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L.J. v. Massinga

1:84-cv-04409 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 1984

This class action involving children placed in Maryland's foster care program was filed on December 5, 1984, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore). The plaintiffs were represented by private counsel and Public Justice Center; they sought broad interim and permanent injunctive relief as well as monetary damages against the state to redress deficiencies in the foster care program, claiming that the state violated Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, Title IV-E …
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Eknes-Tucker v. Ivey

2:22-cv-00184 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 19, 2022

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on April 19, 2022 on behalf of a four transgender children and their parents, two medical professionals, and a Reverend in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Plaintiffs challenged Alabama's Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act, which was set to take effect on May 8. The plaintiffs—represented by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Southern Poverty Law Center, Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and pr…
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Burgos v. DCFS

1:75-cv-03974 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 1975

Case Ongoing

On November 20, 1975, this class action was filed by several Puerto Rican parents in the metropolitan Chicago area, who alleged that they and their children, who were or had been in the custody of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), were being discriminated against based on their race and national origin. They were represented by the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, and sought injunctive relief under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The lawsuit was filed…
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David C. v. Leavitt

2:93-cv-00206 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 1993

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2008

This lawsuit was filed by the National Center of Youth Law on February 2, 1993, against the Utah Department of Human Services (DHS), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. The class action complaint named as the plaintiff class all children in the custody of DHS, whether in a shelter care facility, foster family home, group home, or institutional care; and all children who known to DHS by virtue of a report of child abuse. It addressed systemic issues encompassing the shortfalls …
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M.B. v. Tidball

2:17-cv-04102 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: June 12, 2017

Case Ongoing

On June 12, 2017, M.B., five minors in the Missouri foster care system (through their "Next Friends") filed this lawsuit in the Western District of Missouri. The Plaintiffs sued the Interim Director of the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) and the Director of the Children’s Division (CD) of DSS, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for alleged substantive due process rights violations, procedural due process rights violations, and a violation of the Federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare A…
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Kevin S. v. Jacobson

1:18-cv-00896 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2018

Closed Date: March 26, 2020

This is a case about administration of child welfare. Plaintiffs were private citizens of New Mexico and non-profit organizations Disability Rights New Mexico and Native American Disability Law Center, bringing a class action complaint against Secretary for the Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD) Monique Jacobson and Secretary for the Human Services Department (HSD) Brent Earnest. The action was brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico on December 28, 2018. …
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Elisa W. v. City of New York

1:15-cv-05273 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 8, 2015

Case Ongoing

On July 8, 2015, a group of ten children in the foster care system and the Public Advocate of New York filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Represented by private counsel, nonprofit advocacy organization A Better Childhood, and the office of the New York Public Advocate, the plaintiffs brought this action against New York City, the New York City Administration for Children Services (ACS), New York State, and the New York State Office …
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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…
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Jonathan R. v. Justice

3:19-cv-00710 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the administration of child welfare.  On September 30, 2019, twelve named plaintiffs, all children in the custody of West Virginia's Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), brought a class action complaint against the Governor of West Virginia Jim Justice, as well as the Cabinet Secretary for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Deputy Secretary for the West Virginia DHHS, and the Commissioner for Bureau of Children and Families (BC…
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Wyatt B. v. Brown

6:19-cv-00556 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: April 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

On April 16, 2019, ten children in the custody of the Oregon Department of Human Services filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. The plaintiffs sued the Governor of Oregon, the Director of the Oregon Department of Child Welfare, and the Oregon Department of Human Services along with its director, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (42 U.S.C. § 12131(2)), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 USC…