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154 Court Cases
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Oct 06, 2023
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Eduardo Guerrero Ortiz v. Davis et al.

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition and the ACLU of Virginia are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Henry County Sheriff’s Office, for detaining Mr. Eduardo Guerrero Ortiz under the color of federal immigration law for seven months at the Henry County Adult Detention Center without charge.
Court Case
Sep 26, 2023
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Leslie L. Puryear v. Dotson and Bailey

The ACLU of Virginia and Relman Colfax PLLC filed a new case challenging Virginia Department of Correction's (VADOC) refusal to award expanded sentence credits to people with certain convictions, unlawfully extending their incarceration. This is one of several cases that the ACLU of Virginia is filing to ensure the earned sentence credit program is properly applied to those who are eligible.
Court Case
Sep 25, 2023
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Jose Isais Garcia Vasquez v. Dotson and Darden

The ACLU of Virginia filed a case challenging Virginia Department of Correction's (VADOC) refusal to award expanded sentence credits to people with certain convictions, unlawfully extending their incarceration.
Court Case
Aug 03, 2023
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Rodriguez Guerra et al. v. Perry et al.

Amica Center for Immigrants’ Rights (formerly CAIR Coalition), the National Immigration Project, and the ACLU of Virginia sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for arbitrarily detaining people in Virginia after they won immigration cases that protected them from deportation to their countries of origin where they face persecution, torture, or death.
Court Case
Jun 26, 2023
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  • Voting Rights|
  • +1 Issue

King v. Youngkin

The ACLU of Virginia, Protect Democracy, and WilmerHale on the behalf of individual plaintiffs Melvin Wingate, Tati Abu King, and Toni Heath Johnson, as well as Bridging the Gap In Virginia, filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in federal court challenging the Virginia Constitution’s felony disenfranchisement provision. The case, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, claims that Virginia is in violation of the 150-year-old federal law that established the terms of Virginia’s readmission to representation in the United States Congress after the Civil War.
Court Case
Feb 15, 2023
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

NFB-VA, et al. v. VDOC, et al.

The Virginia Department of Corrections denies equal services to people who are blind or visually impaired. So we sued.
Court Case
Dec 16, 2022
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  • First Amendment Rights

In re Bleakley (Amicus)

The ACLU of Virginia filed an amicus brief in support of Connor Bleakley and Sami Alsawaf seeking to allow Brandon Bleakley to perform the rites of their wedding ceremony, arguing that the Virginia code sections that govern their choice of officiant is unconstitutional.
Court Case
Oct 17, 2022
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Steven Prease v. Clarke and White

The ACLU of Virginia filed Prease v. Clarke in the Virginia Supreme Court, challenging the continued incarceration of Steven Prease and demanding his immediate release from Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) custody.
Court Case
Aug 15, 2022
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Antoine Anderson v. Clarke and Bowles

The ACLU of Virginia filed Anderson v. Clarke in the Albemarle County Circuit Court, challenging the continued incarceration of Antoine Anderson and demanding his immediate release from Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) custody. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus asserts that VDOC officials wrongly interpreted the Governor’s Amendment 19 to the 2022 Budget Bill to apply retroactively, negating the sentence credits earned by Mr. Anderson prior to the budget going into effect.
Court Case
Oct 06, 2023
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Court Case
Oct 06, 2023
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Eduardo Guerrero Ortiz v. Davis et al.

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition and the ACLU of Virginia are suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Henry County Sheriff’s Office, for detaining Mr. Eduardo Guerrero Ortiz under the color of federal immigration law for seven months at the Henry County Adult Detention Center without charge.
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Sep 26, 2023
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Court Case
Sep 26, 2023
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Leslie L. Puryear v. Dotson and Bailey

The ACLU of Virginia and Relman Colfax PLLC filed a new case challenging Virginia Department of Correction's (VADOC) refusal to award expanded sentence credits to people with certain convictions, unlawfully extending their incarceration. This is one of several cases that the ACLU of Virginia is filing to ensure the earned sentence credit program is properly applied to those who are eligible.
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Court Case
Sep 25, 2023
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Court Case
Sep 25, 2023
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Jose Isais Garcia Vasquez v. Dotson and Darden

The ACLU of Virginia filed a case challenging Virginia Department of Correction's (VADOC) refusal to award expanded sentence credits to people with certain convictions, unlawfully extending their incarceration.
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Court Case
Aug 03, 2023
An orange gavel over a white circle, with a light orange background.
Court Case
Aug 03, 2023
  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Rodriguez Guerra et al. v. Perry et al.

Amica Center for Immigrants’ Rights (formerly CAIR Coalition), the National Immigration Project, and the ACLU of Virginia sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for arbitrarily detaining people in Virginia after they won immigration cases that protected them from deportation to their countries of origin where they face persecution, torture, or death.
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Court Case
Jun 26, 2023
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Court Case
Jun 26, 2023
  • Voting Rights|
  • +1 Issue

King v. Youngkin

The ACLU of Virginia, Protect Democracy, and WilmerHale on the behalf of individual plaintiffs Melvin Wingate, Tati Abu King, and Toni Heath Johnson, as well as Bridging the Gap In Virginia, filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in federal court challenging the Virginia Constitution’s felony disenfranchisement provision. The case, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, claims that Virginia is in violation of the 150-year-old federal law that established the terms of Virginia’s readmission to representation in the United States Congress after the Civil War.
Explore Case
Court Case
Feb 15, 2023
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Court Case
Feb 15, 2023
  • Criminal Legal Reform

NFB-VA, et al. v. VDOC, et al.

The Virginia Department of Corrections denies equal services to people who are blind or visually impaired. So we sued.
Explore Case
Court Case
Dec 16, 2022
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Court Case
Dec 16, 2022
  • First Amendment Rights

In re Bleakley (Amicus)

The ACLU of Virginia filed an amicus brief in support of Connor Bleakley and Sami Alsawaf seeking to allow Brandon Bleakley to perform the rites of their wedding ceremony, arguing that the Virginia code sections that govern their choice of officiant is unconstitutional.
Explore Case
Court Case
Oct 17, 2022
Over a light green background is a white circle with a green gavel in the middle.
Court Case
Oct 17, 2022
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Steven Prease v. Clarke and White

The ACLU of Virginia filed Prease v. Clarke in the Virginia Supreme Court, challenging the continued incarceration of Steven Prease and demanding his immediate release from Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) custody.
Explore Case
Court Case
Aug 15, 2022
Over a light green background is a white circle with a green gavel in the middle.
Court Case
Aug 15, 2022
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Antoine Anderson v. Clarke and Bowles

The ACLU of Virginia filed Anderson v. Clarke in the Albemarle County Circuit Court, challenging the continued incarceration of Antoine Anderson and demanding his immediate release from Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) custody. The petition for a writ of habeas corpus asserts that VDOC officials wrongly interpreted the Governor’s Amendment 19 to the 2022 Budget Bill to apply retroactively, negating the sentence credits earned by Mr. Anderson prior to the budget going into effect.
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