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JAIL CONDITIONS
Hendrickson v. Griggs

3:84-03012 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 1984

Closed Date: May 23, 1991

In approximately 1984, a class of juveniles incarcerated at the Webster County Jail in Fort Dodge, Iowa, filed a lawsuit against county and state officials, on behalf of all juveniles who were or would be placed in the Jail by a juvenile court. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, brought the suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Juvenile Justice Act, 42 U.S.C. §5601 and filed it in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. The plaintiffs alleged that, in violation o…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Anthony C. v. Pima County

4:82-cv-00501 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1982

On August 10, 1982, detainees in the Pima County Juvenile Detention Center in Tucson filed this class action lawsuit, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against Pima County. The plaintiffs sued Pima County, the Juvenile Division of the Superior Court of Pima County, the Pima County Court Center, Pima County Detentional Center, and Pima County Board of Supervisors under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 28 U.S.C. § § 2201 and 2202, 20 U…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Milano

2:87-cv-00673 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Sept. 1, 1987

Closed Date: 1988

On September 1, 1987, a group of children under the age of 16 who were non-delinquent status offenders, filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 and the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act against the State of Connecticut in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, and they alleged that the defendants had violated their rights by unlawfully holding them in secure juvenile deten…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Younger

2:91-cv-00187 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 1991

Closed Date: 1999

On November 21, 1991, juveniles confined in the Kenton County Detention Center filed a class action lawsuit against Kenton County and the Commonwealth of Kentucky pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Juvenile Justice Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 5601 et seq., and applicable Kentucky constitutional provisions and statutes. Plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and were represented by the Children's Law Center, Inc., Youth Law Center, and Norther…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Eric P. v. Cumberland County

2:86-cv-00265 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 1986

On August 25, 1986, juvenile plaintiffs filed this § 1983 civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (Portland), challenging their conditions of confinement at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, Maine. The Complaint sought for declaratory and injunctive relief, damages and class action status. Plaintiffs were represented by attorneys for the Youth Law Center.By order dated November 23, 1987, the District Court (Gene Carter) certified the case as a class act…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Napper

1:93-cv-00642 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: March 26, 1993

Closed Date: 1998

On March 26, 1993, juvenile inmates of Marietta Regional Youth Detention Center ("MRYDC"), filed a class action law suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, against the Georgia Department of Child and Youth Services ("DCYS"), MRYDC, and the State Department of Education ("DOE"). The Plaintiffs, represented originally by Atlanta Legal Aid, alleged unsafe and unsanitary conditions of confinement including: overcrowding; lack of heat; inadequate bat…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Minidoka County

1:87-cv-01356 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 1987

Closed Date: 1991

On December 11, 1987, a juvenile confined in the Minidoka and Cassia County Jail system filed a class action lawsuit, through his guardian, on behalf of all juveniles who are, have been, or would in the future be confined in Minidoka County and Cassia County Jails. The plaintiff brought his lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the sheriff and county commissioners of Minidoka and Cassia counties in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Represented by counsel from the Yout…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Yellen v. Ada County

1:83-01026 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 1983

In May 1983, juvenile inmates of the Ada County Jail in Boise, Idaho filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all present and future juveniles incarcerated there against the sheriff and commissioners of Ada County, the deputies and guards at the Ada County Jail, and the juvenile court judge. The plaintiffs filed the suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.The plaintiffs, who were represented by the Youth Law Center and private counsel, alleged that the…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
In the Interest of F.N. and F.N. and B.S.

93-01440 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: 1993

Closed Date: Nov. 24, 1993

On October 8, 1993 a juvenile in Colorado was arrested for possession of a handgun and held without bail. In his defense, he filed a Motion to declare Colorado Revised Statue § 19-2-204(3)(a)(III) unconstitutional in the Juvenile Court. The plaintiff, represented by unknown counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that his detention violated Colorado and Federal law. Specifically, the plaintiff contended that his arrest and detention was punishment for a status…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Weathers v. Traylor

1:80-01238 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 1980

On September 18, 1980, juveniles confined in the Mesa County Jail in Grand Junction, Colorado (MCJ) filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Juvenile Justice Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5601 et seq. (JJA), against the Colorado Department of Institutions (DOI) and Division of Youth Services (DYS) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiff, represented by ACLU of Colorado and the Youth Law Center of San Francisco, California, asked the court for declaratory a…