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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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Prison Legal News v. Mascara

2:13-cv-14481 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 17, 2014

This case is about a challenge to a Florida jail’s policy which restricted the size dimensions of prisoners' mail. On December 17, 2013, Prison Legal News filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Kenneth J. Mascara in his official capacity as the Sheriff of St. Lucie County Jail. The plaintiffs, represented by Florida Justice Institute and the Human Rights Defense Center, alleged violations of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. They sued under…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Williams v. City of West Palm Beach

9:21-cv-81537 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2021

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2021

On August 30, 2021, three residents of West Palm Beach, Florida, who did not have permanent housing, filed this lawsuit against the City of West Palm Beach (the "City" or the "defendant") in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs, represented by Southern Legal Counsel, the ACLU of Florida, and the Florida Justice Institute, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. T…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
McDonald v. City of Pompano Beach

0:20-cv-60297 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2020

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit challenged a Pompano Beach city ordinance—Street Solicitation Ordinance § 100.41—that prohibited panhandling on First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds (the plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. 1983). It alleged, first, that the ordinance was a content-based restriction on speech. Secondly, that it was void for vagueness under the Fourteenth Amendment leading to arbitrary enforcement. The sole plaintiff in this case was a life-long Pompano Beach resident who was homeless and was arrested…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Messina v. City of Fort Lauderdale

0:21-cv-60168 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a challenge to Sections 16-82 and 25-267 of the Fort LauderdaleCode of Ordinances, which prohibited panhandling in a variety of public places. On January 25, 2021, two men, one living in a public shelter and one without a permanent home, filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs sued the City of Fort Lauderdale under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by both the Florida Justice Institute and private counsel, the …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hoffer v. Inch

4:17-cv-00214 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On May 11, 2017, three Florida Department of Corrections prisoners who had chronic hepatitis C filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Judge Mark E. Walker was assigned to the case. The plaintiffs sued the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act for failing to provide prisoners in its custody who had chronic hepatitis C with adequate medical treatment,…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Copeland v. Jones

4:15-cv-00452 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2015

Case Ongoing

On September 16, 2015, the Florida Justice Institute filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on behalf of 2,000 inmates in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The complaint alleged that the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), and their medical services contractor Corizon LLC, had denied hernia surgeries to prisoners to save money, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The plaintiffs sought both a preliminary and permanent injunction requiring the d…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Prison Legal News v. Florida Department of Corrections

4:12-cv-00239 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2012

Case Ongoing

On November 17, 2011, Prison Legal News (PLN) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The plaintiff sued the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) Secretary in his official capacity, and GEO Group. Claiming violations of the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments, the plaintiff alleged that the defendants illegally censored PLN’s news publications and books from prisoners. Represented by the Florida Ju…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Demler v. Inch

4:19-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

On February 19, 2019, a man serving a life sentence in a Florida prison filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The plaintiff sued the Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and the Declaratory Judgment Act. The case was ultimately assigned to Judge Robert L. Hinkle. The plaintiff, represented by the Social Justice Law Collective and the Florida Justice Institute, sought a declaration that the De…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Lebron v. Secretary of the Florida Department of Children & Families

6:11-cv-01473 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2011

Closed Date: 2015

On September 6, 2011, a resident of Florida and applicant for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) assistance filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action against the Florida Department of Children and Families in the Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division. The plaintiff, represented by the ACLU of Florida and the Florida Justice Institute, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that Florida's TANF application requirements violated the Constitution. Specific…