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PRISON CONDITIONS
Roe v. Sims

3:06-cv-03034 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 14, 2006

Closed Date: March 24, 2009

This is a case about prison officials' deliberate indifference toward the medical needs of incarcerated persons who suffered from hepatitis C. On September 20, 2005, four individuals who were or had been incarcerated at the Illinois Lincoln Correctional Center ("Lincoln") filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Judge Harold A. Baker was assigned to the case. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued Lincoln's w…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Mental Health & Wellness Coalition v. Stanford University

5:18-cv-02895 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 17, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 29, 2019

On May 17, 2018, three Stanford University students and the Mental Health & Wellness Coalition, an organization focused on advocating for administrative changes related to student mental health, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued Stanford University and its Board of Trustees under 42 U.S.C. § 12182 (Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act), 28 U.S.C. § 794 (Section 504 of the Rehabili…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Harvard v. Inch

4:19-cv-00212 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: May 8, 2019

Case Ongoing

Six incarcerated persons with mental or physical disabilities from the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) filed a class action complaint against the Secretary of the FDC and FDC in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida on May 8, 2019. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants frequently, unnecessarily, and harmfully used solitary confinement against people with physical and mental disabilities. They also alleged that defendants were aware of the heightened risk that solitar…
POLICING
Leslie v. City of New York

1:22-cv-02305 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 21, 2022

Case Ongoing

On March 21, 2022, a class of New York City residents filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against the City of New York and various City law enforcement officials. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief to end the NYPD’s practice of taking and analyzing DNA from predominantly black and Latinx New Yorkers without a warrant or court order. Represented by The Legal Aid Society, plaintiffs alleged violations of their rights under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constit…
EDUCATION
Cole v. Montana University System

9:21-cv-00088 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is an ongoing Title IX case about the unequal treatment of women employed within the Montana University System (MUS) and specifically at the University of Montana-Missoula (UM). Since Title IX passed in 1972, MUS and UM, despite adopting facially non-discriminatory policies, allegedly fostered a “good ol’ boys club” culture favoring male athletes and employees while excluding women from the same opportunities. In 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice found that UM violated Title IX and fail…
EDUCATION
A.B. v. Hawaii State Department of Education

1:18-cv-00477 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2018

Case Ongoing

Two female student-athletes attending James Campbell High School filed a class action suit on December 6, 2018, against the school, the Hawai'i State Department of Education ("DOE"), and the Oahu Interscholastic Association ("OIA") in the U.S. District for the District of Hawai'i. Two more female student-athletes joined as named plaintiffs through an amended complaint filed on September 26, 2019. Plaintiffs were represented by the ACLU of Hawaii and Legal Aid at Work. The lawsuit was brought un…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Moussouris v. Microsoft Corporation

2:15-cv-01483 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Sept. 16, 2015

Closed Date: Nov. 20, 2020

On September 16, 2015, the plaintiff, a former female technical employee of Microsoft, filed a class action lawsuit in the Western District of Washington against Microsoft Corporation. The plaintiff, represented by Outten & Golden LLP, sued the defendant under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000(e), and state law. The plaintiff alleged that as a result of the defendant’s policies, patterns, and practices, female technical employees received less compensation and were pro…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pritchard v. County of Erie

1:04-cv-00534 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: July 21, 2004

Closed Date: Feb. 22, 2018

On October 31, 2003, three plaintiffs represented by private attorneys with law firms in New York and Washington, D.C., filed this class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. They alleged that the Erie County Sheriff's Department had an unconstitutional blanket policy and/or practice of strip searching all individuals who entered either the Erie County Holding Center (ECHC) or the Erie County Correctional Facili…
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Rodriguez v. Finan

2:15-cv-02317 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: June 8, 2015

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2022

Named plaintiffs filed this class action lawsuit on June 8, 2015, in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina against the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education (“CHE”), the College of Charleston, and Trident Technical College. Their lawsuit challenged the defendants’ policies classifying U.S. citizen students residing in South Carolina as non-residents for the purposes of tuition, state merit scholarships, and need-based grants if they are dependents of parents who are…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Mann v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections

2:18-cv-01565 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 4, 2018

Closed Date: Feb. 2, 2021

On December 4, 2018, three men with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the custody of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (ODRC), proceeding pro se, filed a motion for class certification in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.  They sought to certify a class of ODRC prisoners who had undergone unsuccessful Interferon/Ribovirin treatment for Hepatitis C (HCV), at different stages of the disease, and were denied direct acting antiviral drugs.  Plaintiffs …