Court Cases

We sued the U.S. Department of Defense for public records on military officers assigned to serve as temporary immigration judges. The apparent deployment of active-duty military personnel as judges with the power to deport and jail civilians raises serious constitutional questions.

The federal government recently began hiding the locations of people being held in ICE detention. We are suing over this unlawful policy, which effectively disappears people in custody from their communities.

We are seeking public records on the Plymouth County Sheriff Department’s programs for providing medical care to civil immigration detainees. The request follows widespread reports of inadequate care provided to those held in ICE custody.

Public records lawsuit seeks basic information about the state’s deployment and use of a powerful and unregulated surveillance technology that has generated widespread outcry in communities across Massachusetts.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit to seek redress and accountability for extrajudicial killings pursuant to the Death on the High Seas Act and the Alien Tort Statute.

In May 2023, the ACLU of Massachusetts filed a public records lawsuit against the Office of the State Auditor for wrongfully withholding documents related to prisoner deaths and health care at the houses of correction in two counties.

The ACLU of Massachusetts, together with law firm Wolf Greenfield, filed a lawsuit against two Massachusetts agencies for failing to produce public records regarding the state’s use of automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology.

The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a public records lawsuit against the City of Pittsfield for failing to produce the Pittsfield Police Department’s policies, procedures, and records of street-level interactions.

The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a public records lawsuit to gather information about whether former President Donald Trump lied when he recently asserted the existence of a declassification “standing order” for materials he removed from the Oval Office.