Cases Archive - LCCRSF

Debt Collective v. San Mateo Superior Court, County of San Mateo (Civil Assessments)

Posted: January 27, 2022

Status: ACTIVE

On January 27, 2022, LCCRSF filed suit against San Mateo County Superior Court’s for their unlawful practice of automatically imposing a $300 charge every time an individual misses a payment …

White et al. v Sacramento Police Department (Police Brutality)

Posted: December 30, 2021

Status: ACTIVE

On December 30, 2021, LCCRSF and co-counsel filed suit against the Sacramento Police Department and City of Sacramento on behalf of demonstrators brutalized by police during racial justice protests in …

LCCRSF v. City of Sacramento, Sacramento Police Department (Police Accountability)

Posted: December 7, 2021

Status: ACTIVE

On December 7, 2021, LCCRSF filed suit against the City of Sacramento for withholding dozens of public documents regarding the police department’s response to protests , including disparities between the …

Vega v. Management and Training Corporation (Immigrant Detention)

Posted: October 21, 2021

Status: ACTIVE

On October 14, 2021, Carlos Murillo Vega, a man who spent 14 months in solitary confinement while detained by ICE, sued private detention company Management and Training Corporation (MTC) for …

Wilbur P.G. et al v. United States of America (Family Separation)

Posted: June 10, 2021

Status: CLOSED

Three Bay Area families who were separated at the U.S.–Mexico border in 2018 filed suit this morning against the U.S. government seeking damages for the harm immigration officials inflicted on …

Coalition on Homelessness v. City of San Francisco (Towing)

Posted: June 9, 2021

Status: ACTIVE

On June 9, 2021, the Coalition on Homelessness filed a Motion for Writ of Mandate in its lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco, the SFMTA, and the SFPD. Through this action, the Coalition on Homelessness hopes to …

NAACP v. City of San Jose (Police Violence)

Posted: March 11, 2021

Status: ACTIVE

A class action civil rights lawsuit filed against the City of San Jose after those demonstrating the murder of George Floyd were met with brutal, racially motivated police violence that included teargas, explosive grenades, impact munitions, and batons.

Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings (Immigration Detention)

Posted: April 20, 2020

Status: CLOSED

A class action lawsuit against ICE for violating the constitutional rights of immigrants detained in Mesa Verde and Yuba County jails by keeping them in dangerous, crowded, unsanitary conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wendz et al. v. California Department of Education (Education Equity)

Posted: March 31, 2020

Status: ACTIVE

A lawsuit filed on behalf of migrant parents against the California Department of Education (CDE) challenging new regulations that would make it harder for migrant parents to take part in Regional Parent Advisory Councils (RPACS).