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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Yarbrough v. City of Peoria

1:24-cv-01246 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 11, 2024

Case Ongoing

This is a class action lawsuit filed against the city of Peoria, Illinois, alleging that the city failed to maintain accessible sidewalks for disabled individuals. A group of disabled residents in Peoria claim that because the City has been and is a public entity within the meaning of Title II of the ADA and has received and does receive federal financial assistance and is there for a covered entity within the meaning of the Rehabilitation Act, then the City must provide Named Plaintiffs and al…
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Wilson v. Shinseki

1:13-cv-00930 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 27, 2013

Closed Date: Feb. 17, 2015

This case involves the denial of access to employment and medical care at the defendant’s, the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”), facility for a veteran with a disability. Represented by Disability Rights Ohio and private counsel, the plaintiff filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on December 27, 2013, alleging violations of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for the VA’s refusal to allow the plaintiff to enter the Department of Veterans Affairs…
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Johnson v. Flagler County School District

3:21-cv-00995 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 2021

Closed Date: Oct. 31, 2022

This case is about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s representation of a student plaintiff who was seeking to enforce a mediation agreement between the student's parents and the school district. The mediation agreement included terms about the location of special education services, transportation to the school, a bus aide and paraprofessional, direct instruction for specialized services, consultation with former teachers, holding an individualized education plan meeting, and conducting …
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…
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Dudley v. Miami University

1:14-cv-00038 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2014

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2020

This case involves the denial of equal access to a zoology degree offered by Miami University (“Miami”) and its former President, Dr. David C. Hodge (“Hodge”). The plaintiff, a blind individual, represented by Disability Rights Ohio and private counsel, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on January 10, 2014. The plaintiff sued Miami and Hodge for alleged violations of Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for defendants' failu…
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Access Center for Independent Living v. WP Glimcher, Inc.

3:15-cv-00444 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 2015

Closed Date: Oct. 11, 2018

In this case, individuals with disabilities alleged the move of a fixed bus route stop and the limiting of the bus routes that can utilize the bus stop denied plaintiffs and similarly situated individuals with disabilities the full and equal enjoyment of a local mall in Dayton, Ohio. On December 15, 2015, several individuals with disabilities, the Access Center for Independent Living, and National Federation of the Blind of Ohio filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of…
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Disability Rights NC v. North Carolina Board of Elections

5:21-cv-00361 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2021

Closed Date: Nov. 4, 2022

On September 9, 2021, Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC) (the North Carolina protection and advocacy system) brought suit, as organizational plaintiff, against the North Carolina State Board of Elections to challenge state laws that 1) prohibited voters with disabilities living in congregate settings such as clinics, hospitals, and nursing homes from relying on persons associated with those facilities for assistance with any of the steps required to vote absentee, including requesting, com…
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Steward v. Seneca Re-Ad Industries, Inc.

3:17-cv-02119 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2017

Closed Date: April 12, 2024

This case involves the payment of subminimum wages to three individuals with disabilities under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Represented by Disability Rights Ohio, the National Federation for the Blind and private counsel, the three plaintiffs with disabilities successfully challenged their employer’s, Seneca Re-Ad Industries, Inc. (“Seneca Re-Ad”), payment of subminimum wages in an administrative proceeding. Seneca Re-Ad then sought judicial review of those proceedings in another, re…
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Leskovisek v. Illinois Department of Transportation

3:17-cv-03251 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2017

Closed Date: July 28, 2023

On October 31, 2017, two individuals with autism filed a lawsuit against the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Illinois Department of Central Management Services to challenge IDOT’s employment related decisions under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for failure to provide reasonable accommodations and failure to engage in the interactive accommodation process during the job application/hiring process. The lawsuit sought retroactive salary, promotions, and seniority; or, …
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Oklahoma v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

5:23-CV-01052 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 2023

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’s (HHS) suspension and termination of millions of dollars of Title X grant funding to Oklahoma. It is alleged that the funding has been terminated solely because Oklahoma will not commit to providing referrals for abortion, even though Title X expressly prohibits federal money from being directed toward abortion. This comes after the Biden Administration’s 2021 instruction that each state must nevertheless “[o]ffer pregnan…