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Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

8:11-cv-00301 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2011

Case Ongoing

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requires the government to obtain a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) before it may conduct any domestic electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information. The warrant applications are made ex parte and must include a sworn statement by a federal officer of the facts and circumstances relied upon to justify the government's belief that the target of surveillance is a foreign power or an agent of a f…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Johnson v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

2:08-cv-03515 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 29, 2008

Case Ongoing

On May 29, 2008, three prisoners with mobility impairments housed in Los Angeles County jail facilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. They challenged alleged discrimination against people with disabilities in the Los Angeles County jail system. Represented by private counsel, the Disab…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Parenti v. County of Monterey

5:14-cv-05481 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 2014

Closed Date: April 29, 2019

On December 16, 2014, the estate of an inmate who died in jail filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued Monterey County, the Monterey County Sheriff, the Monterey County Jail, and the California Forensic Medical Group under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought monetary and injunctive relief, claiming a failure to provide medical care in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and a depr…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pederson v. County of Plumas

2:89-cv-01659 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 4, 1989

Case Ongoing

On December 4, 1989, detainees at the Plumas County Jail filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the County of Plumas. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prisoner Rights Union and by private counsel, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the constitutionality of their conditions of confinement. Specifically, they alleged problems with overcrowding, unequal access to programs and work opportunities for women detainees, l…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Kaiser v. County of Sacramento

2:91-cv-00300 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: March 12, 1991

Case Ongoing

On March 12, 1991, prisoners at two Sacramento County jails filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the County of Sacramento. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prisoner Rights Union and by private counsel, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the constitutionality of their conditions of confinement. Specifically, they alleged problems with overcrowding, failure to provide beds, unequal access for women prisoners, lack…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Anderson v. Kern County

1:90-cv-00205 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 9, 1990

Closed Date: Feb. 9, 1998

Because this case predates PACER, the Clearinghouse has limited information on what occurred. On April 9, 1990, prisoners in the Kern County jail filed a complaint in the Eastern District of California against the county. The plaintiffs, represented by private firms and the Prisoner Rights Union, filed the complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based on violations of plaintiffs' rights under the First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The complaint revolved around allegedly inadequate condi…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Estate of Claypole v. County of San Mateo

5:14-cv-02730 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 12, 2014

Closed Date: 2016

On June 12, 2014, the mother of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide while in jail filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff sued the County of San Mateo, the Mateo County Sheriff, the County of Monterey, the Monterey County Sheriff, the City of Monterey, the Monterey Police, the California Forensic Medical Group, and the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, as well as state law. Represented by…

Complaint

June 12, 2014

Order (1) Granting in Part City of Monterey Defendants' Motion to Dismiss With Leave to Amend; (2) Granting in Part County of Monterey Defendants' Motion to Dismiss With Leave to Amend; and (3) Denying County of Monterey Defendants' Motion to Strike

Oct. 9, 2014

Estate of Claypole v. County of San Mateo

First Amended Complaint

Oct. 28, 2014

Order Granting Defendant Hall's Motion for Summary Judgment; Denying City of Monterey's Motion for Summary Judgment; and Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Substitute Detective Kruse as a Doe Defendant

Jan. 12, 2016

Order Granting in Part County Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying Plaintiffs' Corss-Motion; and Granting in Part Medical Defendants' motion for Summary Judgment and Denying Plaintiffs' Cross-Motion

Estate of Joshua Claypole v. County of Monterey

Feb. 22, 2016

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JAIL CONDITIONS
Holguin v. County of Los Angeles

2:10-cv-08011 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 2010

Closed Date: 2013

On October 25, 2010, an inmate at the LA County Men's Central Jail filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiff sued Los Angeles County under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Represented by private counsel, he sought damages for alleged violations of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as California state law. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that sheriff deputies used excessive force when the deputies beat him while he was handcuffed…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Roy v. County of Yolo

2:90-cv-00393 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: March 29, 1990

Closed Date: 1991

On March 29, 1990, prisoners at the Yolo County Jail filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the County of Yolo and the County Sheriff. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prisoner Rights Union and private counsel, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging the constitutionality of their conditions of confinement. They sought declaratory and injunctive relief.On July 2, 1990, the District Court (Senior Judge Milton L. Schwartz) c…
JAIL CONDITIONS
McGrath v. County of Nevada

2:89-cv-01658 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 4, 1989

On December 4, 1989, a class action lawsuit was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on behalf of all present and future prisoners of the Nevada County Jail and Nevada County Detention Center against Nevada County in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Plaintiff prisoners alleged violations of their First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. In particular, prisoners alleged that they were deprived of beds, seating at meals, clothing, medical, dental, and ment…