarily from the scarcity and poor quality of the jails' care.