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CHILD WELFARE
Katie A. v. Bonta

2:02-cv-05662 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 18, 2002

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed in the Central District of California on July 18, 2002, by the class of children and young adults who (a) are in the custody of Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; (b) have a behavioral, emotional, or psychiatric impairment; and (c) need individualized mental health services. The suit is against County and State agencies for neglecting their responsibilities to provide mental health care services to foster children in California. Plaintiffs soug…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Williams v. Quinn

1:05-cv-04673 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2005

Case Ongoing

On August 15, 2005, residents of an intermediate care facility (IMD) with mental illness filed a lawsuit under the Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act against various Illinois state officials in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and legal services, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that they were needlessly…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Emily Q. v. Bonta

2:98-cv-04181 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 27, 1998

Closed Date: Sept. 15, 2011

On May 27, 1998 a group of seven children with intensive mental health needs who were eligible for Medi-Cal benefits filed suit against the California Department of Health Services in the Federal District Court for the Central District of California alleging violations of the Medicaid Act. They contended they were entitled under federal law to mental health benefits that were being denied to them, specifically Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS). They sought injunctive relief requiring that t…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
J.N. v. Oregon Department 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 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon 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 wi…
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…
EDUCATION
Blackman v. Dist. of Columbia

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