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POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Escambia County Sheriff's Office

No Court

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 2009

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2012

This investigation of the policing practices of the Escambia County Sheriff's Office (ECSO) was opened by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division on Jan. 9, 2009, and closed on September 4, 2012. There was a simultaneous Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) investigation into the jail operated by the ECSO. That investigation is included in this Clearinghouse here. DOJ closed the policing investigation without findings, but chose to issue a technical assistance letter to…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
U.S. v. City of New York (Kings County Hospital)

1:10-cv-00060 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 7, 2010

Closed Date: Jan. 17, 2017

According to the press release issued by the Justice Department regarding this case, the facts were as follows: On December 7, 2007, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) began an investigation into the care and treatment of mental health patients at Kings County Hospital Center (KCHC)'s Behavioral Health Service (BHS). "The investigation uncovered systemic deficiencies that violated the constitutional and civil rights of patients with psychiatric disabilities. These viol…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Albuquerque

1:14-cv-01025 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2014

Case Ongoing

On November 12, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the city of Albuquerque in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The DOJ brought this action under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, alleging that officers of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) were engaging in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment and § 14141. Specifically…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
U.S.A. v. State of Texas

7:08-cv-00038 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2008

Case Ongoing

In September 2006, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") conducted a consensual investigation of Texas' Evins Regional Juvenile Center ("Evins") pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141. The investigation led to a "findings letter" which reported that Evins violated residents' constitutional rights by not adequately protecting the child…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of the Buffalo Police Department

No Court Case | No Court

Filed Date: 2002

Closed Date: 2005

The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") opened an investigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 14141 into the City of Buffalo and its police department (collectively referred to as "BPD") on December 9, 1997. We do not have the investigation's findings, but on September 19, 2002, DOJ, the BPD, the Police Benevolent Association, Inc. ("PBA"), and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 264 ("Local 264") entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to resolve issues relat…
POLICING
United States v. City of New Orleans

2:12-cv-01924 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: July 24, 2012

Case Ongoing

In 2010, New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu invited the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to review civil rights issues at the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), and propose any necessary reforms. The DOJ opened the requested investigation on May 15, 2010, pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on March 17, 2011, the DO…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
DOJ Investigation of Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility

No Court

On October 25, 2010, the Special Litigation Section of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division announced that it was commencing an investigation into the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility (“Walnut Grove”) in Mississippi (“the State”). Walnut Grove was a 1,500 bed prison that housed children and men aged 13 to 22 in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). According to the DOJ report, the population of Walnut Grove more than tripled between 2001 and…
POLICING
United States v. Police Department of Baltimore City

1:17-cv-00099 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2017

Case Ongoing

On January 12, 2017, the United States of America filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Alleging a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers in deprivation of people's rights under the United States Constitution and federal laws, the United States brought this action against the Police Department of Baltimore City and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. …
POLICING
United States v. City of Cleveland

1:15-cv-01046 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 25, 2015

Case Ongoing

In March 2013, following a series of highly-publicized use-of-force incidents involving the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP), the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, that focused on the CDP's use of force, including deadly force. This was the second investigation conducted by the DOJ into the CDP's practices in a little over ten years, as the DOJ had prev…

Re: Investigation of the Cleveland Division of Police

DOJ Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police

No Court

July 23, 2002

Re: Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police Central Prison Unit and Holding Cell Facilities

Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police

June 4, 2003

Joint Statement of Principles by the United State Department of Justice and the City of Cleveland regarding the Cleveland Division of Police

2013 DOJ Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police

No Court

Dec. 2, 2014

Investigation of the Cleveland Division of Police [Executive Summary]

2013 DOJ Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police

No Court

Dec. 4, 2014

Justice Department and City of Cleveland Agree to Reform Division of Police After Finding a Pattern or Practice of Excessive Force

2013 DOJ Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police

No Court

Dec. 4, 2014

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POLICING
United States v. City of Newark

2:16-cv-01731 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 30, 2016

Case Ongoing

The U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") initiated an investigation of the Newark Police Department ("NPD") in May 2011, after receiving serious allegations of civil rights violations by the NPD. Such allegations included that the NPD subjected Newark residents to excessive force, unwarranted stops and arrests, and discriminatory police actions.The investigation was conducted jointly by the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney's Office for the Dis…