State of New Hampshire v. Adams | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

HOME

ABOUT

FOR TEACHERS

QUESTIONS

RECENT ADDITIONS

feedback/
suggestions

Case Profile		new search page permalink

Case Name	State of New Hampshire v. Adams	PC-NH-0007
Docket / Court	1:94-cv-00573-SM ( D.N.H. )
State/Territory	New Hampshire
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

- click to show/hide ALL -

Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Equal Protection

Defendant-type

Corrections

Jurisdiction-wide

Disability

disability, unspecified

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

General

Classification / placement

Education

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

Indv. w/ Disab. Educ. Act (IDEA), Educ. of All Handcpd. Children Act , 20 U.S.C. § 1400

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Department of Education and Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	Prisoner who received educational services under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act claiming that services should not have been interrupted as result of prisoner's placement in prison's secure housing unit
Class action status sought	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Mixed
Public Int. Lawyer	No
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Filed	11/14/1994
Case Closing Year	2000
Case Ongoing	No

Documents


Court	Docket(s)
D.N.H. 05/18/2000	1:94-cv-00573-SM PC-NH-0007-9000.pdf \| Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
	General Documents
D.N.H. 04/17/1997	Order [ECF# 50] PC-NH-0007-0004.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Source: Non-PACER U.S. District Court Website
D.N.H. 01/21/1998	Order [ECF# 61] PC-NH-0007-0005.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Source: Non-PACER U.S. District Court Website
U.S. Court of Appeals 04/30/1998	Brief of Marc Adams as Appellant PC-NH-0007-0001.pdf \| Detail
U.S. Court of Appeals 05/29/1998	Brief for Appellees PC-NH-0007-0002.pdf \| Detail
U.S. Court of Appeals 11/12/1998	Opinion (159 F.3d 680) PC-NH-0007-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Source: Google Scholar

People


Judges	Aldrich, Edgar (D.N.H.) show/hide docs PC-NH-0007-0003 Coffin, Frank Morey (First Circuit) show/hide docs PC-NH-0007-0003 McAuliffe, Steven J. (D.N.H.) show/hide docs PC-NH-0007-0004 \| PC-NH-0007-0005 \| PC-NH-0007-9000 Selya, Bruce Marshall (FISCR, D.R.I., First Circuit) show/hide docs PC-NH-0007-0003
Plaintiff's Lawyers	McLaughlin, Philip T. (New Hampshire) show/hide docs PC-NH-0007-0002 \| PC-NH-0007-0003 Smith, Nancy J. (New Hampshire) show/hide docs PC-NH-0007-0002 \| PC-NH-0007-0003 \| PC-NH-0007-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Eggert, Dean B (New Hampshire) show/hide docs PC-NH-0007-9000 Meyer, H. Jonathan (New Hampshire) show/hide docs PC-NH-0007-0001 \| PC-NH-0007-0003 \| PC-NH-0007-9000 Smith, Peter S. (New Hampshire) show/hide docs PC-NH-0007-0001 \| PC-NH-0007-0003 \| PC-NH-0007-9000