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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Hawaii Disability Rights Center v. Kishimoto

1:18-cv-00465 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2018

Case Ongoing

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s lawsuit seeking applied behavioral analysis (ABA) for students with disabilities in Hawai’i. The lawsuit alleged that the Hawaii Department of Education and the Department of Human Services failed to ensure that students who needed ABA during the school day were not receiving this service due to the state agencies' policies and practices. On November 28, 2018, the Hawai’i Disability Rights Center (HRDC) filed this action as the plain…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Planned Parenthood Arizona Inc. v. Betlach

2:16-cv-02337 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: July 14, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 7, 2016

On July 14, 2016, two health care clinics, an Arizona obstetrician-gynecologist, and five Arizona Medicaid patients filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the Arizona Health Care Containment System under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the federal Medicaid statute and the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief enjoining the defendant from enforcing H.B…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Jennings v. Wolf

3:20-cv-00148 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2020

Closed Date: May 1, 2023

This case, filed January 29, 2020, objected to the closure of two Pennsylvania intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICF/IID) (the Polk Center and the White Haven Center) and the rights of the individuals residing in those facilities. It is what some describe as a "reverse-Olmstead" lawsuit. (See Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999) (ADA guarantees the right to receive disability-related services in the community, where appropriate). The complaint was fil…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
K.C. v. The Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana

1:23-cv-00595 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: April 5, 2023

Case Ongoing

This case is about the constitutionality of the Indiana Senate Enrolled Act 480 (SEA 480, or the “Act”), which went into effect on July 1, 2023 and prohibits transgender minors from receiving gender transition procedures. Represented by the ACLU of Indiana, the plaintiffs included four minor children and their parents, a family medicine practice that provided care to transgender persons, and a physician who co-founded that medical practice. On April 5, 2023, they sued the individual members of …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.W. v. Smith

5:16-cv-01235 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2016

Closed Date: Jan. 18, 2018

This is an action brought in the District Court for the Western District of Texas (San Antonio Division) by three Medicaid-eligible children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder who have a medical need for Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy.  Plaintiffs, represented by Disability Rights Texas, alleged that the Commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Medicaid Director failed to cover medically necessary ABA therapy in violation of the Medicaid Early P…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Simmons v. Baker

1:22-cv-11715 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about how the state of Massachusetts allowed thousands of people with disabilities to languish and often deteriorate in nursing facilities, even though they could be living independently. On October 11, 2022, six individuals with disabilities residing in nursing facilities in Massachusetts filed this putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs sued Governor Charlie Baker and state officials employed at the Executive Office of Health a…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A. v. Carlson

1:24-cv-00037 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Jan. 3, 2024

Case Ongoing

This case is about the state of Georgia failing in its duty to provide vital Medicaid-funded medical services to its vulnerable children with mental disabilities. On January 3, 2024, represented by the Georgia Advocacy Office, National Health Law Program, Center for Public Representation, and private counsel, the plaintiffs filed a class action suit on behalf of four Medicaid-eligible children in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia against Georgia's Commissione…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc. v. Kliebert

3:15-cv-00565 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 2015

Closed Date: Nov. 10, 2022

On August 25, 2015, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) and three Louisiana Medicaid patients filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs, represented by Planned Parenthood and private counsel, sued the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the Medicaid Act and the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief to enjoin the defenda…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Planned Parenthood of Arkansas & Eastern Oklahoma Inc. v. Gillespie

4:15-cv-00566 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Sept. 11, 2015

Closed Date: Aug. 1, 2022

On September 11, 2015, two Planned Parenthood clinics and three Arkansas Medicaid patients filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. The plaintiffs sued the Arkansas Department of Human Services, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for violations of the Medicaid Act and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, enjoining the Department of Human Services from …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Planned Parenthood Southeast v. Dzielak

3:16-cv-00454 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 15, 2016

Closed Date: Nov. 1, 2021

On June 15, 2016, Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc. (PPSE), Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region, Inc. (PPGMR), and a Mississippi Medicaid patient filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The plaintiffs sued the Mississippi Division of Medicaid under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Medicaid Statute and the Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiffs, represented by the Planned Parent…