Georgia
Eternal Vigilance Action, Inc. v. Georgia
The 勛圖眻畦 and partner organizations have sought to intervene in this case to represent the rights of voters and voting-rights organizations in a case challenging a number of rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board. We challenge a rule that requires that the number of votes cast be hand counted at the polling place prior to the tabulation of votes. This rule risks delay and spoliation of ballots, putting in danger voters rights to have their votes count.
Status: Ongoing
View Case
Featured
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023

Criminal Law Reform
McElrath v. Georgia
Does the Double Jeopardy Clause bar an appellate court from reviewing and setting aside a jurys verdicts of acquittal on the ground that the verdict is inconsistent with the jurys verdict on other charges?
Georgia
Jun 2020

Disability Rights
Harris v. Georgia Department of Corrections
On October 3, 2018, the 勛圖眻畦 and the 勛圖眻畦 of Georgia, together with National Association of the Deaf and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people incarcerated in prisons supervised by the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC). The complaint highlights GDCs failure to provide incarcerated deaf and hard of hearing people with equally effective communication access to programs, services, and activities, including medical care, telecommunications, and prison programs. Further, due to lack of access to interpreters and other communication accommodations, deaf prisoners are also often unable to explain or defend themselves when GDC takes disciplinary action against them.
All Cases
26 Georgia Cases

Georgia
Nov 2023
Prisoners' Rights
Geter v. Baldwin State Prison, et al.
The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) requires incarcerated plaintiffs to exhaust the prisons internal grievance system before they can file suit in federal court. But these procedures may be difficult or impossible for people with mental disabilities to complete. The 勛圖眻畦 is working to ensure that the PLRAs requirements dont bar people with mental disabilities from court.
Explore case
Georgia
Nov 2023

Prisoners' Rights
Geter v. Baldwin State Prison, et al.
The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) requires incarcerated plaintiffs to exhaust the prisons internal grievance system before they can file suit in federal court. But these procedures may be difficult or impossible for people with mental disabilities to complete. The 勛圖眻畦 is working to ensure that the PLRAs requirements dont bar people with mental disabilities from court.

Georgia
Aug 2023
Voting Rights
Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Kemp
Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on March 29, 2021, against Georgias sweeping law that makes it much harder for all Georgians to vote, particularly voters of color and voters with disabilities. This law spans all aspects of Georgias voting process, including imposing a criminal ban on providing food and water to voters waiting in line, limiting dropbox access and ballot return assistance, rejecting absentee ballots for forgetting to add a birthdate to an envelope or for failing to provide more restrictive identifying information or photo ID copies along with absentee ballots. Premised on low voter confidence and born out of the Big Lie about the 2020 election, this law targets methods of voting disproportionately used more and more by Black voters and others voters of color just as they began to exercise greater political power.
Explore case
Georgia
Aug 2023

Voting Rights
Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Kemp
Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on March 29, 2021, against Georgias sweeping law that makes it much harder for all Georgians to vote, particularly voters of color and voters with disabilities. This law spans all aspects of Georgias voting process, including imposing a criminal ban on providing food and water to voters waiting in line, limiting dropbox access and ballot return assistance, rejecting absentee ballots for forgetting to add a birthdate to an envelope or for failing to provide more restrictive identifying information or photo ID copies along with absentee ballots. Premised on low voter confidence and born out of the Big Lie about the 2020 election, this law targets methods of voting disproportionately used more and more by Black voters and others voters of color just as they began to exercise greater political power.

Georgia
Nov 2022
Voting Rights
Cook v. Cobb County
On November 4, 2022the last day of early voting in Georgia and four days before the November 2022 midterm electionsCobb County Elections Director Janine Eveler disclosed for the first time that approximately 1,036 absentee ballots marked as issued on October 13, 2022 and October 22, 2022 had never been mailed to voters, due to staff error. The 勛圖眻畦 and co-counsel sued on behalf of several affected voters to ensure that plaintiffs could vote in the 2022 midterm election and that no other voters were affected by Cobb County's error.
Explore case
Georgia
Nov 2022

Voting Rights
Cook v. Cobb County
On November 4, 2022the last day of early voting in Georgia and four days before the November 2022 midterm electionsCobb County Elections Director Janine Eveler disclosed for the first time that approximately 1,036 absentee ballots marked as issued on October 13, 2022 and October 22, 2022 had never been mailed to voters, due to staff error. The 勛圖眻畦 and co-counsel sued on behalf of several affected voters to ensure that plaintiffs could vote in the 2022 midterm election and that no other voters were affected by Cobb County's error.

Georgia
Jul 2022
LGBTQ Rights
Thomas et al v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al
Shon Thomas and Gwendolyn Cheney are two Black transgender women enrolled in Georgia Medicaid who have been unable to access gender-affirming surgical care. They have sued the state, alleging that denying access to gender-affirming surgeries under Medicaid is a violation of the U.S. Constitution, the Affordable Care Act, and the Medicaid Act. They are represented by the 勛圖眻畦 and the 勛圖眻畦 of Georgia.
Explore case
Georgia
Jul 2022

LGBTQ Rights
Thomas et al v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al
Shon Thomas and Gwendolyn Cheney are two Black transgender women enrolled in Georgia Medicaid who have been unable to access gender-affirming surgical care. They have sued the state, alleging that denying access to gender-affirming surgeries under Medicaid is a violation of the U.S. Constitution, the Affordable Care Act, and the Medicaid Act. They are represented by the 勛圖眻畦 and the 勛圖眻畦 of Georgia.

Georgia
May 2022
Smart Justice
Mock et al v. Glynn County et al
Explore case
Georgia
May 2022

Smart Justice