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CHILD WELFARE
M.D. v. Abbott

2:11-cv-00084 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 29, 2011

Case Ongoing

This class action (previously, M.D. v. Perry) involving long-term foster care in Texas was filed on March 29, 2011, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff class of children in long-term foster care was represented by private counsel and Children's Rights, Inc.; they sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the state failed to protect foster children from systemic harm. The complaint alleged that defendants' frequent moves of the foster care c…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Southampton Community Healthcare v. Bailey

23SL-CC01673 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: April 24, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about access to gender-affirming care for transgender people in Missouri. On April 13, 2023, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey promulgated an emergency regulation that imposed restrictions on gender-affirming care for both minors and adults. The regulation was the first of its kind in that it applied to adults too, not just minors. It required providers to inform patients of certain claims and to ensure that patients were eligible for the care. To be eligible, patients must…
CHILD WELFARE
D.S. v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families

2:21-cv-00113 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2021

Closed Date: Sept. 21, 2022

This is a case about the treatment of children in the care of the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) with behavioral health and/or developmental disabilities. On January 28th, 2021, three children under the care of DCYF brought a class-action suit along with Disability Rights Washington against DCYF in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The case was assigned to Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. Disability Rights Washington argued …
CHILD WELFARE
B.K. v. McKay

2:15-cv-00185 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2015

Case Ongoing

On February 3, 2015, minors in the custody of the Arizona foster care system filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the Arizona Department of Child Safety, the Arizona Department of Health Services, and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396). The plaintiffs, represented by Children’s Rights, Inc., the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, a…
CHILD WELFARE
M.B. v. Colyer

2:18-cv-02617 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

In 2018, children in the Kansas foster care system filed a class-action suit against the Governor of Kansas, the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF), the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, and the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. The named plaintiffs allegedly experienced great hardship while involved in the Kansas foster care system, including dozens or even hundreds of moves, night-to-night changes, and starkly inadequate mental and behavioral diagn…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Golbert v. Smith

1:23-cv-00300 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a case about minors in state care held in juvenile detention centers despite a judge having ordered their release. On January 19, 2023 the Cook County Public Guardian, on behalf of nine children with disabilities who were residing in juvenile detention despite their ordered release, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs sued the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), as well as the a…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
B. v. Kinsley

1:22-cv-01046 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2022

Case Ongoing

On December 6, 2022, Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC), the NAACP, and Children's Rights filed suit on behalf of a class of North Carolina youth in foster care with mental and behavioral health. Plaintiffs filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina against the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The Plaintiffs asserted that Defendants actions violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilita…
EDUCATION
Foote v. Ludlow School Committee

3:22-cv-30041 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 12, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case involved four parents who believed local public school officials overreached when they chose not to disclose their childrens’ decision to establish a new gender identity at school. On April 12, 2022, two sets of parents filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The parents sued the school district and various officials, administrators, and teachers in their official capacity under 42 U.S.C. 1983. Represented by public interest attorneys for the Massachus…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ashley W. et. al. v. Holcomb, et al.

3:19-cv-00129 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: June 25, 2019

Closed Date: June 23, 2022

This case, filed on June 25, 2019, addresses the large-scale failures of the State of Indiana’s child welfare system to protect and meet the needs of children in its custody. The named plaintiffs are children in foster care who brought a class action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the state. Plaintiffs sought certification of a class consisting of all children who are now, or will be, in the custody of DCS. Plaintiffs allege that DCS failed to “provide safe and appropriate fo…
LABOR RIGHTS
Walsh v. Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.

4:22-cv-03246 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2022

Case Ongoing

Martin Walsh filed suit in his official capacity as the Secretary of Labor for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) against Packers Sanitation Services, one of the largest food safety companies in the U.S., in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska on November 9, 2022. DOL alleged that Packers illegally employed more than two dozen children, ranging in age from 13 to 17, in meatpacking plants in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. DOL also filed a motion for a Temporary Restr…