Disability Rights
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Oregon
Feb 2024
![Disability Rights Oregon v. Washington County, Oregon](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Disability Rights Oregon v. Washington County, Oregon
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2023
![Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Deborah Laufer](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
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.
Status: Closed (Dismissed)
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Georgia
Jun 2020
![Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections
On October 3, 2018, the ACLU and the ACLU of 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.
Status: Ongoing
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Jun 2020
![Cobb v. Georgia Department of Community Supervision](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Cobb v. Georgia Department of Community Supervision
The ACLU and ACLU of 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.
Status: Ongoing
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Aug 2015
![S.R. v. Kenton County Sheriff's Office](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/String out 2.00_01_01_06.Still001-600x338.jpg)
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 American Civil Liberties Union, the Children's Law Center, and Dinsmore & Shohl.
Status: Closed (Settled)
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Washington, D.C.
May 2024
![Mathis v. United States Parole Commission](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Mathis v. United States Parole Commission
This federal class-action lawsuit alleges that the federal government’s post-conviction supervision system in Washington, D.C., violates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by systematically failing to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities on supervision.
Status: Ongoing
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![Mathis v. United States Parole Commission](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Washington, D.C.
Disability Rights
Criminal Law Reform
Mathis v. United States Parole Commission
This federal class-action lawsuit alleges that the federal government’s post-conviction supervision system in Washington, D.C., violates Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by systematically failing to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities on supervision.
May 2024
Status: Ongoing
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Tennessee
Oct 2023
![OUTMemphis v. Lee](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
OUTMemphis v. Lee
OUTMemphis v. Lee is a first-of-its-kind challenge to a state-level HIV criminalization law as a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Constitution. Plaintiffs OUTMemphis and Jane Does 1-4 seek to strike down Tennessee’s discriminatory, irrational and cruel enforcement of its “Aggravated Prostitution” law and related sex offender registration requirements.
Status: Ongoing
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![OUTMemphis v. Lee](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Tennessee
Disability Rights
+3 Issues
OUTMemphis v. Lee
OUTMemphis v. Lee is a first-of-its-kind challenge to a state-level HIV criminalization law as a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Constitution. Plaintiffs OUTMemphis and Jane Does 1-4 seek to strike down Tennessee’s discriminatory, irrational and cruel enforcement of its “Aggravated Prostitution” law and related sex offender registration requirements.
Oct 2023
Status: Ongoing
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Washington, D.C.
Jul 2023
![Bread for the City v. District of Columbia](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Bread for the City v. District of Columbia
A federal lawsuit challenges the District of Columbia’s practice of sending police officers rather than mental health providers to respond to mental health emergencies.
Status: Ongoing
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![Bread for the City v. District of Columbia](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Washington, D.C.
Disability Rights
Criminal Law Reform
Bread for the City v. District of Columbia
A federal lawsuit challenges the District of Columbia’s practice of sending police officers rather than mental health providers to respond to mental health emergencies.
Jul 2023
Status: Ongoing
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023
![A resident walks down the darkened hall of a nursing home.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/09/Nursing-Homes-BeAHero-Header-Image-600x400.jpg)
Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski
The ACLU filed an amicus brief in Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski to urge the Supreme Court to uphold private individuals’ right to sue state and local actors for violations of their federal civil rights under Section 1983.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![A resident walks down the darkened hall of a nursing home.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/09/Nursing-Homes-BeAHero-Header-Image-600x400.jpg)
U.S. Supreme Court
Disability Rights
Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski
The ACLU filed an amicus brief in Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski to urge the Supreme Court to uphold private individuals’ right to sue state and local actors for violations of their federal civil rights under Section 1983.
Mar 2023
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2022
![Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
Whether civil rights statutes that prohibit federal financial recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, and sex allow plaintiffs to be compensated for emotional distress injuries where they show that they were victims of discrimination.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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![Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.](https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
U.S. Supreme Court
Disability Rights
+2 Issues
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
Whether civil rights statutes that prohibit federal financial recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, and sex allow plaintiffs to be compensated for emotional distress injuries where they show that they were victims of discrimination.
Apr 2022
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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