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EDUCATION
Blackman v. Dist. of Columbia

1:97-cv-01629 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 17, 1997

Closed Date: Dec. 18, 2014

On July 17, 1997, several public school students with disabilities brought this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the District of Columbia, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS), the Chief Executive Officer of DCPS and Director of Special Education of DCPS,  to challenge the city public school system’s failure to comply with the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitat…
EDUCATION
J.N. v. Oregon Board of Education

6:19-cv-00096 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Jan. 22, 2019

Case Ongoing

This case is about discrimination that students with disabilities face in the Oregon Public School system. On January 22, 2019, plaintiffs brought a class-action suit against the Oregon Department of Education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiffs sought to address the long-standing problem in Oregon of denying students with disabilities the ability to attend a full-day of sc…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Amanda D. v. Hassan

1:12-cv-00053 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 2012

Case Ongoing

On April 7, 2011, DOJ conducted an investigation of the New Hampshire Mental Health System pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The DOJ concluded that the State of New Hampshire failed to provide sufficient community services to qualified individuals with mental illness in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs, in violation of the ADA. The DOJ claimed in their findings letter that this violation had led to the needless and prolonged institutionalization of ind…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities v. Connecticut

3:06-cv-00179 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2006

Case Ongoing

On February 6, 2006, the State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities (an independent State agency charged with advocating for persons with disabilities), along with several persons with mental disabilities residing in nursing facilities, filed this lawsuit against the State of Connecticut, its Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, its Department of Public Health, and its Department of Social Services in the United States District Court for …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
United States v. Virginia

3:12-cv-00059 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 26, 2012

Case Ongoing

On February 10, 2011, the United States Department of Justice (Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section) released a letter of findings detailing the results of its investigation into the institutionalization of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Virginia. The investigation focused specifically on the Central Virginia Training Center (CVTC), an intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD), but also considered the statewide…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
A.W. v. South Carolina Department of Mental Health

2:17-cv-01346 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: May 24, 2017

Closed Date: March 14, 2019

On May 24, 2017, six patients of South Carolina’s G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital (Bryan Hospital), along with a non-profit corporation that advocates for the rights of people with disabilities - Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities Inc - filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. This lawsuit was brought against the South Carolina Department of Mental Health and the South Carolina Mental Health Commission, which operated …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
E.F. v. New York City Department of Education

1:21-cv-00419 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 26, 2021

Case Ongoing

On January 26, 2021, this class-action suit was filed against the New York City Department of Education, the City of New York, and the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education on behalf of a class of nearly 2,000 Staten Island children with disabilities who alleged that they were being taught in segregated and unequal settings in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
United States v. North Carolina

5:12-cv-00557 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Aug. 23, 2012

Case Ongoing

In 2010, the United States Department of Justice (Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section) began an investigation into the provision of services to individuals with mental illness in North Carolina. On July 28, 2011, the DOJ issued a letter of findings to the State Attorney General detailing violations of the ADA, Section 504, and the Olmstead v. L.C. integration mandate. The DOJ found that North Carolina unnecessarily placed individuals with mental illness in "adult care homes" rath…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
G.T. v. Board of Education of Kanawha

2:20-cv-00057 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging the legality of the Kanawha County Schools (KCS) treatment of students with disabilities. On January 24, 2020, a plaintiff who was a third-grade student in the Kanawha County School district, filed this class-action suit against the school district and its superintendent. The Arc of West Virginia, an advocacy organization that supports students with disabilities, also joined as a plaintiff. The student had autism and ADHD. The plaintiff had been denied effective behav…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
O'Toole v. Cuomo & U.S. v. New York (formerly Disability Advocates Inc. (DAI) v. Pataki)

1:13-cv-04166 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 30, 2003

Case Ongoing

This Clearinghouse entry describes two closely entwined lawsuits: O'Toole v. Cuomo, U.S. v. New York, and Disability Advocates Inc. v. Pataki. On June 30, 2003, Disability Advocates, Inc. (DAI) filed a lawsuit on behalf of New York residents in large "adult homes," privately owned but state-funded facilities for individuals with mental illness or other disabilities, and on behalf of all individuals at risk of being institutionalized in adult homes. Plaintiffs filed their case in the U.S. Distr…