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EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Charles H. v. District of Columbia

1:21-cv-00997 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2021

Case Ongoing

None
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Council of Parents Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) v. DeVos

1:18-cv-01636 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 12, 2018

Closed Date: May 4, 2021

On July 12, 2018, the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. COPAA sued the U.S. Department of Education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Represented by the National Center for Youth Law and private attorneys, COPAA sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as attorneys' fees and costs to stop the Dept. of Education from delaying …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.R. v. Connecticut State Board of Education

3:16-cv-01197 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 15, 2016

Case Ongoing

Under state law, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-76d(b), Connecticut was required to provide education to individuals with disabilities only until they attained a high school diploma or turned 21, whichever occurred first. No comparable Connecticut law or regulation imposed a maximum age limit for entitlement to public education for non-special education students. In this case, the named plaintiff – a 22-year-old with a developmental disability, acting through his mother – filed a class action suit on be…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Casey A. v. Darline P. Robles

2:10-cv-00192 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2010

Case Ongoing

Three people formerly incarcerated at Challenger Memorial Youth Center, a juvenile detention center in Lancaster, California, brought a purported class action on January 12, 2010, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California to challenge the educational services provided at Challenger. The plaintiffs alleged that Challenger provided constitutionally inadequate educational services to incarcerated youths.  The plaintiffs originally brought claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Jeff D. v. Kempthorne

4:80-cv-04091 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1980

Case Ongoing

In 1980, a civil complaint relying upon 42 U.S.C. § 1983 was filed by private counsel in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho on behalf of four emotionally and mentally handicapped, institutionalized children, and the parties eventually, on September 7, 1982, stipulated to class certification. The complaint alleged that the defendants, state officials, had violated the class members' rights under the U.S. Constitution's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, the Idaho Constitution, and f…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
DePriest ex rel. C.B. v. Walnut Grove Correctional Authority

3:10-cv-00663 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2010

Case Ongoing

On November 16, 2010, thirteen boys and young men incarcerated at the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility ("WGYCF") in Leakes County, Mississippi, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, against the city entity responsible for operating WGYCF (the Walnut Grove Correctional Authority), the for-profit corporations under contract to manage the facility (GEO Group, Inc.) and provide medical care for the prisoners (Health Assurance, L…
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…
EDUCATION
L.V. v. Department of Education

1:03-cv-09917 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2003

Case Ongoing

On December 12, 2003, several New York City public school students with disabilities filed a lawsuit in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs filed under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"), the14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794 ("Section 504"), and New York State Education Law §§ 4401. The acton was brought against the New York City Department of …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
K.O. by and through his parent and guardian J.O. v. Heather Mueller, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education

0:21-cv-01837 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 2021

Case Ongoing

On August 12, 2021, the Minnesota P&A (the Minnesota Disability Law Center), filed this class action lawsuit in Minnesota federal district court against the State of Minnesota and its State Department of Education challenging Minnesota’s special education statute that ends special education eligibility on July 1 of the year a student turns 21.  Jason Kim, of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP,  was pro bono co-counsel with the P&A. The class action plaintiffs contended that the state statut…