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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
American Immigration Lawyers Association v. Reno

1:97-cv-00597 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 27, 1997

Closed Date: Aug. 20, 1998

In 1998, three lawsuits were filed by immigration assistance organizations and individual aliens against federal immigration agencies and officials in the District Court of the District of Columbia. These suits challenged the summary removal provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 and its implementing regulations. The Act established a system for expediting the removal of aliens who arrived at the border but were not eligible for admission. The l…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Ayuda, Inc. v. Reno

1:88-cv-00625 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: March 8, 1988

Closed Date: Sept. 6, 1996

Plaintiffs, who were nonimmigrant aliens and organizations whose primary function was to provide immigration counseling, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the legalization or "amnesty" provisions of Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 ("IRCA"). Specifically, plaintiffs complain that government did not take any other evidence into account, such as Social Security Administration records, Internal Revenue Service records to satisfy "unlawfu…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Montoya v. SCCP Painting Contractors, Inc.

1:07-cv-00455 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2007

Closed Date: March 19, 2009

On February 21, 2007, employees of S.C.C.P Painting Contractors Inc. filed this class action lawsuit against it under the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 201-219), the Maryland Wage and Hour Law, the Maryland Wage Payment and Collection Law, the D.C. Minimum Wage Law, the D.C. payment and Collection of Wages Law, and the Maryland and District of Columbia Common Law in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Plaintiffs alleged that S.C.C.P. (1) failed to pay wages for work p…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Wright v. Corrections Corporation of America

1:00-cv-00293 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 2000

On February 16, 2000, private attorneys, a public defender, and counsel from the D.C. Prisoners' Legal Services Project filed this 42 U.S.C § 1983 putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of incarcerated persons, their family members, legal counsel, and other recipients of telephone calls from prisoners housed in prison facilities operated by the defendant private corporation, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA—the largest operator of private …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Anderson v. Williams

2005 CA 005030 B | District of Columbia state trial court

Filed Date: June 29, 2005

On June 29, 2005, seven D.C. Jail inmates, represented by the D.C. Prisoners' Legal Services Project and the private law firm of Wiley, Rein & Fielding, filed a civil rights lawsuit in the D.C. Superior Court to challenge severe overcrowding at the Jail and to force compliance with the D.C. Jail Improvement Act of 2003. Plaintiffs alleged that the Act, which was passed unanimously by the D.C. Council in July 2003, required the Mayor to establish a population cap at the Jail following a study c…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Gillespie v. Dimensions Health Corporation

8:05-cv-00073 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2005

Closed Date: 2006

By a complaint filed on January 11, 2005, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, and amended on March 15, 2005, seven deaf plaintiffs alleged that the defendant, a corporation operating a hospital, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (''ADA''), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., and § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, by failing to provide plaintiffs with an appropriate auxiliary aid necessary to ensure effective communication, thereby denying them (or in one i…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Dare v. Knox County

2:02-cv-00251 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

On December 17, 2002, a pre-trial detainee filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, challenging the Knox County Sheriff's policies, practices, and customs concerning the use of strip searches and visual body cavity searches in Knox County Jail. Plaintiff alleged that officers subjected detainees in their custody to strip and visual body cavity searches regardless of the crime charged and without having reasona…
POLICING
Shorter v. DC

1:98-cv-02423 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 1998

Closed Date: 2001

On October 13, 1998, an individual and non-profit filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the District of Columbia (the District) seeking better accommodation for deaf people who need to communicate with police. The plaintiff was represented by The Disability Rights Council of Greater Washington and private counsel. In mid-November, 2000, the parties reached a settlement agreement that provided auxiliary aids and services, including…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Berger v. Iron Workers Reinforced Rodmen

1:75-cv-01743 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 1975

Closed Date: 1999

On October 21, 1975, eight black rodmen filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (the Civil Rights Act of 1866) against Local 201 of the Iron Workers Reinforced Rodmen union in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. On November 28, 1975, the complaint was amended to allege violations of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964). The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought injunctive relief, back pay, and attorneys' fees, alleging that…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Hopson v. Baltimore / Carter v. Baltimore City Police Dept.

1:04-cv-03842 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2004

Closed Date: March 19, 2015

On December 6, 2004, a group of African-American police officers brought a lawsuit against their employer, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), as well as various other municipal entities, including the City of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Council, in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs alleged that they had been discriminated against in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e and giving rise to a cause of action …