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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,…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
T.Y. v. Shawnee County

5:94-cv-04079 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: May 19, 1994

Closed Date: 1996

On May 19, 1994, boys and girls incarcerated at the Shawnee County Youth Center in Topeka, Kansas, filed a class action lawsuit against the county commissioners, the county director of the department of corrections, and the administrator of the Youth Center. The class named included present and future children at the Youth Center; the lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas under 42 U.S.C § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that the totality of the conditions viola…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Lancaster v. Tilton / Thompson v. Gomez

3:79-cv-01630 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 6, 1979

Closed Date: 2009

On July 6, 1979, prisoners on death row at the California State Prison at San Quentin filed a class action lawsuit under 42 USC § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the Prison Warden and the State Director of Corrections alleging a violation of their Eighth Amendment rights. A consent decree was entered on October 23, 1980, which required the prison to take corrective actions in areas such as housing, treatment, and privileges afforded to condemned …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Prison Legal News v. Crawford

3:00-cv-00373 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: July 11, 2000

Closed Date: 2016

On 07/11/2000, Prison Legal News filed this suit in the District of Nevada. PLN sued the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) under 42 U.S.C. §1983. PLN, represented by the ACLU National Prison Project, asked the court for declaratory and permanent injunctive relief, prohibiting NDOC from engaging in further unlawful censorship of books, magazines and other correspondence from PRISON LEGAL NEWS, as well as damages. PLN claimed that NDOC’s censorship of PLN’s speech violated the First and Fou…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Huss v. Spokane County

2:05-cv-00180 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: June 13, 2005

Closed Date: 2012

On June 13, 2005, represented by the Center for Justice, in Spokane, the plaintiff brought suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, seeking to strike down a Washington state statute as unconstitutional. The statute, RCW § 70.48.390, allowed jails to require each person who is booked into jail to pay a fee based on the Jail's actual booking costs or one hundred dollars, whichever is less. The fee is payable immediately from any money then po…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Givhan v. Puckett

4:82-cv-00064 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: March 15, 1982

Closed Date: 2011

On March 15, 1982, Muslim prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman filed a class action lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Greenville Division. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that conditions of confinement in DOC violated their constitutional rights to religious freedom. On August 17…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Sami Martinez v. North Central Supply, Inc.

5:03-cv-05091 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2003

Closed Date: 2010

In September 2003, the EEOC filed this suit against North Central Supply, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the defendant terminated the charging party, a female employee, because she was pregnant. The charging party intervened in the suit in November 2003. After some discovery and scheduling orders, the EEOC and the defendant settled in Septembe…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Alamo Rent-A-Car, LLC

2:02-cv-01908 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2002

Closed Date: 2007

On September 27, 2002, the Phoenix office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit under Title VII against Alamo Rent-A-Car and ANC Rental Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The EEOC alleged that the defendants had violated the rights of the complainant, a Somali Muslim woman, by refusing to allow her to wear a head scarf during Ramadan and by discharging her when she insisted on wearing it.On November 19, 2002, the case was stayed due to …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. ROTARY CORPORATION

1:00-cv-01478 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2000

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2007

The New York office of the EEOC brought this suit against Rotary Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in September 2000. While we do not have a copy of the complaint, it alleged the defendant engaged in discrimination based on sex and national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. More specifically, the complaint alleged the Rotary Corporation discriminated against female employees, creating a hostile work environment and con…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Paramount Staffing

2:06-cv-02624 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2006

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2010

The Memphis Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Paramount Staffing, Inc. in September 2006 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Memphis). The complaint alleged discrimination and retaliation based on race (African American) and national origin (American). The case was assigned to Judge John Phipps McCalla and Magistrate Diane K. Vescovo, and was later transferred to Magistrate Judge Gerald B. Cohn. The defendant moved for Summary Judgement in July…