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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Jane Doe v. Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

1:14-cv-03906 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2014

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2016

This is a case about a woman who was sexually assaulted while in the custody of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH).  On December 16, 2014 Jane Doe sued in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division, for damages she sustained and for injunctive relief to protect her from future assaults. She alleged that while in DHMH custody, in two separate facilities, she was not protected from assault, despite the fact that the Department was aware of her his…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DRC v. San Benito County

4:19-cv-01833 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 4, 2019

Closed Date: May 24, 2019

This case concerns the ability of a protection and advocacy agency (P&A) to obtain records necessary to investigate alleged abuse and neglect of hospitalized patients with mental illness. A state P&A agency filed a case in federal court to obtain access to these records. Plaintiff Disability Rights California (“DRC”) filed its complaint on April 4, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. After a reassignment, the case was presided over by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez …
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Wolfcan v. Pierce County

3:23-cv-05399 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 2, 2023

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This is a putative class action lawsuit against Pierce County, Washington alleging inhumane sanitation conditions at the Pierce County Jail. It was filed on May 2, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
JAIL CONDITIONS
Davey v. Pierce County Council

3:21-cv-05068 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2021

Closed Date: May 30, 2023

This case involves allegations of inhumane conditions in Washington's Pierce County Jail relating to plumbing problems and sewage backups. This lawsuit was initiated on January 25, 2021 when plaintiff filed a pro se complaint in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington against Pierce County and individuals at the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. (The complaint was filed on behalf of two plaintiffs, but the court later dismissed one and ordered each to file their own indiv…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Tellis v. LeBlanc

5:18-cv-00541 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

Filed Date: April 19, 2018

Case Ongoing

On February 20, 2018, several individuals incarcerated in extended lockdown at the David Wade Correctional Center (DWCC), represented by the MacArthur Justice Center and Disability Rights Louisiana (the Protection and Advocacy organization in Louisiana), filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana against the DWCC, the Louisiana Department of Corrections (LDOC), and individual employees in their official capacity. The plaintiffs brought this action under the Amer…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
CODING IN PROCESS
Samuel E. v. The City of New York

16423-07 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 2007

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) Four prisoners with mental illness sued prison officials in New York City in state court; the complaint alleged that the defendants violated the plaintiffs constitutional rights when the plaintiffs were placed isolation, and subjected to inhumane conditions, including being forced to use diapers, cut off from their mental health medications, deprived of all forms of mental health treatment, denied all reading and writing materials, and ot…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
United States v. South Carolina

3:24-cv-07125 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2024

Case Ongoing

This federal law suit arose from a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into South Carolina's treatment of adults with serious mental illness (SMI). The investigation found that there was reasonable cause to believe that South Carolina violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide services to individuals with SMI in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs. The investigation called for collaboration with the state; however, the DOJ retai…
CHILD WELFARE
J.E.L. v. Charest

1:24-cv-00471 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case about healthcare access for Medicaid-eligible youth in Rhode Island. On November 13, 2024, ten Medicaid-eligible minors brought a class action suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, against the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families, as well as the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, for failure to provide adequate treatment for Medicaid-eligible children and youth in Rhode Island with significant behavioral health nee…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
United States v. State of Maine

1:24-cv-00315 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a case alleging that the state of Maine engaged in healthcare discrimination against children with behavioral disabilities. On September 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice brought this lawsuit against Maine, alleging that the state violated the ADA by unnecessarily separating children with behavioral disabilities from their families and placing them in institutions.  The DOJ argued that defendant’s community-based services were not available when children with behavioral health dis…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation into Michigan's State Psychiatric Hospitals

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On November 13, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced it had opened an investigation into whether Michigan's state psychiatric hospitals unnecessarily institutionalized adults with severe mental illnesses. The Division also planned to investigate whether the state failed to provide the necessary mental health services to allow people to transition out of the psychiatric services and remain out. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), people with disabilit…