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JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Sheriff [USDOJ CRIPA Case]

2:15-cv-05903 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2015

On June 6, 1996, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) notified Los Angeles County that it intended to investigate conditions in the Los Angeles County Jail system (the Jails) pursuant to the Civil Rights of the Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). In August of 1996, the DOJ toured the Jails with correctional mental health experts. The investigation found that the Jails were failing to provide care meeting constitutional standards to mentally ill inmates. On September 5, 1997, the DOJ…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Messier v. Southbury Training School

3:94-cv-01706 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1994

Closed Date: March 13, 2019

On October 4, 1994, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Connecticut's Departments of Mental Retardation (DMR), Social Services (DSS), and Public Health (DPH) and Southbury Training School, an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities (ICF/MR) in Southbury, Connecticut. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief on behalf of both current and future Southbury residents.…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Pennsylvania

2:93-cv-02094 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 21, 1993

Closed Date: Jan. 5, 2005

On September 1986, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] notified the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania [State], pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. §1997, that it was commencing an investigation into conditions at the Embreeville Center in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Embreeville was a State operated facility that provided care and treatment for residents with intellectual disabilities.The investigation included tours of the fac…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Inmates of Three Lorton Facilities v. District of Columbia

1:92-cv-01208 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 20, 1992

Closed Date: 2000

On May 20, 1992, inmates at three facilities of the District of Columbia Department of Corrections filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging inadequate attention to the medical needs of inmates.After pre-trial proceedings, the parties settled the action, agreeing to a Consent Decree on November 22, 1994. The Decree stated that the defendants should increase numbers and hours of medical staff and that "sick call" should …
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
Rust v. Gunter

4:84-cv-00712 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Oct. 24, 1984

On 10/24/1984, death row inmates at the Nebraska State Penitentiary, represented by private counsel, filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of Nebraska against officials of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. Plaintiffs complained of inadequate access to the law library, legal services, exercise, and visitation rights.The case went to trial in July 1986, but settled prior to the conclusion of the trial. The District Court (Judge Warren K. Urbom) entered the conse…
POLICING
In re Cincinnati Policing

1:99-cv-03170 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 30, 1999

Closed Date: 2009

On April 30, 1999, Bomani Tyehimba, an African-American male, filed a lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio alleging that he was subjected to a racially discriminatory stop, search and detention by officers of the Cincinnati Police Department [CPD]. That suit was initially styled Tyehimba v. City of Cincinnati, (99-cv-00317-SJD-MRM). Tyehimba was represented by private counsel and counsel the ACLU.On December 13, 2000, Tyehimba move…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Harper v. Bennett

1:04-cv-01416 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 19, 2004

Closed Date: 2015

On May 19, 2004, inmates at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs sued Fulton County and the Georgia Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. §1983 challenging the conditions of their confinement under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The class action suit, brought on behalf of inmates who were currently or would be incarcerated in the future at the Fulton County Jail facilities in Atla…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
ALICIA MANSEL v. BUILDERS GYPSUM SUPPLY LLC (f/d/b/a BUILDERS GYPSUM SUPPLY CO INC)

5:05-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2005

Closed Date: May 12, 2010

The San Antonio district office of the EEOC brought this suit against Builders Gypsum Supply LLP and three individual defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in September 2005. The complaint filed by the EEOC alleged harassment based on the complainant's sex, female, and retaliation against the complainant for complaining of this sexual harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The complainant was allowed to file a complaint as an i…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Custom Companies

1:02-cv-03768 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 28, 2002

Closed Date: 2009

In May of 2002, the EEOC's Chicago District Office filed suit in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, against Custom Companies Inc., a trucking company, and related corporate entities. The suit alleged sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII. The charging parties intervened as plaintiffs. In July of 2003, the case was consolidated with a separate action brought by the EEOC against Custom Companies (1:03-cv-02293). The defendants made multiple motions for summ…