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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…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
G.H. v. Marstiller

4:19-cv-00431 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 4, 2019, three minors represented by their legal guardians filed a complaint against the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The plaintiffs, represented by lawyers from the Southern Poverty Law Center, Florida Justice Institute, and Florida Legal Services, sought class action certification to represent several thousand juveniles (and several hundred in a subclass of juveniles with disabilities) who w…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Disability Rights Florida v. Jones

4:16-cv-00047 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 26, 2016

Case Ongoing

Disability Rights Florida ("DRF"), brought this suit against the Florida Department of Corrections ("FDOC") in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida on January 26, 2016. The plaintiff, a federally designated protection and advocacy agency for the State of Florida, alleged that the defendant failed to provide inmates with disabilities access to its programs and services in violation of federal law. Specifically, plaintiff alleged that defendant failed to provide interprete…
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…
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
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
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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Prison Legal News v. Jones

3:15-cv-00452 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2015

Closed Date: 2018

On October 6, 2015, Prison Legal News (PLN) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Knoxville) against the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. PLN sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the defendant violated their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights to freedom of speech, due process, and equal protection by unlawfully censoring the books, magazines, and other mail they sent to inmates at the Knox County Jail. PLN claimed that from November …
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…
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 prisoners with mental or physical disorders from the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida on May 8, 2019. They sued the Secretary of the FDC and the agency itself. Plaintiffs alleged that the FDC had frequently, unnecessarily, and harmfully used solitary confinement against prisoners with physical and mental disabilities. They also alleged that the defendants were aware of the heightened risk tha…