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PRISON CONDITIONS
Coleman v. Brown

2:90-cv-00520 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 23, 1990

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action for California prisoners with mental illness. After a three-judge court denied a motion for a prisoner release order as premature, plaintiffs sought relief before a single district judge. Relief has been achieved to an extent. The defendants have continued to comply with the broader injunction while staying mindful of the public health demands of the pandemic. In particular, the parties have been able to reach agreements concerning quarantine and isolati…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Parsons v. Ryan

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

Filed Date: March 22, 2012

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: In this preexisting class action addressing medical care in Arizona's prisons, the district court denied COVID-19 emergency relief on March 23, 2020. Notwithstanding the grave threats posed by congregate imprisonment during the pandemic, the court held that the emergency measures sought by the plaintiffs were outside of its authority under the settlement agreement in this case. However, the Court did (subsequently) order Arizona to disclose to class counsel who had been tested…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Mays v. County of Sacramento

2:18-cv-02081 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: July 31, 2018

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This was a preexisting lawsuit addressing conditions of confinement in the Sacramento County Jail. On March 18, 2020, class counsel wrote the county to urge significant responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter requested population reductions and a variety of other steps (increasing education, access to cleaning supplies, free communications methods, and the like). On June 24, the parties reported that while on-site monitoring was feasible, some court experts who resided …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Gray v. County of Riverside

5:13-cv-00444 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2013

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This class action about medical care in the Riverside County jails settled in 2015. On April 4, 2020, plaintiffs brought a motion to enforce the consent decree, seeking implementation of expert-endorsed coronavirus-related protocols including social distancing. On April 16, the Court agreed, requiring planning and potentially prisoner transfers. A formal COVID-19 plan was approved in July 2020 and revised in October 2020 and June 2022, then terminated in June 2023. On July 10,…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Armstrong v. Newsom

4:94-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 1994

Case Ongoing

On June 29, 1994, eleven California state prisoners and parolees with disabilities filed this lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections—now the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”)—in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California. Represented by the Prison Law Office, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, and private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that the CDCR had discriminated against them and all others similarly situat…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Torres v. Milusnic

2:20-cv-04450 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 16, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action originally brought by five individuals held at Lompoc, a low-security prison facing one of the largest outbreaks of COVID-19 among U.S. federal prisons. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to undertake reasonable preventative measures, which allowed the virus to spread to 60% of those in custody. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief for improved conditions of confinement, as well as a writ of habeas corpus for release. On…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Plata v. Newsom

4:01-cv-01351 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2001

Case Ongoing

NOTE: Documents relating to the prison overcrowding proceedings in this case under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, which led to imposition of a statewide prison population cap, affirmed by the Supreme Court, are presented in a different case record. See "related cases" below. Summary: On April 5, 2001, nine male California incarcerated persons filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, against officials of the California Department of C…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Wilson v. Ponce

2:20-cv-04451 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action by individuals held at Terminal Island, a Care Level 3 medical facility designed for those with long-term medical needs. The plaintiffs alleged violations of their Eighth Amendment rights and sought declaratory and injunctive relief, and a writ of habeas corpus requiring immediate downsizing of the population, with priority given to those with heightened medical vulnerability. They requested a TRO and a preliminary injunction for risk-mitigation measures…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Hixson v. Hope

CV029154 | California state trial court

Filed Date: April 26, 2006

Closed Date: March 15, 2012

On April 26, 2006, parents of a juvenile son incarcerated in the San Joaquin Juvenile Hall filed a complaint in the San Joaquin County, California, Superior Court, suing the county's chief probation officer and seeking to enjoin expenditure of public funds for alleged illegal conduct at the juvenile hall. Private counsel and the Prison Law Office represented the plaintiff. Both were also involved as plaintiffs' counsel in similar California cases in this database, Farrell v. Harper (JI-CA-13), …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Topete v. County of San Bernardino

5:16-cv-00355 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 29, 2016

Case Ongoing

On February 29, 2016, two detainees with disabilities filed this class-action lawsuit against San Bernardino County in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The lawsuit was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act. Represented by the Prison Law Office and private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that the county violated the Fourteenth Amendment and Eighth Amendment rights of the nearly 6,000 people incarcerated…