Special Collection: Hepatitis C Treatment in Jails and Prisons

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Hepatitis C medication in prison

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This collection gathers cases addressing Hepatitis C testing and treatment in jails and prisons, with particular focus on litigation seeking widespread provision of direct acting antiviral treatment.

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Domenech v. Goord

0015671/2002 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2002

Closed Date: 2005

The plaintiff, a New York state prisoner who had been a previous user of alcohol and illicit drugs, but who had been drug-free for thirty years, was diagnosed in prison with Hepatitis C and sought tr…

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V.C. v. District of Columbia

1:23-cv-01139 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (DOC) failed to provide constitutionally adequate health care to inmates in its detention facilities. On April 24, 2023…

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In Re HCV Prison Litigation

3:19-cv-00577 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2019

Case Ongoing

This consolidated, class action lawsuit brought by people in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) challenged the Department's Hepatitis C treatment policies and protocols. Eight…

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Roppolo v. Linthicum

2:19-cv-00262 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 11, 2017, individuals with Hepatitis C detained by the state of Texas brought this suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) and its medical providers: Correctional Ma…

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Stanard v. Dy

2:19-cv-01400 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case arose out of a federal prison's response to a pretrial inmate's request for Hepatitis C treatment. On October 17, 2019, the inmate filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western Dist…

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West v. Gobeille

2:19-cv-00081 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: May 21, 2019

Closed Date: 2023

On May 21, 2019, incarcerated individuals in Vermont with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, and Judge William K. Sessions …

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Loisel v. Clinton

1:19-cv-00081 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2019

Case Ongoing

This class action lawsuit, brought by persons in the custody of the Maine Department of Corrections with chronic Hepatitis C, challenged the Department's Hepatitis C care and treatment policies. Plai…

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Mann v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections

2:18-cv-01565 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 4, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 2, 2021

On December 4, 2018, three men with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the custody of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC), proceeding pro se, filed a motion for class certification i…

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Barfield v. Cook

3:18-cv-01198 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 19, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 1, 2022

Plaintiffs, persons in the custody of the Connecticut Department of Correction suffering from the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), filed this putative class action lawsuit against the Department on July 19, …

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Buffkin v. Hooks

1:18-cv-00502 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 15, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in North Carolina Prisons. On June 15, 2018, three HCV positive prisoners filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North C…

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Johnson v. Peterson

3:18-cv-00331 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 23, 2023

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, brought suit on February 12, 2018, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against the Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution (AOCI) and several of i…

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Turner v. Wetzel

4:18-cv-00361 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2018

Case Ongoing

Plaintiff, a person serving a life sentence in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, was diagnosed with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the mid 1990s and, in this lawsuit, sought to c…

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Turney v. Atencio

1:18-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Jan. 3, 2018

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2023

Plaintiffs, who have Hepatitis C, were incarcerated by the Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC). On January 3, 2018, they filed a putative class action lawsuit in forma pauperis in the United State…

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Melnik v. Aranas

2:17-cv-02378 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2023

On September 5, 2017, plaintiff, a person incarcerated in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC), initiated this lawsuit (pro se, initially) by filing a motion for leave to procee…

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Aragon v. Raemisch

1:17-cv-01744 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: July 19, 2017

Closed Date: April 23, 2019

On July 19, 2017, four prisoners suffering from the Hepatitis C virus who were under the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District …

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Geissler v. Stirling

4:17-cv-01746 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: June 30, 2017

Closed Date: April 22, 2022

An individual with Hepatitis C who was incarcerated at the South Carolina Department of Corrections brought this pro se lawsuit on June 30, 2017. The plaintiff challenged the Department's testing and…

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Riggleman v. Clarke

5:17-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: June 26, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 27, 2017, an prisoner in the custody of the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) brought this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, against VDOC's Dire…

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Hoffer v. Inch

4:17-cv-00214 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On May 11, 2017, three Florida Department of Corrections prisoners who had chronic hepatitis C filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Judge M…

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Stafford v. Carter

1:17-cv-00289 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 27, 2017

Case Ongoing

This class action suit challenged the medical care provided to Indiana prisoners with the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). On January 27, 2017, three prisoners with HCV at Pendleton Correctional Facility fil…

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Abu-Jamal v. Wetzel

3:16-cv-02000 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2016

Case Ongoing

On September 30, 2016, a prisoner at the Mahanoy State Correctional Institute filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff sued the Pennsylva…

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Graham v. Parker

3:16-cv-01954 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: July 25, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2020

On July 25, 2016, prisoners at the Tennessee Department of Corrections filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Plaintiffs sued the Commissione…

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Postawko v. Missouri Department of Corrections

2:16-cv-04219 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: July 14, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 2020

On July 14, 2016, a person incarcerated at the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, alleging that he had…

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Bernier v. Allen

1:16-cv-00828 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 3, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 6, 2022

Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed this lawsuit on May 3, 2016 against the United States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP), the medical director of the FBOP, and Gilead Sciences in the U.S. D…

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Allah v. Thomas

2:15-cv-05593 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2015

Closed Date: April 9, 2021

On October 9, 2015 plaintiff filed a complaint against several prison officials and medical providers at SC-Chester, a state prison in Pennsylvania. Plaintiff, an incarcerated individual with chronic…

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Corris v. Koenigsmann

9:15-cv-01205 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2015

Closed Date: May 6, 2016

On October 7th, 2015, an inmate with Hepatitis C filed a civil rights action against the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). The lawsuit was filed pursuant to …

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Gilbert v. Gedney

3:15-cv-00393 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: July 31, 2015

Closed Date: 2016

On July 31, 2015, an inmate at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center (NNCC) living with hepatitis C filed this lawsuit in the District Court of Nevada. Representing himself, the plaintiff sued nume…

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Chimenti v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

2:15-cv-03333 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 12, 2015

Closed Date: Oct. 18, 2022

On June 12, 2015, three individuals incarcerated and suffering from complications due to Hepatitis C viral infections filed this class action suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of P…

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Fowler v. Turco

1:15-cv-12298 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 10, 2015

Closed Date: 2020

On June 10, 2015, inmates of the Massachusetts Department of Correction filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs sued the Massachusetts Pa…

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Abu-Jamal v. Kerestes

3:15-cv-00967 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: May 18, 2015

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2021

On May 18, 2015, a person incarcerated at the Mahanoy State Correctional Institute filed this complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The complaint arose out of …

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Ligons v. Minnesota Department of Corrections

0:15-cv-02210 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: May 1, 2015

Closed Date: July 26, 2021

On May 1, 2015, inmates of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MDOC) suffering from hepatitis-C filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintif…

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Woodcock v. Correct Care Solutions

3:16-cv-00096 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 2015

This class action, brought on behalf of approximately 1,200 prisoners in the custody of the Kentucky Department of Corrections diagnosed with Hepatitis C, and those who might be diagnosed in the futu…

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Parsons v. Ryan

2:12-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: March 22, 2012

Case Ongoing

This case is a direct descendant of Gamez v. Ryan, docket number CV-10-2070-PHX-JWS (MEA). That case was dismissed with prejudice on March 21, 2012 after the district court judge determined that the …

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Orr v. Elyea

2:08-cv-02232 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2008

Case Ongoing

This case is about people with Hepatitis C who were or had been incarcerated in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). Represented by private counsel, around 75 incarcerated plaintiffs filed …

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Jackson v. Dezember

2:08-cv-01954 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: July 8, 2008

Closed Date: March 14, 2012

On July 8, 2008, Kevin Jackson, a California inmate suffering from hepatitis C, filed this class action suit in U.S. District Court against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…

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Coleman-Bey v. United States

1:06-cv-01855 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2006

Closed Date: Sept. 11, 2007

Petitioner, a person in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, originally filed this pro se petition for a writ of mandam…

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Roe v. Sims

3:06-cv-03034 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 14, 2006

Closed Date: March 24, 2009

This is a case about prison officials' deliberate indifference toward the medical needs of incarcerated persons who suffered from hepatitis C. On September 20, 2005, four individuals who were or had …

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Hilton v. Wright

9:05-cv-01038 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2005

Closed Date: 2013

On August 17, 2005, two New York state prisoners filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. §1983 (the Civil Rights Act of 1871), 42 U.S.C. § 121…

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Iseley v. Talaber

1:04-cv-00861 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 21, 2004

Closed Date: March 30, 2005

Plaintiff, incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, filed this action pro se on April 21, 2004, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvani…

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Brash v. Wexford Health Source, Inc.

2:02-cv-14331 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2002

On December 6, 2002, a prisoner in Florida's Okeechobee Correctional Institution (OCI), represented by counsel from the Florida Justice Institute, sued in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Dis…

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Anstett v. State of Oregon

3:01-cv-01619 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 2001

Closed Date: 2007

On November 1, 2001, plaintiffs, current and former inmates of the Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) filed a class action complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Orego…

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McKenna v. Wright

1:01-cv-06571 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 19, 2001

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2005

In 1999, plaintiff, a New York state prisoner, was diagnosed by prison medical staff as having Hepatitis C virus ("HCV"). Based on prison policies, treatment of the condition was denied him at least …

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Bender v. Regier

4:01-cv-04151 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: July 2, 2001

Closed Date: Nov. 18, 2004

On July 2, 2001, plaintiff filed this action pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.  The case was assigned to Judge Lawrence L. Piersol. Plaintiff had been diagnosed with…

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