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PRISON CONDITIONS
Smith & Rudd v. Norris

5:93-cv-00732 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 1993

Closed Date: July 28, 1997

This lawsuit was the result of a stabbing incident at the Cummins Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. An inmate stabbed two other inmates with a hobby knife. Ernest Smith was injured in the attack and John Stewart died as a result. Smith filed a lawsuit on December 6, 1993 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas against the Arkansas Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking damages for his injuries. He claimed that the prison condi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Smith v. Maschner

3:84-cv-03283 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 1984

Closed Date: Sept. 5, 1996

Inmates at "A" cellhouse at the Kansas State Penitentiary filed a civil rights lawsuit in state court against officials at the Kansas State penitentiary, complaining of a denial of adequate access to the prison law library. The parties entered into a consent decree on August 19, 1985, granting the plaintiffs more access to the law library and supplementing the materials of the law library. The trial court's order specifically allowed the plaintiff inmates to use the prison law library on Saturd…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Walker v. Johnson

4:81-40336 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 19, 1981

In 1981, a group of incarcerated persons brought this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan; the Michigan Department of Corrections; and the wardens of Marquette Branch Prison, the State Prison of Southern Michigan, and the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia. The suit alleged that a lockdown imposed by prison officials in response to riots severely restricted the privileges afforded to incarcerated individuals and resulted in …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Pack v. Beyer

3:91-cv-03709 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 1991

Closed Date: 2004

On August 20, 1991, an inmate in the New Jersey State Prison [NJSP] filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, alleging that he and other African American inmates had been unlawfully placed in the Management Control Unit [MCU] of the NJSP solely because of their race and their affiliation with the Afrikan National Ujamma, an alleged terrorist organization. Numerous similar pro se lawsuits followed. The Distri…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Langley v. Coughlin

1:84-cv-05431 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 31, 1984

On July 31, 1984, female inmates at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against the New York State Department of Corrections and several individual defendants (including the Unit Chief, the Chief of Mental Hygiene, the Superintendent of BHCF, the Fire Safety Officer, and the Deputy Superintendent for Programs) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Prisoners' Legal Services of New Yo…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Fussell v. Wilkinson

1:03-cv-00704 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Oct. 14, 2003

Closed Date: 2012

On October 14, 2003, the Ohio Justice & Policy Center filed a class action lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on behalf of three prisoners who claimed that their health care was unconstitutionally inadequate. In particular, they cited staffing shortages, long delays in the provision of routine and emergency care, problems ordering and obtaining results of diagnostic tests, and inadequate contro…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Morgan v. City of Houston

4:76-cv-00629 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 12, 1976

Closed Date: Aug. 1, 2013

In 1976, a lawsuit was filed the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on behalf of inmates who were incarcerated for failure to pay a fine, alleging that the City of Houston violated their due process rights because they had not been given the opportunity to show whether they could afford to pay the fines, they were not provided with lawyers, and they were not informed of their right to defer payment rather than face incarceration. The complaint further alleged that conditions…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Roberts v. County of Mahoning

4:03-cv-02329 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2003

Closed Date: May 17, 2010

On November 14, 2003 Ohio inmates filed this class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Of Ohio, alleging that the conditions of confinement at the Mahoning County Justice Center ("Justice Center") and the Minimum Security Jail ("MSJ") violated their constitutional rights. The plaintiffs alleged that they were subjected severe overcrowding and corresponding deprivations. They sought equitable and declaratory relief.On March 5, 2004, …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Ethan Allen, Inc.

1:99-cv-02329 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 1999

Closed Date: May 1, 2005

The Cleveland office of the EEOC brought this suit against Ethan Allen Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in September 1999. The complaint alleged retaliation for complaining about sexual harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC's case was consolidated with another private party case in March 2000. The defendant moved for partial summary judgment, which was never resolved. The parties settled in March 2003, and they entered in…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Carrols Corporation

5:98-cv-01772 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 1998

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2015

The New York District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Carrols Corporation, which operates more than 300 Burger King restaurants, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in November 1998. The complaint is unavailable, but a court opinion indicates that the EEOC brought suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, alleging that the defendant (1) subjected female employees to a hostile work environment, (2) failed to remedy alleged instances of sexual…