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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Jake Bertellotti v. Regents of the University of California

2:25-cv-03069 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 8, 2025

Case Ongoing

In this lawsuit, two disabled UCLA students sued the Regents of the University of California, the University’s President, its Chancellor, and ten unknown individuals, alleging widespread accessibility barriers and discriminatory practices.  On April 8, 2025, represented by Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund and private counsel, the two students filed a complaint in the United States District Court Central District of California for alleged violations of Title II of the Americans with …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hope for The Homeless Lakeside, Inc. v. County of San Diego

3:24-cv-01009 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: June 9, 2024

Case Ongoing

On June 10, 2024, Hope for the Homeless Lakeside and multiple named individuals (collectively, “HFTH-L”) filed suit against the County of San Diego, City of Lakeside, City of Santee, City of San Diego, California Department of Transportation, and several police officers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (collectively, “San Diego”). This case was assigned to District Court Judge Myron James Lorenz. HFTH-L's proposed class action lawsuit challenged the defendants'…
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United States v. MedStar Health, Inc.

1:24-cv-00302 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2024

Case Ongoing

On January 30, 2024. the United States of America filed this lawsuit against MedStar Health, Inc. (“MedStar”) in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The United States alleged that during the COVID-19 pandemic, MedStar, the largest healthcare provider in Maryland and Washington, D.C., repeatedly denied non-patient support persons for people with disabilities access to their hospitals. The United States sought injunctive relief in the form of MedStar modifying its polic…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
J.S. v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

1:20-cv-00297 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: March 11, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 3, 2023

In August 2016, Plaintiff student, who was incarcerated and 20 years old, prevailed in an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act due process administrative hearing against Defendant New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (“DOCCS”). On March 11, 2020, the plaintiff, represented by Disability Rights New York, New York's Protection and Advocacy Agency, filed a lawsuit against DOCCS under the IDEA to recover $71,542.00 in fees and $988.72 in costs as the IDEA prevai…
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiania, Morton & McFarland v. Grandville Cooperative, Karen Mitchell, Kirkpatrick Management

1:16-cv-00300 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2017

This is a housing discrimination case. The two plaintiffs (a daughter and mother), were denied the opportunity to rent a townhouse together because the mother had a disability.   On February 11, 2016, the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and plaintiffs filed this suit in the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, against Grandville Cooperative Inc.; Karen Mitchell; and Kirkpatrick Management Co. Inc. The case was assigned to district judge Larry…
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Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana & Strout v. Harford Place, Crownpoint Properties

1:20-cv-00372 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2020

Closed Date: June 17, 2021

Plaintiffs, a former resident of the Harford Place Apartments, and a fair housing organization, filed a lawsuit on October 23, 2020 against the owners and managers of the Harford Place Apartments, an affordable housing complex, alleging discrimination on the basis of disability in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act and related state laws. The plaintiffs were represented by Indiana Disability Rights (the Protection and Advocacy agency for Indiana) and Brancart & Brancart of Loma Mar, Cali…
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Aldridge v. Carowinds, LLC

3:17-cv-00708 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 24, 2018

This is a case about disability-based discrimination at an amusement park, preventing a family from full enjoyment of the facilities. On December 6, 2017, Plaintiffs sued under Title III of the ADA in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division, and this litigation resulted in a confidential settlement in their favor. The plaintiffs were represented by Disability Rights North Carolina.  The defendants, Carowinds LLC, Cedar Fair L.P. , Cedar Fair Southw…
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Fair Housing Council of Central Indiana, McGuffin v. Smitley

1:16-cv-00880 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 19, 2016

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2020

Plaintiffs filed suit in federal court on April 19, 2016, requesting compensatory and punitive damages, attorney fees and costs, injunctive relief to end a landlord's disability discrimination and a declaration that the landlord violated the housing discrimination and related state laws. Hon. William T. Lawrence of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, presided over the case. The Plaintiffs in this case were the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, Inc…
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Meyer & NFB v. Indiana Family and Social Services Admin & Indiana DiBlind and Visual Impairments of Family Resources

1:19-cv-03311 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 6, 2019

Closed Date: Aug. 31, 2021

On Aug. 6, 2019, Plaintiffs Christopher Meyer, Sarah Meyer, and the National Federation of the Blind, Inc. filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Of Indiana.  The suit alleged systemic violations of the civil rights of blind Indiana residents that denied them equally effective access to all print and website communications created or distributed by Defendants and their contractors concerning government benefits.  Plaintiffs alleged that these communications violated Tit…
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Demontray Hunter v. Kimberly Boswell, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health

2:16-cv-00798 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2016

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenged the failure of the state of Alabama to provide court-ordered inpatient mental evaluations that are used to determine competency to stand trial, and to provide competency restoration treatment to persons committed to its custody in a timely manner. In their complaint, Plaintiffs alleged that pretrial detainees remained incarcerated in a county jail for up to eight months after a court order committing them to the Department for treatment or evaluation, in jails that are…