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Seelig v. Abate

03459/92 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 1992

This case concerned an appeal from an administrative decision pursuant to Article 78 in New York state court. The appellant, the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, petitioned for review of a judgment favorable to the New York City Department of Corrections. Many of the litigation documents are unavailable to the Clearinghouse, but the parties appeared to have reached an agreement regarding the temporary and permanent repair of various facilities that correctional officers used.
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Detainees of the Queens House of Detention v. Malcolm

1:73-cv-01364 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1973

The plaintiffs brought this lawsuit on January 29, 1974, challenging conditions of confinement at the Queens House of Detention. They sued the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The case was assigned to Judge John F. Dooling Jr. Most of the litigation documents are unavailable to the Clearinghouse, but the parties eventually settled on April 20, 1979. The settlement contained provisions wide-ra…
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Forts v. Malcolm

1:76-cv-00101 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 1976

This class action lawsuit concerned conditions at the New York City Correctional Institution for Women (NYCCIFW). The plaintiffs filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials. Represented by the Legal Aid Society of New York City, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief as to issues they asserted were common to the entire class of pre-trial detainees at NYCCIFW. The case was as…
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Wilson v. Beame

1:74-cv-00208 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1974

In 1974, the plaintiffs in this case––nine individuals formerly or presently held at the Brooklyn House of Detention for Men––filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Suing under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the plaintiffs made a pair of constitutional due process violations regarding their alleged arbitrary placement into administrative segregation and the differentiated treatment they received as persons in administrative segregation compared to other detained pers…
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Rosenthal v. Malcolm

1:74-cv-04854 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 20, 1974

On November 20, 1974, the plaintiffs in this case filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Suing under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the plaintiffs––individuals who were receiving mental health care––alleged that the shutdown of Branch Queens House of Detention ("Branch Queens") and failure to provide equivalent treatment and services at a comparable facility violated their constitutional rights. Represented by the Legal Aid Society of New York City, the plaintiffs named …
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Valvano v. McGrath

1:70-cv-01390 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 1970

On October 2, 1970, unrest took place at the Queens House of Detention (QHD) in Long Island City, with some incarcerated persons taking control of certain floors and destroying some equipment. This riot predated that which occurred in the Manhattan House of Detention (The Tombs) as well as the Queens House of Detention in Kew Gardens, as both facilities' detained persons revolted the following day, October 3. The resistance arose over issues associated with overcrowding at the facility as well …
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Detainees of Brooklyn House of Detention for Men v. Malcolm

1:73-cv-00261 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1973

In February of 1973, this class action lawsuit was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, on behalf of individuals detained at the Brooklyn House of Detention for Men in New York City. The plaintiffs sued New York City and its Commissioner of Correction. The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society Prisoners' Rights Society, sought injunctive relief for the conditions of their incarceration. The plaintiffs' alleged violati…
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United States v. County of Maricopa

2:99-cv-02137 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 1999

Closed Date: Nov. 27, 2000

On August 2, 1995, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a notice letter to Maricopa County Jails, notifying the Board of Supervisors of the government's intention to investigate the conditions in jails overseen by the County. A findings letter was sent to the Board on March 25, 1996, in which the DOJ condemned the unconstitutional conditions present at the outdoor jail facility Tent City, and the intake section of the Madison Street Jail. The DOJ found that a d…
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Lucero-Gonzalez v. Kline

2:20-cv-00901 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: May 8, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class-action brought by five prisoners with high-risk medical issues held at the federal Central Arizona Florence Correctional Complex against the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Prisons. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendant’s failure to implement basic social distancing and hygiene measures violated their Eighth and Fifth Amendment rights. The court denied the plaintiffs’ motion for injunctive relief, finding that the plaintiffs had failed to show delib…
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Hinton v. District of Columbia

1:21-cv-01295 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 11, 2021

Closed Date: June 23, 2022

This is a class action lawsuit about transgender individuals in District of Columbia Department of Corrections (DOC) custody being assigned housing based solely on anatomy, instead of based on vulnerability and safety needs. On May 11, 2021, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of herself and a class of similarly situated transgender individuals who currently reside in a DOC housing unit that does not accord with their gender identit…