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JAIL CONDITIONS
Vanke v. Block

2:98-cv-04111 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 1, 1998

Closed Date: 2004

On July 1, 1998, pretrial detainees filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the Los Angeles County Sheriff and the County of Los Angeles claiming that the county maintained an unconstitutional policy of holding pretrial detainees who were eligible for release in order to check for warrants, wants, and holds. The court (Judge Dean D. Pregerson) certified the class and granted the plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injuncti…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Terrell County (GA)

1:04-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 7, 2004

Closed Date: July 15, 2014

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Terrell County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Terrell County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, grievance system, exercise, visitation, access to reading materials and religious services, medical and mental healthcare, dental care, suicide prevention,…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Pennsylvania

3:92-cv-00033 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 1992

Closed Date: 1996

On November 19, 1987, the United States Department of Justice notified the governor of Pennsylvania of the findings of an investigation of the Ebensburg Center in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania conducted pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). The DOJ concluded that the constitutional rights of the residents with intellectual disabilities of the Ebensburg Center were being violated by the conditions at the facility. It alleged that the center failed to provide its resi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Roe v. Fauver

3:88-cv-01225 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 11, 1988

Closed Date: 1998

On March 11, 1988, plaintiff, a female New Jersey inmate, filed a lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Rehabilitation Act, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, challenging her segregation and confinement in the St. Francis Medical Center due to her AIDS diagnosis. Plaintiff was represented by attorneys of the Public Advocate/Public Defender, Department of the Public Advocate for New Jersey and sought declaratory and injunctive relief.In her initial complaint, pla…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Johnson v. Wathen

7:02-cv-00087 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 18, 2002

Closed Date: 2013

On April 18, 2002, inmate Roderick Johnson filed an extensive complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, alleging that Texas prison officials failed to protect him from repeated sexual assault and therefore violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause. Johnson brought separate Equal Protection claims for failure to protect because of his race and because of his sexual orientation. Johnson, a black homosexual,…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. LOCKHEED MARTIN

1:05-cv-00479 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Aug. 1, 2005

Closed Date: Jan. 16, 2010

In August 2005, the EEOC filed suit against aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin in U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, alleging that a black employee was subjected to racial harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The complaint further alleged that the employee was laid off in retaliation for complaining about the discrimination. The charging party intervened in the case in addition to filing his own suit (1:05-cv-00496). The two cases were subsequently cons…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Vivendi Universal Studios

2:03-cv-07023 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2003

Closed Date: June 25, 2008

In September 2003, the Los Angeles and New York District Offices and San Diego Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against the collective enterprises making up Universal Pictures (Vivendi Universal SA, Vivendi Universal Group LLP, Universal Pictures, Universal Studios LLLP, Vivendi Universal Entertainment LLLP, Universal City Studios LLLP, Universal Pictures Inc.) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, alleging discrimination on the basis of race in violation of Ti…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Bell Gas, Inc.

1:02-cv-01090 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2002

Closed Date: 2004

On August 29, 2002, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico against Bell Gas, Inc. and related corporations on behalf of a female employee. The EEOC alleged that the companies had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et. seq.) by subjecting the employee to a sexually hostile work environment created by verbal and physical harassment from her immediate supervisor, including sexual ass…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Hill Brothers Construction & Engineering Company, Inc.

3:05-cv-00122 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2005

Closed Date: April 4, 2010

This suit was filed by the EEOC's Birmingham District Office in September 2005, in the U.S. District Court for the northern District of Mississippi, against Hill Brothers Construction and Engineering Company, Inc. The complaint alleged that Hill Brothers had subjected three male employees to sexual harassment and constructive discharge. One charging party intervened in October 2005. In February 2007, there was a jury trial, which does not appear to have settled all the claims, as the private…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. ROBERT L REEVES & ASSOCIATES

2:00-cv-10515 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2000

Closed Date: 2002

In September 2000, the Los Angeles District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against the law firm Robert L Reeves & Associates in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California alleging discrimination on the basis of gender, female, and pregnancy-based discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. However i…