Pennsylvania
Thakker v. Doll
On March 24, 2020, the ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, ACLU of Pennsylvania, and Dechert, LLP, filed Thaker v. Doll in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, on behalf of immigrants held in civil detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at York County Prison, Clinton County Correctional Facility, and Pike County Correctional Facility.
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24 Pennsylvania Cases
Pennsylvania
Jul 2019
![Aidan DeStefano](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-destefano-1160x864-600x447.jpg)
Doe v. Boyertown Area School District
The ACLU and the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a motion to intervene on behalf of a transgender student and an LGBTQ youth organization. They seek to defend the Boyertown Area School District’s practice of allowing transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity.
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![Aidan DeStefano](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-destefano-1160x864-600x447.jpg)
Pennsylvania
LGBTQ Rights
Doe v. Boyertown Area School District
The ACLU and the ACLU of Pennsylvania filed a motion to intervene on behalf of a transgender student and an LGBTQ youth organization. They seek to defend the Boyertown Area School District’s practice of allowing transgender students to use restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity.
Jul 2019
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Pennsylvania
Jul 2019
![Woman Behind Shutters](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/WEB18-WomanShuttersGreenv2-1160x864-600x447.jpg)
E.D. v. Sharkey
On October 30, 2018, the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, Futures Without Violence, Just Detention International, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Tahirih Justice Center, and the Women’s Law Project submitted an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit supporting an immigrant detainee, E.D., who was fleeing domestic violence and sexual assault in Honduras with her son.
Status: Ongoing
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![Woman Behind Shutters](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/01/WEB18-WomanShuttersGreenv2-1160x864-600x447.jpg)
Pennsylvania
Women's Rights
E.D. v. Sharkey
On October 30, 2018, the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, ACLU National Prison Project, ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, Futures Without Violence, Just Detention International, National Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Tahirih Justice Center, and the Women’s Law Project submitted an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit supporting an immigrant detainee, E.D., who was fleeing domestic violence and sexual assault in Honduras with her son.
Jul 2019
Status: Ongoing
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Pennsylvania
Jan 2018
![Reid v. Wetzel](https://wp.api.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Reid v. Wetzel
The ACLU, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, and Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP filed a class action lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections (DOC) for holding death-sentenced prisoners in permanent, degrading, and inhumane solitary confinement. These prisoners have suffered under the DOC’s cruel and baseless policies and practices, confined in solitary until they die by execution, die of natural causes while awaiting execution, or have their capital sentence overturned.
Status: Ongoing
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![Reid v. Wetzel](https://wp.api.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Pennsylvania
Prisoners' Rights
Reid v. Wetzel
The ACLU, the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the Abolitionist Law Center, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, and Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP filed a class action lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections (DOC) for holding death-sentenced prisoners in permanent, degrading, and inhumane solitary confinement. These prisoners have suffered under the DOC’s cruel and baseless policies and practices, confined in solitary until they die by execution, die of natural causes while awaiting execution, or have their capital sentence overturned.
Jan 2018
Status: Ongoing
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Pennsylvania
Feb 2016
![Rosa Elida Castro v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security](https://wp.api.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Rosa Elida Castro v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Status: Ongoing
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![Rosa Elida Castro v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security](https://wp.api.aclu.org/wp-content/themes/aclu-wp/img/fallback-case-gavel.png)
Pennsylvania
Immigrants' Rights
Rosa Elida Castro v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Feb 2016
Status: Ongoing
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