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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Judge Rotenburg Center v. Food and Drug Administration

20-cv-01087 | U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Filed Date: March 26, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2021

This case concerns the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ability to ban the use of electrical stimulation devices to treat self-injurious or aggressive behavior. The petitioners are the Judge Rotenburg Center, a facility in Massachusetts that provides treatment and education to people with serious mental disabilities, like autism, and a group of parents of patients at the Center. The Center is the only place in the country where electrical stimulation is used to prevent self-harm or aggressi…
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…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Dunakin v. Quiqley

2:14-cv-00567 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 16, 2014

Case Ongoing

After budget cuts, an intermediate care facility serving individuals with intellectual disabilities operated by Washington State was ordered to cut costs by up to $1.8 million. To comply with the October 2010 order, management moved 27 residents from the intermediate care facility to its nursing facility and simultaneously reduced programs and staffing at both sites. After bringing problems to the attention of state agencies, investigations by Disability Rights Washington (DRW)—the state Nation…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
CRIPA Investigation of Clyde L. Choate Developmental Center (2009)

No Court

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 2007

On February 27, 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sent a letter to the Governor of Illinois informing him of its intention to investigate conditions at the Clyde L. Choate Developmental Center pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The Department of Justice then conducted on-site reviews of the facility in July 2007 and again in September 2007.On November 9, 2009, the Department of Justice sent a letter to the Governor o…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
CRIPA Investigation of the Rosewood Center, Owings Mills, Maryland

No Court

Filed Date: July 11, 2008

On July 11, 2008, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division notified the Governor of Maryland that it was going to conduct an investigation into the conditions and practices at the Rosewood Center ("Rosewood"). Sixth months earlier, the Maryland Governor had announced the State's intention to close Rosewood by June 30, 2009. On October 7, 2009, the Department issued its findings letter to the Governor of Maryland, a few months after Rosewood had officially closed. The investigation was co…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Puerto Rico

3:99-cv-01435 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: April 21, 1999

Case Ongoing

On May 15, 1996, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent notice to the Governor of Puerto Rico that it was conducting an investigation into the conditions of confinement at Integral Services ("CIS") in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, pursuant to its authority under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. CIS was one of six state-operated residential facilities serving persons with developmental disabilities in Puerto Rico. The DO…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Oregon

3:86-cv-00961 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: July 28, 1986

Closed Date: 2000

On May 13, 1983, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) began in investigation pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §1997 (CRIPA), into conditions at the Fairview Training Center in Salem, Oregon. The results of the investigation were detailed in a letter of the DOJ's findings, issued on March 19, 1986. The DOJ determined that the conditions at Fairview were unconstitutional and included:1. A lack of minimally adequate training for those residents in need of…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Tennessee

2:92-cv-02062 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 1992

Closed Date: 2015

In December of 1990, the United States Department of Justice, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et al, investigated the Arlington Developmental Center (ADC) in Tennessee. The investigation revealed that conditions in the facility seriously threatened the health and safety of its developmentally delayed residents. The Department of Justice found that residents were subject to abuse and neglect, inadequate medical care, an unsafe physical en…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
People First of Tenn. v. Clover Bottom Devel. Center

3:95-cv-01227 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 1995

Closed Date: 2017

On December 22, 1995, People First of Tennessee filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against the State of Tennessee on behalf of residents of the Clover Bottom Developmental Center, Greene Valley Developmental Center, and Winston Developmental Center. The plaintiff sued the Clover Bottom Development Center and the Tennessee Department of Health under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Ruth L. v. White

2:90-cv-05562 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 1990

Closed Date: 1996

On August 27, 1990, several individuals with intellectual disabilities, represented by attorneys for the Disabilities Law Project, filed a class action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare [DPW] pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, challenging their continued confinement in state institutions. Plaintiffs sought to enjoin DPW from denying persons with intellectual disabilities appropriate treatment and placement in commun…