The ACLU of Michigan files lawsuits that impact people’s rights by setting a legal precedent, or affecting the policies and actions of public officials. Our current Fall 2024 Legal Docket details our legal cases and actions taken in 2023-2024.
In 2019 the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) began investigating two companies that refused to provide their services to LGBTQ people. The companies sued MDCR in state court, arguing...
Bruce Parker, who is incarcerated by the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria and identifies as non-binary. Under MDOC policy, a special gender...
Among the many societal harms of our prison and jail system is the damage that having an incarcerated parent wreaks on the family and children of the person on the inside....
In August 2025, the ACLU of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Christopher Gibson, a Black man who was pepper sprayed, tasered and brutalized in a jail cell by a group of more than a...