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POLICING
Abay v. Denver

1:20-cv-01616 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 4, 2020

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2023

This class-action suit was brought in Colorado state court on June 4, 2020. That same day, the case was removed by the defendants to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint was filed in response to police tactics used against protesters in Denver following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. Plaintiffs were individuals who participated in, observed, or wanted to participate in or observe the protests; they were represented by private counsel. The c…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ross v. Gossett

3:15-cv-00309 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 19, 2015

Case Ongoing

On March 19, 2015, an Illinois prisoner filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against numerous members of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) tactical team “Orange Crush,” the wardens at Illinois River, Menard, Big Muddy River, and Lawrence Correctional Centers, and other IDOC officials. The plaintiff, represented by Loevy & Loevy and the Uptown People's Law Center, sought injunctive relie…
POLICING
Dunn v. City of Chicago

1:04-cv-06804 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 2004

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2014

On October 21, 2004, a group of former Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) detainees filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the CPD. Represented by the Chicago civil rights law firm Loevy & Loevy, the plaintiffs alleged that the CPD were engaged in an unconstitutional pattern and practice of detaining persons under its control for excessive periods of time and under poor conditions. Specifically, the plaintif…
POLICING
Cruz v. Denver

1:20-cv-01922 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: July 17, 2020

Case Ongoing

This class-action lawsuit was filed on July 1, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The suit came in response to police tactics used to quell protests in Denver that followed the police killing of George Floyd in May of 2020. The plaintiffs, seven private individuals, were represented by the civil rights law firm Loevy & Loevy, seven private individuals brought this suit against the city and county of Denver as well as ten anonymous officers of the Denver Police Departm…
POLICING
Epps v. City and County of Denver

1:20-cv-01878 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: June 25, 2020

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on June 25, 2020, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The suit responded to police tactics used on protesters in May and June of 2020, after police killed George Floyd. Represented by private counsel (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP) and ACLU attorneys, plaintiffs in this case were Black Lives Matter 5280, a Denver-based chapter of Black Lives Matter, and nine individual plaintiffs. They brought this suit against the city and county of Denver, offic…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Humphrey v. LeBlanc

3:20-cv-00233 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

This entry includes two putative class action lawsuits challenging Louisiana's alleged practice of detaining prisoners longer than necessary after those prisoners receive "time-served" sentences. In Humphrey v. LeBlanc, on April 15, 2020, three former prisoners filed a putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Represented by the civil rights firm Loevy & Loevy, local counsel, and the Promise of Justice Initiative, a public interest group, the…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Mays v. Dart

1:20-cv-02134 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 3, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a 18 U.S.C. § 1983/habeas corpus class action lawsuit brought on behalf of inmates in the Cook County Jail in Chicago in light of over 200 positive cases of COVID-19 in the Jail. Plaintiffs seek release for detainees who are vulnerable because of their underlying medical conditions or age, and transfer to a safer place for detainees exposed to COVID-19. The court issued a temporary restraining order on April 9, 2020. On April 14, 2020, the plaintiffs filed a motion for…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Henry v. Hulett

3:12-cv-03087 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 20, 2012

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2011, female prisoners at an Illinois women’s prison were strip searched as part of a training exercise for new guards. Several of the prisoners filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The plaintiffs sued the Illinois Department of Corrections, Lincoln Correctional Center, and Logan Correctional Center under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Represented by civil rights attorneys Loevy a…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Golbert v. Smith

1:23-cv-00300 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about minors in state care held in juvenile detention centers despite a judge having ordered their release. On January 19, 2023 the Cook County Public Guardian, on behalf of nine children with disabilities who were residing in juvenile detention despite their ordered release, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs sued the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), as well as the a…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Giroir v. Leblanc

3:21-cv-00108 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections consistently over-detaining thousands of incarcerated people per year for nearly the past ten years. On February 19, 2021, an incarcerated person in DOC’s custody filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiff sued the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections and the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.…