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EDUCATION
Fobbs v. New Haven Unified School District

4:10-cv-01065 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2009

This case was one of several suits filed against Union City (the “City”) and the New Haven Unified School District (the “District”) following the 2007 death of a 14-year-old Black student who was shot to death by members of a long gang while on the premises of a middle school. The plaintiffs, parents of current and former Black students in the District, sued on behalf of their children. Many of the children witnessed the 2007 shooting, and others faced racially-motivated violence on school grou…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Frazier v. Donelon

2:72-00814 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: March 20, 1972

Closed Date: Feb. 12, 1975

In 1972, inmates of the Jefferson Parish Prison in Louisiana filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Louisiana Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by prison policies regarding censorship of their mail, visitation rights, access to religious services, access to the telephone, and access to sexually explicit reading materials.The parties entered into mediat…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ybarra v. Nevada Bd. Of Prison Comm'rs

3:80-00040 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 1980

In 1980, Bernard Ybarra applied, pro se, for a preliminary injunction in the District of Nevada to forbid officials of Nevada State Prison from enforcing its informal regulation requiring frisk searches of contact visitors against his girlfriend. In a March 1981 order, the District Court (Judge Edward C. Reed) stated that Ybarra was entitled to a preliminary injunction because the regulation (1) had not been put into writing and posted at the Prison, (2) was in conflict with a duly adopted exi…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Orantes-Hernandez v. Meese

2:82-cv-01107 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 4, 1982

In 1982, a group of Salvadoran refugees filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, challenging practices and procedures of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in detaining, processing, and removing those seeking political asylum from El Salvador. The plaintiffs alleged that the INS (1) used coercive tactics to cause Salvadorans to accept "voluntary departure" to El Salvador; (2) failed to advise them of their right to co…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Mayberry v. Maroney

2:68-cv-00959 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 29, 1966

On July 29, 1966, an inmate incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania brought a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against the prison's superintendent in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff sought injunctive and monetary relief, alleging that physical abuse and defamation violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. On July 29, 1966, the United States District Court for the Western …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ross v. Scurr

4:80-00214 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: May 15, 1980

Closed Date: March 13, 1981

In 1980, Native American prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against the Iowa Division of Adult Corrections and the Warden, Director of Security, and corrections officers at the Penitentiary. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the Native American Rights Fund, alleged violations of their First, Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Specifically, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief to en…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Wilson v. Seattle Housing Authority

2:09-cv-00226 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2009

A Seattle resident who had been terminated from the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program brought this class action suit on 02/20/2009, alleging that the administration of the Program in Seattle discriminated against residents with disabilities. The named defendants were the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) and the Executive Director of SHA in his official capacity. Colombia Legal Services represented the plaintiff, and the case was assigned to Judge Marsha J. Pechman of the U.S. District Cou…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Gerber v. Cooper

1:14-cv-00299 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: April 9, 2014

Closed Date: 2018

On April 9, 2014, several same-sex couples residing in North Carolina filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the state of North Carolina. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and private counsel, asked the court to declare that North Carolina's ban on same-sex is unconstitutional, declare North Carolina laws prohibiting joint adoption by same-sex couples are also unconstitutional, e…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Fluhr v. Roberts

3:77-00332 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: July 20, 1977

A prisoner at the Jefferson County Jail in Kentucky filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, alleging that the county had unconstitutionally failed to provide access to legal research materials. The defendants agreed to make some legal library resources available at the jail, and the court (Judge Thomas Ballantine) found that to be sufficient, holding that since the average stay at the jail was only a week, the jail was not require…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rodriguez v. Stanislaus County

1:90-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 1990

On September 26, 1990, prisoners in the Stanislaus County jail system filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California against the county and the county sheriff, challenging their conditions of confinement. The prisoners, represented by the Prisoner Rights Union and private counsel, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a violation of their rights under the Eight Amendment. Specifically, they claimed that the county jails were overcrowded an…