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Hallinan v. Scarantino

5:20-ct-03333 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This putative class action lawsuit and habeas petition was filed by ten incarcerated individuals at Federal Correctional Complex Butner on October 26, 2020, seeking safety remedies and release. On May 11, 2021, the Court stayed the case. Note that this is a successor case to Hallinan v. Scarantino, 5:20-hc-02088 (E.D.N.C.). This putative class action lawsuit and habeas petition challenged the COVID-19 response at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Butner, alleging inadequ…
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In re Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

12-00375 | No Court

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2016

Case Ongoing

This is a matter before the Federal Communications Commission, dealing with high charges for prisoner phone calls. It is a continuation of the FCC matter CC Docket 96-128 regarding the First and Alternative Wright Petitions (PC-DC-0027). In that matter, the FCC had received significant comment on the First and Alternative Wright Petitions, including an ICS provider proposal containing cost information to support their proposed rate methodology and rate levels for ICS. The FCC opened a new doc…

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

Dec. 28, 2012

Bazelon Declaration in Support of Comments of Wright, et. al., re Notice of Proposed Rule Making

In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

March 25, 2013

Comments of Wright, et al., re Notice of Proposed Rule Making

In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

March 25, 2013

Bazelon Declaration in Support of Reply Comments of Wright, et. al., re Notice of Proposed Rule Making

In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

April 22, 2013

Reply Comments of Wright, et. al., re Notice of Proposed Rule Making

In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

April 22, 2013

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Heyer v. United States Bureau of Prisons

5:11-ct-03118 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 20, 2011

Case Ongoing

On June 20, 2011, two deaf prisoners filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina against the federal Bureau of Prisons. Represented by private counsel and the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit under Bivens and claimed violations of the Rehabilitation Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. In addition, the plaintiffs alleged violations of their Fifth Amendment due process rights, First …
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Berke v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

1:12-cv-01347 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2012

Closed Date: 2013

On August 14, 2012, a deaf individual awaiting his BOP surrender date filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court of the District of Columbia. The plaintiff sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons (“BOP”), and the Director of BOP under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the First, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments. The plaintiff, represented by his attorney, sought a temporary restraining order to ensure he would have access to a qualified ASL interpreter, non-aural notification of emergencies…
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Levy v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections

3:16-cv-00542 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 16, 2016, probationers and parolees who were deaf or had hearing impairments and who were under the control and supervision of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections ("LDPSC") brought this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs sued the LDPSC and its Secretary under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, alleging that the defendants failed to provide the…
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Adams & Knights v. Kentucky

3:14-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 2014

Case Ongoing

On January 1, 2014, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners in the Kentucky prison system filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated against the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Kentucky Department of Corrections, several other departments of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and by the Washington Lawyers' Committee Prisoners Rights Project, alleged violations of the America…
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Minnis v. Johnson

1:10-cv-00096 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2010

Closed Date: March 30, 2016

On January 29, 2010, prisoners in the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) who were deaf or hard of hearing filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, and Virginia state law against Virginia state agencies, departments, and employees thereof. The plaintiffs, represented by the Washington Lawyers Committee a…
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Jarboe v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:12-cv-00572 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2012

Closed Date: 2015

On February 23, 2012, five Maryland state prisoners who are deaf filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and other state entities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, plaintiffs alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehab…
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Briggs v. Mass. Dept. of Corrections

1:15-cv-40162 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2015

Case Ongoing

On November 24, 2015, several inmates with hearing disabilities filed this class action in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs sued the Massachusetts Department of Correction and the Massachusetts Partnership for Correctional Healthcare under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). Represe…
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McBride v. Michigan Department of Corrections

2:15-cv-11222 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 31, 2015

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2015, three prisoner-plaintiffs filed this putative class action lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), alleging that MDOC was discriminating against them and other deaf and hard of hearing prisoners. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and was assigned to Judge Sean Cox. The plaintiffs were represented by Michigan Protection and Advocacy, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee and private counsel. The plaintiffs al…