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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

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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
Siaki v. Darr

1:11-cv-03074 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 23, 2011

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2014

This case, filed in federal court in 2011 and settled in 2012, addressed the Adams County Sheriff’s Department and its communication with deaf individuals incarcerated in its jail. The case’s complaint described an incident in May 2010 in which law enforcement was called on two individuals engaged in an argument. Neither of the two--who became the case’s individual plaintiffs--could speak, write, or read effectively in English. When Sheriff’s deputies arrived, the plaintiffs were not able to co…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Adams & Knights v. Kentucky

3:14-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 2014

Closed Date: Dec. 24, 2020

On January 1, 2014, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners in the Kentucky prison system filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated against the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Kentucky Department of Corrections, several other departments of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and by the Washington Lawyers' Committee Prisoners Rights Project, alleged violations of the America…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Rabinkov v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:18-cv-02926 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2018

Closed Date: May 3, 2022

On November 14, 2018, a group of deaf prisoners in custody at the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) filed a putative class action against the CDOC alleging violations of the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that CDOC had failed to provide deaf inmates with functioning TTYs, videophones, or other communication assistance technology. On November 20, 2018, plaintiffs moved to consolidate from the plaintiffs in Rogers v. Colorado Department of Corrections, an…