| Rise Seen in Education Civil Rights Lawsuits |
| (30 Jun 2015)
The latest available data from the federal courts show that during May 2015 the government reported 49 new federal district court cases that were classified under the category of education civil rights.
This brings to 337 the total number of such lawsuits filed during the first eight months of fiscal year 2015.
If filings continue at the same pace during the remainder of the year, the total could exceed 500 cases -- the largest number of such cases since the beginning of FY 2012 when courts began tracking this category with a distinct nature of suit code. Thus far during FY 2015, the Southern District of New York (Manhattan) leads the nation with 38 such lawsuits. The Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) with a total of 24 has the second largest number, closely followed by New Jersey with 23. To read the full report on education civil rights lawsuits, including totals and ranks for the all districts in which such lawsuits were filed, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/civil/394/Each month, TRAC offers a report focused on one area of civil litigation in the U.S. district courts. In addition, subscribers to the TRACFed data service can generate custom reports by district, office, nature of suit or federal jurisdiction. To start, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/interpreter?tab=civilTo keep up with TRAC, follow us on Twitter @tracreports or like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/tracreportsTRAC is self-supporting and depends on foundation grants, individual contributions and subscription fees for the funding needed to obtain, analyze and publish the data we collect on the activities of the US Federal government. To help support TRAC's ongoing efforts, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/sponsor/ |
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