On July 3, 2024 ACLU of Virginia and WilmerHale filed a Title IX lawsuit in the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of “Janie Doe,” a transgender student whom Hanover County Public School blocked from...
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Mar 11, 2024
Jane Doe v. Roanoke Police Department
Status: Closed
On March 12, 2024, ACLU of Virginia filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit on behalf of an immigrant survivor of domestic violence whose request for a U visa certification the Roanoke Police Department is...
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Feb 15, 2024
Doe v. VDOE; Loe v. VDOE
LGBTQ+ Rights
Status: Filed
On February 15, 2024, the ACLU of Virginia and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP filed two separate lawsuits against the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) on behalf of two transgender students who...
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Jan 23, 2024
Bd. of Supervisors of Fairfax County v. Leach-Lewis (amicus)
Criminal Legal Reform
Status: In State Supreme Court
On January 23, 2024 the ACLU of Virginia, the Institute for Justice and ACLU National filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Virginia in support of Ms. Leach-Lewis.
Ms. Leach-Lewis...
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Oct 6, 2023
Eduardo Guerrero Ortiz v. Davis et al.
Status: Filed
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...
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Sep 25, 2023
Leslie L. Puryear v. Dotson and Bailey
Criminal Legal Reform
Status: Victory!
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...