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Howard v. Coonrod

6:21-cv-00062 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a challenge to Florida's parole procedures for people sentenced in the state to life with parole for crimes committed under the age of 18.    On January 8, 2021, the four named plaintiffs filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, seeking to represent a class of the more than 100 people serving life with parole sentences in Florida for crimes committed under the age of 18.  They argued that Florida's parole procedures failed to comply with the U.S. …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Taha v. Bensalem Township

2:12-cv-06867 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 7, 2012

Case Ongoing

On December 7, 2012, a former detainee of Bucks County Correctional Facility filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs initially sued Bensalem Township, various Bensalem Township officials, and the company that operated as mugshots.com, under Pennsylvania state law. The last amended complaint named defendants Bucks County and Bucks County Correctional Facility, along with Unpublish and Citizens Information Associates—the companie…
CHILD WELFARE
M.D. v. Abbott

2:11-cv-00084 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 29, 2011

Case Ongoing

This class action (previously, M.D. v. Perry) involving long-term foster care in Texas was filed on March 29, 2011, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff class of children in long-term foster care was represented by private counsel and Children's Rights, Inc.; they sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the state failed to protect foster children from systemic harm. The complaint alleged that defendants' frequent moves of the foster care c…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Outlaw v. D’Elia

1:75-cv-03487 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 17, 1975

On July 17, 1975, the plaintiffs––persons incarcerated at the Adolescent Reception and Detention Center (ARDC)––filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials at the facility. Alleging a pattern or practice of constitutional violations, the plaintiffs sought to represent a class of similarly situated individuals and requested declaratory and injunctive relief. The case was assig…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Detainees of the Queens House of Detention v. Malcolm

1:73-cv-01364 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1973

The plaintiffs brought this lawsuit on January 29, 1974, challenging conditions of confinement at the Queens House of Detention. They sued the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The case was assigned to Judge John F. Dooling Jr. Most of the litigation documents are unavailable to the Clearinghouse, but the parties eventually settled on April 20, 1979. The settlement contained provisions wide-ra…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Kwesell v. Yale University

3:19-cv-01098 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

This class action suit was brought on June 16, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The named plaintiffs, three union-member employees of Yale University, sued in response to the institution's Health Expectation Program (HEP). The HEP was created following new collective bargaining agreements with Yale unions. It provided that union members had to complete various medical examinations, screenings, and other requirements. If an employee chose not to, Yale would take …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Forts v. Malcolm

1:76-cv-00101 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 1976

This class action lawsuit concerned conditions at the New York City Correctional Institution for Women (NYCCIFW). The plaintiffs filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials. Represented by the Legal Aid Society of New York City, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief as to issues they asserted were common to the entire class of pre-trial detainees at NYCCIFW. The case was as…
POLICING
R.C. v. City of New York

153739/2018 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: April 24, 2018

Case Ongoing

Under New York law, records must be sealed from cases where the prosecutor declined to pursue charges, the charges were later dismissed, or the allegations were disproven in court. On April 24, 2018, three plaintiffs brought a class action suit in New York state court against the city of New York and New York City Police Department Commissioner challenging the use of the sealed records. The plaintiffs alleged that New York Police Department (NYPD) policy and practice allowed the use of informat…
POLICING
Clark v. City of New York

1:18-cv-02334 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 16, 2018, the nonprofit Turning Point for Women and Families and individuals who were forced to remove their religious head coverings for post-arrest photographs while in the custody of the New York Police Department filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the City of New York under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), § 1983 for violations of plaintiffs’ right to freely exercise…
POLICING
Pitney v. City of Chester

2:19-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

The plaintiff in this case was strip-searched after being arrested for a minor offense. He was not suspected of possessing drugs or weapons, and he was ultimately not charged with any crime, but the City of Chester's policy allowed police to conduct strip searches on anyone they arrested. In this lawsuit, filed by private counsel on February 25, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the plaintiff named the City of Chester and three police officers as defenda…