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IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Shaikh v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

1:22-cv-00231 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2022

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2022

This case, filed by the ACLU on behalf of five individuals in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, sought to acquire mRNA COVID-19 vaccine boosters for eligible individuals in detention centers. On January 31, 2022, the plaintiffs filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The plaintiffs alleged that ICE's failure to provide COVID vaccine booster shots to 5 immigration detainees was …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rosas v. Baca

2:12-cv-00428 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2012

Case Ongoing

On January 18, 2012, prisoners at the Los Angeles County Jail filed this class action in the U.S. Court for the Central District of California. The prisoners sued the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The prisoners, represented by the ACLU of Southern California, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights had been violated. Specifically, they claimed that violence by LASD deputies—"sadistic beat…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Lyon v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3:13-cv-05878 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2013

On December 19, 2013, four immigration detainees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 28 U.S.C. § 2201 against ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that ICE violated the plaintiffs’ rights under the First and Fifth Amendments and the Immigration an…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Barnett v. Tony

0:20-cv-61113 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit about the sufficiency of COVID-19 safety protocols at Broward County Jails, administered by the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO). On June 5, 2020, thirteen named plaintiffs and a local NGO, Disability Rights Florida, represented by the ACLU, filed the case seeking a writ of habeas corpus and injunctive and declaratory relief. Plaintiffs alleged that the BSO knowingly failed to adopt and implement adequate policies and procedures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. T…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Sabata v. Nebraska Department of Correctional Services

4:17-cv-03107 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2017

Closed Date: Dec. 1, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a longstanding class action filed over conditions in the Nebraska state prison system. In addition to the underlying litigation, the plaintiffs filed an emergency motion on April 10, 2020 seeking disclosure of the defendants' plan for the prevention, management, and treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic. The motion was denied on June 8. The case was voluntarily dismissed on December 1, 2020. On August 15, 2017, eleven prisoners filed a putative class action complaint agai…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Iglesias v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

3:19-CV-00415 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 12, 2019

Case Ongoing

In this case, a transgender person incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons sought gender affirming health care and placement in a women's prison. The plaintiff, who was assigned male at birth, filed a pro se complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois on April 12, 2019. The case was assigned to District Judge J. Phil Gilbert. In her complaint, she brought numerous legal claims against Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials centered around the agency's failure to …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pierce v. District of Columbia

1:13-cv-00134 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2013

Closed Date: 2016

On February 1, 2013, a deaf jail inmate filed this lawsuit on behalf of himself in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiff claimed that the officials at DC’s Correctional Treatment Facility denied him (1) effective access to qualified interpreters (2) effective access to telecommunications, (3) access to jail alerts and announcements, and (4) adequate access to visitation. This effectively prevented the plaintiff from communicating with staff and inmates inside the j…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Canterino & U.S. v. Wilson

3:80-00545 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 1980

On October 31, 1980, Pat Canterino, an inmate of the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women, filed class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, seeking injunctive relief against officials of the Kentucky Department of Corrections responsible for operations of the prison. Plaintiffs complained about unequal treatment and access by female inmates and about prison conditions. On March 10, 1982, the U.S. Justice Department wa…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Amos v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:91-cv-00508 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 1991

Closed Date: March 28, 2000

In 1991, a group of disabled Maryland state prisoners incarcerated at the Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown, Maryland, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a Section 1983 class action suit in federal district court for the District of Maryland against the prison and officials for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The suit alleged that officials discriminated against the plaintiffs because of their disabilities, in violation of …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Johnson v. Galley

1:77-00113 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 1977

Closed Date: Feb. 26, 1997

In 1977, inmates at the Maryland House of Correction ("MHC") filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs, who were represented in part by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants had violated their constitutional rights by allowing MH…