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PRISON CONDITIONS
Woodcock v. Correct Care Solutions

3:16-cv-00096 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 2015

This class action, brought on behalf of approximately 1,200 prisoners in the custody of the Kentucky Department of Corrections diagnosed with Hepatitis C, and those who might be diagnosed in the future, was filed in Kentucky state court in 2015, and removed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on December 7, 2016. Represented by the civil rights firm Belzley, Bathurst & Bentley, plaintiffs sued the Kentucky Department of Corrections, several individual employees of …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
PharmaCann Ohio, LLC v. Ohio Department of Commerce

17 CV 10692 | Ohio state trial court

Filed Date: 2017

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This case is an equal protection challenge to an Ohio law which assigned 15% of the state's medical marijuana cultivation licenses to "economically disadvantaged groups," including Black people and other minorities. On November 15, 2018, an Ohio state trial court found that the law violated the equal protection clause.
PRISON CONDITIONS
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of Lowell Correctional Institution

No Court Case | No Court

Filed Date: 2018

In April 2018, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (“DOJ”) opened an investigation into the conditions of confinement at the Lowell Correctional Institution and the Lowell Annex, a women’s prison complex in Ocala, Florida. Specifically, the investigation focused on allegations of widespread sexual abuse within the prison and Lowell’s ability to protect incarcerated people from sexual abuse. Throughout 2018 and 2019, the DOJ collected relevant documents and information and conducte…
EDUCATION
Department of Education OCR Title IX Investigation of Cisco College

06-14-2269 | No Court

Filed Date: 2014

In the spring of 2014, a student at Cisco College filed a complaint with the US Department of Education, Dallas Office for Civil Rights (OCR) alleging that the College failed to comply with Title IX. Specifically, the student asserted that the College failed to promptly and equitably respond to reports of sexual violence, including the complainant’s report. She alleged that because Cisco failed to respond to her sexual assault report appropriately, she and other students were subjected to a sex…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Lunn

20-12276 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2017

On Feb. 8, 2017, a petitioner filed this case in the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts. Represented by counsel at the National Immigrant Justice Center and the Committee for Public Counsel Services, petitioner sued the respondent Commonwealth of Massachusetts.In his Mar. 2, 2017 brief, petitioner alleged he is a noncitizen arraigned by local law enforcement in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on a criminal charge. While he was in custody, Immigration and Customs Enfo…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Ville Platte Police Department and Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office

No Court

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 2015

On August 26, 2015, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it was opening an investigation into the Ville Platte Police Department (VPPD) and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) for their detention techniques. The DOJ also looked into how VPPD and EPSO trained and supervised their officials to prevent unlawful seizures. The investigation lasted for over a year and the findings were released on December 19, 2016. The Special Litigation Section in the DOJ’s Civil R…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Arriola v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

12-01208 | Kentucky state trial court

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2012

This lawsuit was brought against the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC) on July 7, 2014, by inmates and former inmates who have spent time in Kansas penal custody and who were denied “Earned Good Time” (EGT) credits or had their EGT credits revoked. The EGT system is part of a law passed by the Kentucky legislature (KRS 197.045), which is intended to reduce recidivism among inmates in the custody of KDOC by offering them credits that can be applied towards a sentence reduction for comple…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Mendoza v. County of Tulare

NA | California state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 1978

On November 1, 1978, prisoners at the Tulare County Jail filed a class action lawsuit in the Superior Court of California against the County of Tulare and several of its officers. The plaintiffs brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law, challenging their conditions of confinement. Specifically, they complained of unconstitutional overcrowding and unsanitary conditions, inadequate medical and dental care, failure to provide a law library and meaningful access to the courts, failure to p…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Retardation

86E-0018-G1 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 1986

The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center (JRC), formerly known as the Behavioral Research Institute, is a Massachusetts-based residential care facility for children and young adults with severe autism, mental impairments, and mental illnesses associated with behavioral problems. JRC is known for its use of aversive treatments, especially electric shock therapies, to disincentivize undesirable behaviors. As a result of its use of aversive treatments, JRC has been controversial and the subject of s…
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL) v. Florida

07-02898 | Florida state trial court

Filed Date: May 24, 2007

On May 24, 2007, the Governor of Florida signed into law the Act set forth in CS/SB 1088, Ch. 2007-62, Laws of Fla. ("the Act"). The Act provided for the establishment of five Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel (OCCCRCs) which would be responsible for handling a majority of criminal conflict cases as well as certain civil cases on behalf of indigent clients. The Act further provided that the Offices were to be directed by five Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel …