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Case Name Rhames v. United States of America PC-TX-0023
Docket / Court 7:17-cv-00009-O ( N.D. Tex. )
State/Territory Texas
Case Type(s) Prison Conditions
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Affected Gender
Female
Constitutional Clause
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Due Process
Due Process: Substantive Due Process
Free Exercise Clause
Petitions clause
Unreasonable search and seizure
Defendant-type
Corrections
Discrimination-basis
Gender identity
Sex discrimination
General
Assault/abuse by residents/inmates/students
Classification / placement
Conditions of confinement
Gay/lesbian/transgender
Religious programs / policies
Sanitation / living conditions
Sexual abuse by residents/inmates
Totality of conditions
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Type of Facility
Government-run
Causes of Action 42 U.S.C. ยง 1983
Religious Freedom Rest. Act/Religious Land Use and Inst. Persons Act (RFRA/RLUIPA)
Case Details
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Defendant(s) Department of Justice
Federal Medical Center, Carswell
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Plaintiff Description Four cisgender women incarcerated in Texas represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Class action status sought Yes
Class action status granted Moot
Filed Pro Se No
Prevailing Party Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer Yes
Nature of Relief None
Source of Relief None
Filed 12/29/2016
Case Closing Year 2019
Case Ongoing No
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Case Listing PA-TX-0001 : Texas v. United States (N.D. Tex.)
Documents
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Court Docket(s)
N.D. Tex.
04/12/2019		 7:17-cv-00009-O
 PC-TX-0023-9000.pdf | Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
General Documents
N.D. Tex.
02/03/2017
Motion to Intervene [ECF# 2]
PC-TX-0023-0001.pdf | Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Tex.
02/03/2017
Plaintiffs' Response to Motion for Preliminary Injunction by Jeanette Driever, et al. [ECF# 14]
PC-TX-0023-0002.pdf | Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Tex.
02/03/2017
Complaint [ECF# 25]
PC-TX-0023-0006.pdf | Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Tex.
05/12/2017
Third Amended Verified Complaint [ECF# 59]
PC-TX-0023-0003.pdf | Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Tex.
06/26/2017
Motion for Preliminary Injunction [ECF# 79]
PC-TX-0023-0004.pdf | Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Tex.
07/11/2018
Brenda Rhames' Amended Verified Complaint [ECF# 191]
PC-TX-0023-0007.pdf | Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
N.D. Tex.
04/12/2019
Judgment [ECF# 238]
PC-TX-0023-0005.pdf | Detail
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
People
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Judges O'Connor, Reed Charles (N.D. Tex.) show/hide docs
PC-TX-0023-0005
Plaintiff's Lawyers Hallock, Jeana (Arizona) show/hide docs
PC-TX-0023-0003 | PC-TX-0023-0004 | PC-TX-0023-0007 | PC-TX-0023-9000
Holcomb, Christiana (District of Columbia) show/hide docs
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Little, Charlsa Suzanne (Texas) show/hide docs
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McCaleb, Gary S. (Arizona) show/hide docs
PC-TX-0023-0003 | PC-TX-0023-0004 | PC-TX-0023-0007 | PC-TX-0023-9000
Nimocks, Austin (Texas) show/hide docs
PC-TX-0023-0002
Norred, Warren V (Texas) show/hide docs
PC-TX-0023-9000
Pikl, James A (Texas) show/hide docs
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Defendant's Lawyers Cutler, David G. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs
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Nestler, Emily B. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs
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Sealls, Kenneth Eliot (District of Columbia) show/hide docs
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Smith, Laura K. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs
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