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

1:17-cv-02092 | U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Filed Date: March 26, 2020

Case Ongoing

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…
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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…
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Parents Association of the St. Louis State School v. Bond

4:82-cv-00852 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: May 28, 1982

On May 28, 1982, a group of residents of the St. Louis State School and Hospital (hereinafter "State School" or "Bellefontaine") filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the Governor of Missouri and other state officials. They sought to bring the case on behalf of the class of all persons with mental disabilities in Missouri. The Parents Association of the St. Louis State School and Hospital (hereinafter "Parents Association"), a non-pr…
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Wilkes v. Lamont

3:20-cv-00594 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: April 30, 2020

Closed Date: Jan. 14, 2021

COVID-19 Summary: This class-action injunctive and habeas case against the State of Connecticut sought release and improved conditions at two inpatient psychiatric facilities. The plaintiffs sought a preliminary injunction for improved conditions on June 8, 2020, and the defendants moved to dismiss the case on June 11. The plaintiffs withdrew their motion for preliminary injunction on July 16. After the Court dismissed the habeas portion of the lawsuit in January 2021, the parties agreed to w…
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Messier v. Southbury Training School

3:94-cv-01706 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1994

Closed Date: March 13, 2019

On October 4, 1994, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Connecticut's Departments of Mental Retardation (DMR), Social Services (DSS), and Public Health (DPH) and Southbury Training School, an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities (ICF/MR) in Southbury, Connecticut. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief on behalf of both current and future Southbury residents…
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Jackson v. Fort Stanton Hospital & Training School

1:87-cv-00839 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: July 8, 1987

Case Ongoing

On July 8, 1987, the Supporters of Developmentally Disabled New Mexicans, Inc. and twenty-one persons with developmental disabilities filed this class action in District Court for the District of New Mexico. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, challenging the institutionalization of developmentally disabled persons at two state-owned and operated institutions: 1) Fort Stanton Hospital and Training School (Fort Stanton) and 2) Los Lunas Hospital …
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Parrent v. Angus

89-cv-907653 | Utah state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 1989

Closed Date: Feb. 23, 2001

On December 21, 1989, attorneys for the Legal Center for People with Disabilities, and the Association for Retarded Citizens for Utah filed suit on behalf of residents of the Utah State Developmental Center in the Third Judicial District Court, Salt Lake County, Utah, challenging the treatment, care, training and services being provided to the residents. The defendants included officials of Utah State Department of Human Services and other state agencies. The plaintiffs made claims under 42 U…
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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…
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Doe v. Hudspeth

3:75-00036 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 1975

Closed Date: 1980

On February 11, 1975, individuals who were incarcerated at an institution called the Central Mississippi Retardation Center (the “Center”) brought this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi against the Center and directors of the Board of Mental Health, Department of Mental Health, and State Hospital for the state of Mississippi. The plaintiffs, represented by a local community legal services group, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations…
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Evans v. Fenty

1:76-cv-00293 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 1976

Closed Date: 2017

On February 23, 1976, six residents of Forest Haven, an institution operated by the District of Columbia for developmentally disabled persons, filed this lawsuit against the District's mayor and its Department of Human Resources. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution; the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 6001 et seq.); and 32 D.C.…