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CHILD WELFARE
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DOJ Investigation of Maine's Behavioral Health System for Children

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(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) In 2021, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division opened an investigation into Maine’s compliance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act in response to a complaint submitted on behalf of children across the state. The investigation determined that Maine violated the ADA by failing to provide behavioral health services to children in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs.
CHILD WELFARE
D.S. v. Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families

2:21-cv-00113 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the treatment of children in the care of the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (the Department) with behavioral health and/or developmental disabilities. On January 28th, 2021, three children under the care of the Department brought a class-action suit along with Disability Rights Washington against the Department in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. The case was assigned to Judge Barbara J. Rothstein. Disab…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Holmes v. Godinez

1:11-cv-02961 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 4, 2011

Case Ongoing

On May 04, 2011, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the officials at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by a group of public and private lawyers, the plaintiffs alleged that, while in IDOC custody, they were denied the assistance they needed to effectively communicate and participate in IDOC programs and services, in violation of the Americans w…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Armstrong v. Newsom

4:94-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 1994

Case Ongoing

On June 29, 1994, disabled prisoners and parolees in California filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, charging that, on account of their disabilities, the two divisions of the California Youth and Adult Corrections Authority California, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR") and Board of Prison Terms ("BPT"), were generally depriving disabled prisoners of benefits and accommodations provided to other prisoners or required by due pro…
PRISON CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Trivette v. Tennessee Department of Correction

3:20-cv-00276 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.)  A deaf prisoner filed suit alleging that TDOC had violated the ADA by failing to provide sign language interpretation or telecommunication services.
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Ray v. Madison Co., et al

1:20-cv-02973 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2020

Closed Date: June 23, 2021

None
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Gordon v. Texas

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

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 1998

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 1999

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.
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jarboe v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:12-cv-00572 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2012

Closed Date: 2015

On February 23, 2012, five Maryland state prisoners who are deaf filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and other state entities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, plaintiffs alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehab…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
DOJ ADA Investigation of Virginia Regional Jail Authority

No Court

(This is a temporary summary while research is ongoing.) This matter was initiated by a complaint filed with the United States against the Central Virginia Regional Jail (CVRJ), alleging violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Specifically, Complainant VS, who is deaf and uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate, alleged that CVRJ personnel failed to provide a qualified interpreter or other appropriate auxiliary aids or services so that she could communica…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Montez v. Owens

1:92-cv-00870 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 5, 1992

Closed Date: May 15, 2018

This federal lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, in 1992, by six incarcerated individuals with disabilities who alleged that Colorado's prisons did not comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In 1996, the case became certified as a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all incarcerated individuals with disabilities.In 2003, the state Department of Corrections agreed in a multimillion-dollar settle…