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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Melvin P. v. Lauderdale County

3:87-cv-05128 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 1, 1987

Closed Date: 1989

On April 1, 1987, Melvin P., a 17 year old a minor, filed class action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against Lauderdale County, Alabama, several county commissioners, as well as police officers and judges. The plaintiff alleged that Lauderdale County Jail practices were in violation of his rights under the 14th Amendment, including: due process, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, right to privacy, and right to treatment in least restrictive con…
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Anthony C. v. Pima County

4:82-cv-00501 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1982

On August 10, 1982, detainees in the Pima County Juvenile Detention Center in Tucson filed this class action lawsuit, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against Pima County. The plaintiffs sued Pima County, the Juvenile Division of the Superior Court of Pima County, the Pima County Court Center, Pima County Detentional Center, and Pima County Board of Supervisors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 28 U.S.C. § § 2201 and 2202, 20 U…
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Baumgartner v. City of Long Beach

C54-7482 | California state trial court

Filed Date: May 14, 1985

On May 14, 1985, a resident of the City of Long Beach and the County of Los Angeles, filed suit under California State Law alleging violations of the 8th and 14th Amendments, in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. The suit was filed against the City of Long Beach, the Mayor, Chief of Police, several City Councilors, and the County of Los Angeles as well as its Board of Supervisors, Director of Public Social Services, and Director of Children's Services. …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Hollingsworth v. Orange County

87-51-08-65 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 1987

On January 2, 1987, plaintiffs filed a civil rights lawsuit in the Superior Court of Orange County, California, challenging conditions of confinement at the Orange County Juvenile Hall (OCJH). The lawsuit was a continuation of the litigation begun in Matt X. v Orange County. Case no. CV 86-5693 (U.S. District Court, Central District of California). Plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief.On August 13, 1987, the Court certified this lawsuit as a class action comprised of all minors…
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Hunt v. County of Los Angeles

C-5474-83 | California state trial court

Filed Date: May 4, 1985

On May 4, 1985, a taxpayer in Los Angeles County, California filed a lawsuit pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure § 526(a) against the County of Los Angeles in the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles. The plaintiff, who was represented by the Public Justice Foundation and the Youth Law Center, asked for injunctive relief, alleging that the detainment of minors in a Los Angeles adult jail facilities violated the guarantee of due process and the prohibition of cru…
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Jane G. v. Solano County

2:84-cv-00080 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 1984

On January 17, 1984, a class action lawsuit was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Solano County, California, and county corrections officials in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on behalf of all juveniles detained in the past, present, and future at Solano County Juvenile Hall. The plaintiffs, represented by the Youth Law Center, alleged that their constitutional rights were violated by Juvenile Hall's policies and procedures.In their complaint, the pl…
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Keith G. v. Bilbray

S048615 | California state trial court

Filed Date: July 20, 1990

Closed Date: 1995

On July 20, 1990, a class action lawsuit was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of San Diego on behalf of all juveniles currently detained at the San Diego Juvenile Hall, against San Diego County, California, and county corrections personnel. The plaintiffs, represented by the A.C.L.U. Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties and the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program, alleged that overcrowding at Juvenile Hall deprived deta…
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Nick O. v. Terhune

2:89-cv-00755 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 25, 1989

Closed Date: 2001

On May 25, 1989, a youth confined at the Northern Reception Center Clinic (NRCC) of the California Youth Authority (CYA) filed a class action lawsuit against the NRCC and the CYA pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The class consisted of all current and future residents of the NRCC who are educationally handicapped and who are in need of special ed…
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Robbins v. Glenn Co.

2:85-00675 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: May 14, 1985

On May 14, 1985, Lillian Robbins (administratrix of the estate of Kathy Robbins, deceased) filed a lawsuit against Glenn County, California. under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The plaintiff, represented by the Youth Law Center, alleged that the civil rights of 15 year-old runaway Kathy Robbins had been violated during her detention at the Glenn County Jail because the jail administrators had refused to contact her family, subjected her to …
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Shaw v. San Francisco

915763 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 1990

Closed Date: 1999

On February 8, 1990, Ronayne and Michael Shaw filed a lawsuit against San Francisco County under the California State Constitution, the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and 20 U.S.C. § 1401 (the Education of the Handicapped Act) in the San Francisco County Superior Court. They alleged that conditions at the county's juvenile detention facility, where one of their children had recently been confined, were deficient in the areas of facility maintenance, fire safety, fail…