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Aug 2023
Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer

Disability Rights

Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer

Whether a “tester” has standing to challenge a place of public accommodation’s illegal failure to provide disability accessibility information on its website, even if she does not intend to visit that place of public accommodation.
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Georgia
Jun 2020
Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections

Disability Rights

Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections

On October 3, 2018, the Ƶand the Ƶof Georgia, together with National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people incarcerated in prisons supervised by the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). The complaint highlights GDC’s failure to provide incarcerated deaf and hard of hearing people with equally effective communication access to programs, services, and activities, including medical care, telecommunications, and prison programs. Further, due to lack of access to interpreters and other communication accommodations, deaf prisoners are also often unable to explain or defend themselves when GDC takes disciplinary action against them.
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Court Case
Jun 2020
Cobb v. Georgia Department of Community Supervision

Disability Rights

Cobb v. Georgia Department of Community Supervision

The Ƶand Ƶof Georgia, along with the National Association of the Deaf and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing individuals on probation and parole supervised by the Georgia Department of Community Supervision (GDCS). We also sought a preliminary injunction, directing GDCS to immediately provide American Sign Language interpreters, auxiliary aids and services, and reasonable modifications to deaf and hard of hearing individuals on probation or parole.
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Court Case
Aug 2015
S.R. v. Kenton County Sheriff's Office

Disability Rights

Racial Justice

S.R. v. Kenton County Sheriff's Office

A deputy sheriff shackled two elementary school children who have disabilities, causing them pain and trauma, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the Ƶ, the Children's Law Center, and Dinsmore & Shohl.
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Apr 2013

Disability Rights

Immigrants' Rights

Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder

Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder is a class action lawsuit in the Central District of California brought on behalf of immigration detainees with mental disabilities in Arizona, California, and Washington.
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Court Case
Apr 2013
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Disability Rights

Immigrants' Rights

Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder

Franco-Gonzalez v. Holder is a class action lawsuit in the Central District of California brought on behalf of immigration detainees with mental disabilities in Arizona, California, and Washington.
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Court Case
Jan 2013

Disability Rights

Immigrants' Rights

Lyttle v. United States

Mark Daniel Lyttle is a U.S.-born citizen with mental disabilities who was unlawfully detained and deported to Mexico in 2008. His detention and deportation occurred despite substantial evidence available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of his U.S. citizenship and mental disabilities, and despite his own claims of U.S. citizenship.
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Court Case
Jan 2013
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Immigrants' Rights

Lyttle v. United States

Mark Daniel Lyttle is a U.S.-born citizen with mental disabilities who was unlawfully detained and deported to Mexico in 2008. His detention and deportation occurred despite substantial evidence available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of his U.S. citizenship and mental disabilities, and despite his own claims of U.S. citizenship.
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