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PRISON CONDITIONS
M.C. v. Jefferson County, New York

6:22-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 1, 2022

This case challenged Jefferson County’s policy of denying prescribed medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) to non-pregnant individuals incarcerated at the Jefferson County Correctional Facility. This case was part of a broader trend of litigation expanding access to evidence-based treatment for incarcerated individuals with opioid use disorder (Godsey v. Sawyer, Strickland v. George W. Hill Correctional Facility, Spurlock v. Wexford).  On March 1, 2022, M.C. and T.G., two individuals who we…

Settled: Implementation Ongoing

JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Smith v. Edwards

3:22-cv-00573 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2022

Louisiana officials announced that they would incarcerate about two dozen children in the former death row of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (commonly referred to as Angola) after Chief District Judge Shelly D. Dick signed off on the transfer. On August 19, 2022, plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, filed suit against Governor John Bel Edwards, Deputy Secretary of the Office of Juvenile Justice William Sommers, and Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections James M. …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

1:11-cv-00016 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2011

On January 20, 2011, Voices for Independence, a non-profit disability advocacy group, and a class of disabled individuals, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, against Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), and Millcreek Township. The Plaintiffs alleged that the pedestrian walkways, sidewalks, and intersections in Millcreek Township were not in compliance with the accessibility mandates of Title II of the Americans with Disa…

Class Action Complaint for Civil and Declaratory Relief

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Millcreek Township

Jan. 20, 2011

Motion to Approve Consent Decree and Partial Settlement Among Defendant Millcreek Township, PA and Plaintiffs [Consent Decree and Partial Settlement Attached]

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Millcreek Township

Oct. 4, 2011

Order [Granting Motion to Approve Consent Decree]

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Millcreek Township

Oct. 12, 2011

Joint Motion to Approve Joint Partial Settlement Among All Parties

Pecunas v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Nov. 21, 2016

Fifth Consent Decree and Partial Settlement Among Defendant Millcreek Township and Plaintiffs

Pecunas v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Nov. 30, 2017

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gray v. St. Louis City Board of Elections

4:16-cv-01548 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2016

This case is about absentee voting accommodations for voters with visual impairments.   On September 30, 2016, two blind voters filed a federal complaint in the Eastern District of Missouri.  The plaintiffs sued the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners (“Election Board”) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.  Represented by the Saint Louis University Legal Clinic and the Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services, the plaintiffs sought a …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Murray v. Santa Barbara

2:17-cv-08805 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2017

On December 6, 2017, several prisoners of the Santa Barbara County Jail (SBCJ) in pre-trial detention filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the County of Santa Barbara and the Sheriff's Office under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq., Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29…

Case Is Ongoing

DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. MedStar Health, Inc.

1:24-cv-00302 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2024

On January 30, 2024. the United States of America filed this lawsuit against MedStar Health, Inc. (“MedStar”) in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The United States alleged that during the COVID-19 pandemic, MedStar, the largest healthcare provider in Maryland and Washington, D.C., repeatedly denied non-patient support persons for people with disabilities access to their hospitals. The United States sought injunctive relief in the form of MedStar modifying its polic…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Skyline Wesleyan Church v. California Department of Managed Health Care

3:16-cv-00501 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 11, 2023

This is a case about insurance coverage for abortion. Skyline Wesleyan Church, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), brought this lawsuit against the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) in the San Diego County Superior Court on February 4, 2016, challenging a California mandate that group health insurance plans provide coverage for all legal abortions. Plaintiff, a non-profit Christian church offering health insurance to employees, objected on religious grounds to…

Settled: Case Closed

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Denny v. City & County of Denver

2016CV030247 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2016

This was a class action settlement between the City of Denver and an individual plaintiff who used a wheelchair for mobility; she filed suit on behalf of similarly situated individuals with mobility disabilities. A Colorado state court formally approved the settlement agreement. Background: Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the “ADA”) requires state and local governments to provide equal access to programs, services, and activities for individuals with disabilities; publi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Trivette v. Tennessee Department of Correction

3:20-cv-00276 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

On March 31, 2020, a deaf man in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT), the state protection and advocacy entity, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs sued TDOC alleging violations of Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for failure to provide effective communication accommodations. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged inmates incarcerated at TDOC f…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Smith v. Fitzpatrick

1:18-cv-00288 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 26, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2018

This case concerns the treatment of opioid addiction for incarcerated people. On July 26, 2018, the named plaintiff, represented by the ACLU of Maine, filed suit against the Commissioner of Maine Department of Corrections and the Chief Deputy and Acting Aroostook County Sheriff in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. The plaintiff, an incoming inmate at the Aroostook County Jail, alleged that despite the medical consensus that medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the standard of…

Settled: Case Closed

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