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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…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Petition of Kaufman

Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 1991

Case Ongoing

The Behavioral Research Institute (BRI), now know as the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, is a Massachusetts based residential care facility for children and young adults with severe autism associated with behavioral problems. BRI is known for its use of negative reinforcement also known as aversive treatments, such as electric shock therapies, to disincentives undesirable behavior. As a result of its use of aversive treatments, BRI has been controversial and the subject of several law suits…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Behavioral Research Institute v. Secretary of Administration

Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 1989

Case Ongoing

The Behavioral Research Institute, now known as the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, is a Massachusetts-based, residential care facility for children and young adults with severe autism associated with behavioral problems. JRC is known for its use of aversive treatments, such as electric shock therapies, to disincentives undesirable behavior. As a result of its use of aversive treatments, JRC has been controversial and the subject of several lawsuits. This case, along with ID-MA-0002 and ID-…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Homeward Bound v. Hissom Memorial Center

4:85-cv-00437 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 2, 1985

Case Ongoing

On May 2, 1985, Homeward Bound, Inc. filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma against the Hissom Memorial Center and various state agencies. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of 600 individuals with intellectual disabilities, most of whom were children, who were incarcerated in Hissom Memorial in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Homeward Bound was represented by private attorneys and attorneys from the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelp…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Texas (DOJ CRIPA lawsuit involving many State Schools)

1:09-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 26, 2009

Case Ongoing

On December 11, 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division sent a "findings letter" to the governor of Texas, advising him of the results of its investigation into conditions and practices at the Lubbock State School ("LSS"), which housed people with developmental disabilites. The DOJ advised that its investigation found that conditions and services at LSS substantially departed from generally accepted standards of care.On December 1, 2008, the DOJ issued additional "findings …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
NYSARC & Parisi v. Carey

1:72-cv-00356 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 1972

Case Ongoing

On January 1, 1972, residents at the Willowbrook State School for the Mentally Retarded filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of New York in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Aid Society of Staten Island, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by overcrowding, failure to protect th…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
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…
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…
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JR v. Hansen

4:11-cv-00417 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2011

Closed Date: 2016

On August 25, 2011, an individual with intellectual disabilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The plaintiff, represented by a nonprofit impact litigation firm, sued the Director of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988, claiming violations of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiff was involuntarily committed to residential services pursuant to a Florida statute but n…
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United States v. Nebraska

8:08-cv-00271 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: March 7, 2008

Closed Date: 2015

On March 7, 2008, the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division issued a CRIPA/ADA findings letter to the State of Nebraska that detailed systemic conditions that violated the constitutional and statutory rights of the residents of the Beatrice State Developmental Center (BSDC), the State's largest facility for persons with developmental disabilities. At the time, BSDC housed close to 350 residents. The parties then swiftly concluded negotiations on a judicially enforceable remedial agreement…