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Detainees of the Queens House of Detention v. Malcolm

1:73-cv-01364 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1973

The plaintiffs brought this lawsuit on January 29, 1974, challenging conditions of confinement at the Queens House of Detention. They sued the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The case was assigned to Judge John F. Dooling Jr. Most of the litigation documents are unavailable to the Clearinghouse, but the parties eventually settled on April 20, 1979. The settlement contained provisions wide-ra…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Wilson v. Beame

1:74-cv-00208 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1974

In 1974, the plaintiffs in this case––nine individuals formerly or presently held at the Brooklyn House of Detention for Men––filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Suing under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the plaintiffs made a pair of constitutional due process violations regarding their alleged arbitrary placement into administrative segregation and the differentiated treatment they received as persons in administrative segregation compared to other detained pers…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rosenthal v. Malcolm

1:74-cv-04854 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 1974

On November 20, 1974, the plaintiffs in this case filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Suing under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the plaintiffs––individuals who were receiving mental health care––alleged that the shutdown of Branch Queens House of Detention ("Branch Queens") and failure to provide equivalent treatment and services at a comparable facility violated their constitutional rights. Represented by the Legal Aid Society of New York City, the plaintiffs named …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Valvano v. McGrath

1:70-cv-01390 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 1970

On October 2, 1970, unrest took place at the Queens House of Detention (QHD) in Long Island City, with some incarcerated persons taking control of certain floors and destroying some equipment. This riot predated that which occurred in the Manhattan House of Detention (The Tombs) as well as the Queens House of Detention in Kew Gardens, as both facilities' detained persons revolted the following day, October 3. The resistance arose over issues associated with overcrowding at the facility as well …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
R.F M. v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-05068 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 7, 2018

Closed Date: June 1, 2022

This class action lawsuit challenged a U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) change to qualifications for the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) program during the Trump administration. On June 7, 2018, this lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by three immigrant youths, aged 19 to 20, whose SIJS applications had been denied even though they would have been eligible before the change. Represented by private counsel and the Legal Aid …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Briggs v. Bremby

3:12-cv-00324 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: March 5, 2012

Closed Date: Dec. 1, 2021

On March 5, 2012, the plaintiff filed this class action lawsuit on behalf of all Connecticut residents who, since March 5, 2009 have applied or will apply for food stamps from the Connecticut Department of Social Services in United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiff sued the Connecticut Department of Social Services under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, represented by public interest lawyers from the Greater Hartford Legal Aid and the National Center for Law a…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Coronel v. Decker

1:20-cv-02472 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 20, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 17, 2023

COVID-19 Summary: In this case, federal district judge Allison Nathan (SDNY) granted emergency relief on March 27, 2020, requiring ICE to release seven at-risk detainees from immigration detention in light of the grave threat posed by congregate detention during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 20, 2020, seven persons held in civil immigration detention centers in the New York City area -- who because of serious and chronic medical conditions face a significant risk of severe illness or death i…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Harvard v. Inch

4:19-cv-00212 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 8, 2019

Case Ongoing

Six incarcerated persons with mental or physical disabilities from the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) filed a class action complaint against the Secretary of the FDC and FDC in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida on May 8, 2019. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants frequently, unnecessarily, and harmfully used solitary confinement against people with physical and mental disabilities. They also alleged that defendants were aware of the heightened risk that solitar…
POLICING
Leslie v. City of New York

1:22-cv-02305 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 21, 2022

Case Ongoing

On March 21, 2022, a class of New York City residents filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against the City of New York and various City law enforcement officials. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to end the NYPD’s practice of taking and analyzing DNA from predominantly black and Latinx New Yorkers without a warrant or court order. Represented by The Legal Aid Society, plaintiffs alleged violations of their rights under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constit…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Nunez and United States v. City of New York

1:11-cv-05845 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2011

Case Ongoing

On August 18, 2011, a class of incarcerated people filed this lawsuit in the District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for cruel and unusual punishment against the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC). The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society and Emery Celli, asked the court for declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and damages, claiming that DOC officers routinely inflicted wanton physical violence on prisoners and deliberately falsified re…