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DISABILITY RIGHTS
J.S. v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

1:20-cv-00297 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: March 11, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 3, 2023

In August 2016, Plaintiff student, who was incarcerated and 20 years old, prevailed in an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act due process administrative hearing against Defendant New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (“DOCCS”). On March 11, 2020, the plaintiff, represented by Disability Rights New York, New York's Protection and Advocacy Agency, filed a lawsuit against DOCCS under the IDEA to recover $71,542.00 in fees and $988.72 in costs as the IDEA prevai…
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Meyer & NFB v. Indiana Family and Social Services Admin & Indiana DiBlind and Visual Impairments of Family Resources

1:19-cv-03311 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2021

On Aug. 6, 2019, Plaintiffs Christopher Meyer, Sarah Meyer, and the National Federation of the Blind, Inc. filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Of Indiana.  The suit alleged systemic violations of the civil rights of blind Indiana residents that denied them equally effective access to all print and website communications created or distributed by Defendants and their contractors concerning government benefits.  Plaintiffs alleged that these communications violated Tit…
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Demontray Hunter v. Kimberly Boswell, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health

2:16-cv-00798 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2016

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenged the failure of the state of Alabama to provide court-ordered inpatient mental evaluations that are used to determine competency to stand trial, and to provide competency restoration treatment to persons committed to its custody in a timely manner. In their complaint, Plaintiffs alleged that pretrial detainees remained incarcerated in a county jail for up to eight months after a court order committing them to the Department for treatment or evaluation, in jails that are…
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Fair Housing Council of Central Indiana, McGuffin v. Smitley

1:16-cv-00880 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 19, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2020

Plaintiffs filed suit in federal court on April 19, 2016, requesting compensatory and punitive damages, attorney fees and costs, injunctive relief to end a landlord's disability discrimination and a declaration that the landlord violated the housing discrimination and related state laws. Hon. William T. Lawrence of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, presided over the case. The Plaintiffs in this case were the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc…
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Hart v. Clendenin

5:20-cv-01559 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2020

Closed Date: July 16, 2021

This case is about the health and safety of individuals confined in close quarters during a pandemic. The plaintiffs brought this class action lawsuit in federal court on Aug. 5, 2020, because they and others similarly situated were at risk of becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19 while being held at Patton State Hospital, one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in the country. Defendants held plaintiffs at this locked facility pursuant to involuntary psychiatric commitments. The defend…
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiania, Morton & McFarland v. Grandville Cooperative, Karen Mitchell, Kirkpatrick Management

1:16-cv-00300 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2017

This is a housing discrimination case. The two plaintiffs (a daughter and mother), were denied the opportunity to rent a townhouse together because the mother had a disability.   On February 11, 2016, the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and plaintiffs filed this suit in the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, against Grandville Cooperative Inc.; Karen Mitchell; and Kirkpatrick Management Co. Inc. The case was assigned to district judge Larry…
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Jane Doe v. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

1:14-cv-03906 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2014

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2016

This is a case about a woman who was sexually assaulted while in the custody of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH).  On December 16, 2014 Jane Doe sued in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division, for damages she sustained and for injunctive relief to protect her from future assaults. She alleged that while in DHMH custody, in two separate facilities, she was not protected from assault, despite the fact that the Department was aware of her his…
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DRC v. San Benito County

4:19-cv-01833 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 4, 2019

Closed Date: May 24, 2019

This case concerns the ability of a protection and advocacy agency (P&A) to obtain records necessary to investigate alleged abuse and neglect of hospitalized patients with mental illness. A state P&A agency filed a case in federal court to obtain access to these records. Plaintiff Disability Rights California (“DRC”) filed its complaint on April 4, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. After a reassignment, the case was presided over by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez …
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana & Strout v. Harford Place, Crownpoint Properties

1:20-cv-00372 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2020

Closed Date: June 17, 2021

Plaintiffs, a former resident of the Harford Place Apartments, and a fair housing organization, filed a lawsuit on October 23, 2020 against the owners and managers of the Harford Place Apartments, an affordable housing complex, alleging discrimination on the basis of disability in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act and related state laws. The plaintiffs were represented by Indiana Disability Rights (the Protection and Advocacy agency for Indiana) and Brancart & Brancart of Loma Mar, Cali…
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Aldridge v. Carowinds, LLC

3:17-cv-00708 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2018

This is a case about disability-based discrimination at an amusement park, preventing a family from full enjoyment of the facilities. On December 6, 2017, Plaintiffs sued under Title III of the ADA in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division, and this litigation resulted in a confidential settlement in their favor. The plaintiffs were represented by Disability Rights North Carolina.  The defendants, Carowinds LLC, Cedar Fair L.P. , Cedar Fair Southw…