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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Brian B. v. Stalder

3:98-cv-00886 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 1998

Closed Date: May 2, 2006

In this case, private plaintiffs filed a civil rights class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana to challenge conditions of confinement at the Tallulah Correctional Center for Youth (Tallulah). Plaintiffs were represented by the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana, the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Youth Law Center. The Amended Complaint, filed in October 1998, alleged claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Ac…
CHILD WELFARE
M.B. v. Tidball

2:17-cv-04102 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: June 12, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 12, 2017, M.B., five minors in the Missouri foster care system (through their "Next Friends") filed this lawsuit in the Western District of Missouri. The Plaintiffs sued the Interim Director of the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) and the Director of the Children’s Division (CD) of DSS, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for alleged substantive due process rights violations, procedural due process rights violations, and a violation of the Federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare A…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Flores v. Reno

2:85-cv-04544 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 11, 1985

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a very longstanding class action addressing appropriate treatment of noncitizen children in federal immigration custody. On March 26, 2020, plaintiffs filed an emergency motion seeking promptly release due to COVID-19 risks. On March 27, 2020, the court issued an order to the federal agencies detaining immigrant children to “make continuous efforts” to release the children from custody because of the risk posed to them by COVID-19 and to provide an accounting of their …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Yellen v. Ada County

1:83-01026 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 1983

In May 1983, juvenile inmates of the Ada County Jail in Boise, Idaho filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all present and future juveniles incarcerated there against the sheriff and commissioners of Ada County, the deputies and guards at the Ada County Jail, and the juvenile court judge. The plaintiffs filed the suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.The plaintiffs, who were represented by the Youth Law Center and private counsel, alleged that the…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Baumgartner v. City of Long Beach

85-547482 | 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
Christina A. v. Bloomberg

4:00-cv-04036 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2000

Closed Date: 2003

On February 24, 2000, juvenile inmates at the South Dakota State Training School at Plankinton filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1487 in the United States District Court, District of South Dakota, Southern Division, challenging conditions of confinement at the facility. Plaintiffs alleged numerous constitutional violations which included the following: (1) improper and punitive restraint methods; (2) l…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
In re Juvenile Justice Facilities

3:97-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 1997

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2003

This case was part of the collection of § 1983 inmate cases that had been pending in the Louisiana federal courts, challenging the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jails through Louisiana. See the cases categories PC-LA, JC-LA and JI-LA of this collection.Judge Frank J. Polozola of the U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana presided over many of the Louisiana prison and jail cases. In an effort to better manage those cases…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
E. R. v. McDonnell

1:94-cv-02816 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 1994

Closed Date: 2001

On December 9, 1994, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all children detained at the Phillip B. Gilliam Youth Services Center (Gilliam) in Denver, Colorado, in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, against the State of Colorado. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the ACLU of Colorado, the Youth Law Center, and private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)…
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…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
S.H. v. Stickrath

2:04-cv-01206 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 24, 2004

Closed Date: 2014

On December 24, 2004, private civil rights attorneys and attorneys for the Youth Law Center, Inc. the Children's Law Center, Inc, and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center filed a § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, challenging the treatment of juveniles in the custody or under the supervision of the Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS). The ODYS operated juvenile correctional institutions in Ohio which included Circleville Youth Center, Cuy…