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Georgia Advocacy Office v. Jackson

1:19-cv-01634 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 10, 2019

Case Ongoing

On April 10, 2019, two female detainees in the South Fulton Municipal Regional Jail and the Georgia Advocacy Office filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiff sued the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office and the South Fulton Municipal Jail under 42 U.S.C.§ 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Center for Human Rights and the Georgia Advocacy Office, sought class certification…
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Agnew v. New York City Department of Corrections

21-813431 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2021

This case is about the lack of medical care at New York City Department of Correction facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Putative class action -- themselves and all similarly situated individuals consisting of all current and future people incarcerated in a NYC DOC facility who have been or will be denied access to medical care based on the defendant's failurePetition seeking a mandamus order compelling the Department of Correction to ensure access to medical carePlaintiffs are four pretr…
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Gordon v. Texas

4:98-cv-00394 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 1998

On February 11, 1998, a deaf individual filed a complaint against the State of Texas and the City of Houston alleging that defendants had unlawfully discriminated against him because of his disability. This summary is temporary while we research the case.
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Lawrence v. City of Englewood, Colorado

12-cv-01423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 31, 2012

Closed Date: April 11, 2013

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Chairs v. Burgess

5:83-05137 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 8, 1983

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 1998

On March 8, 1983, inmates at the Morgan County Jail in Alabama filed a class action lawsuit pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against Department of Corrections officials challenging the overcrowded conditions of the jail. The complaint alleged crowding, lack of adequate medical attention, lack of a grievance procedure, lack of a library, denial of religious freedom, unsanitary food, and failure to transfer inmates to state institutions…
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Foote v. Spiegel

2:94-cv-00754 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 1994

Closed Date: Feb. 16, 2001

A motorist brought this suit under § 1983 against Utah State Troopers, corrections officers, and the state of Utah on August 1, 1994 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. The motorist alleged that the officers violated her Fourth Amendment rights and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when they strip searched after a traffic stop. The motorist sought damages for these alleged violations. She was represented by McCullough, Jones & Ivins and the American Civil Liberties Unio…
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Criswell v. Boudreaux

1:20-cv-01048 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: July 29, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This constitutional action was filed on July 29, 2020 by inmates in Tulare County in California seeking improved safety and health conditions in light of COVID-19. The court granted part of the plaintiffs' temporary restraining order and provisional class certification on September 2, 2020. However, on December 23, 2020 the court denied to certify the class and enter a preliminary injunction. On July 29, 2020, plaintiffs, four incarcerated individuals in custody of the Tulare …
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Hill v. Pulaski County

4:79-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 1979

Closed Date: 2000

On October 25, 1979, inmates of the Pulaski County Jail in Arkansas filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the conditions of that facility. In 1985, the parties entered into a consent decree that established population limits for the jail and required the sheriff of Pulaski County to notify the Court if anyone attempted to contravene the agreement. Test2 On November 10, 1988, the sheriff filed noti…
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McDonald v. Franklin County

2:13-cv-00503 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 3, 2013

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging Franklin County’s policy of strip-searching individuals charged with low-level misdemeanor offenses and photographing their tattoos. The plaintiff, a resident of Franklin County, was arrested for disorderly conduct in 2012 and transported to the Franklin County Correction Center II (“Jackson Pike” facility). She was required to strip in the presence of other detained people and a male correctional officer who then photographed tattoos near her genitals. She was releas…
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Barnett v. Tony

0:20-cv-61113 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 5, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a class-action lawsuit about the sufficiency of COVID-19 safety protocols at Broward County Jails, administered by the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO). On June 5, 2020, thirteen named plaintiffs and a local NGO, Disability Rights Florida, represented by the ACLU, filed the case seeking a writ of habeas corpus and injunctive and declaratory relief. Plaintiffs alleged that the BSO knowingly failed to adopt and implement adequate policies and procedures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. T…