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PRISON CONDITIONS
Flynn v. Doyle

2:06-cv-00537 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: May 1, 2006

Case Ongoing

On May 1, 2006, attorneys for the National Prison Project of the ACLU Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation Inc. filed a civil rights class action in the United States District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on behalf of female inmates incarcerated at Taycheedah Correctional Institution (TCI) in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Plaintiffs alleged that their conditions of confinement violated their rights under the Eighth and Fourteen…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ligons v. Minnesota Department of Corrections

0:15-cv-02210 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: May 1, 2015

Case Ongoing

On May 1, 2015, inmates of the Minnesota Department of Corrections (MDOC) suffering from hepatitis-C filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Minnesota Department of Corrections and Centene Corporation, a provider of healthcare for inmates, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Article I § 8 of the Minnesota Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel,…
POLICING
CODING IN PROCESS
Ger Chong Ze Chang v. County of Siskiyou

2:22-at-00807 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2022

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This putative class action lawsuit was filed by four Asian Americans against the Siskiyou County officials and the Siskiyou sheriff’s department, alleging that the county waged a systematic campaign of racist hostility and persecution, including restricting Asian Americans' right to water and executing unlawful traffic stops, search and seizure practices, and property liens that are blatantly aimed at Asian Americans.
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Howard v. Williams

2:20-cv-01389 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2020

Case Ongoing

(This is a temporary summary, while we research the case.) This is a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of people with psychiatric disabilities incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail alleging the jail failed to provide adequate mental health care and discriminated against people with psychiatric disabilities.
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 or the Erie County Correctional Facility, r…
EDUCATION
CODING IN PROCESS
Charles H. v. District of Columbia

1:21-cv-00997 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2021

Case Ongoing

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PRISON CONDITIONS
Baxley v. Jividen

3:18-cv-01526 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2018

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: The plaintiffs in this West Virginia jail conditions class-action case filed an emergency motion for relief on March 25, 2020, seeking an order to require the defendants to develop, disclose, and implement a plan to take appropriate actions to protect the plaintiff class from COVID-19. The court denied the motion because it found that the plaintiffs were unlikely to succeed on the merits of their claim. On December 18, 2018, the plaintiff, a pretrial detainee at West Virginia'…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
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Hayes v. Rutledge

4:21-cv-00347 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: April 30, 2021

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) This case concerns a challenge by Arkansas state prisoners to a state law that denied or confiscated their COVID-19 stimulus payments.
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Lovely H. v. Eggleston

1:05-cv-06920 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2005

On August 3, 2005, a group of people with disabilities filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the New York Human Resources Administration (NYHRA). The complaint was brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging violation of these Acts, as well as the Due Process Clauses of the U.S. and New York Constitutions and the New York State and City civil rights statutes and regul…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
CODING IN PROCESS
Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc.

2:17-cv-05899 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 16, 2017

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) On June 19, 2017, the Southern Poverty Law Center filed suit against two New Orleans bail bond companies that worked with two other businesses to charge clients hidden and illegal fees in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Plaintiffs sought damages on behalf of named plaintiffs and other class members for violations of the Truth in Lending Act and federal and state racketeering laws based on kidnapping, …