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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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Roe v. Leis

1:00-cv-00651 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2000

Closed Date: 2001

On August 9, 2000, an inmate at the Hamilton County Jail in Cincinnati, Ohio filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Hamilton County in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The plaintiff, who was represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that her constitutional right to terminate her pregnancy had been violated by the defendants' policies regarding abortion procedures for inmates. Plaintiff's request for abortion services was d…
PRISON CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Woodard

5:82-cv-01546 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 29, 1982

Closed Date: 1983

On December 29, 1982, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] filed a civil rights enforcement action against the North Carolina Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, alleging racial segregation and other unconstitutional and discriminatory practices within the North Carolina prison system. The DOJ sought declaratory and injunctive relief in the form of a permanent injunction compelling the North Carolina Depa…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Palmigiano v. Garrahy

1:74-cv-00172 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 16, 1974

Closed Date: Feb. 19, 2014

On 01/11/2007, six inmates in the "awaiting trial" section of the Adult Correctional Institutions of Rhode Island (ACI) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs, represented in part by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated because …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Silvia v. Vose

1:85-cv-00110 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 1985

Closed Date: 2003

In 1985, James Silvia filed a pro se complaint in the U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island (Providence), alleging violation of various of his civil rights due to his confinement at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) in Cranston, Rhode Island. It was assigned case number 85-cv-00110-L. On May 21, 1991, Plaintiff Charles Hockenhull (who was also a plaintiff in the Silvia case) filed a similar pro se civil rights case in the U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island (Providence)…
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,…
POLICING
Sarnicola v. County of Westchester

7:01-cv-06078 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 5, 2001

On July 5, 2001, plaintiff, twenty six year old Nicole Sarnicola, filed a civil rights action, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the County of Westchester and individual police officers, alleging that she was subjected to false arrest and an illegal strip search. Plaintiff sought monetary and injunctive relief. The complaint was amended on October 16, 2001.On January 8, 2002, the parties agreed to a partial dismissal of certai…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. MID-AMERICAN GUNITE, INC.

2:04-cv-71519 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 22, 2004

Closed Date: Sept. 13, 2005

The Detroit District Office of the EEOC brought this action against Mid-American Gunite. The complaint filed in April 2004 alleged sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Defendant, the owner of Mid-American Gunite, created a hostile work environment for the charging party by making sexually offensive remarks and touching her inappropriately on a regular basis. The charging party did not intervene in this case, an…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. SEELYE-WRIGHT OF SOUTH HAVEN, INC.

1:05-cv-00677 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2007

The Detroit office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division, against Seelye-Wright of South Haven, Inc., a car dealership in South Haven, Michigan. The complaint, filed in September 2005, alleged sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Defendant had retaliated against the charging party by filing a complaint against him for libel and slander …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Oxycare Plus

5:03-cv-00243 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

In September 2003, the EEOC district office of El Paso, Texas brought this suit against Oxycare Plus, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The complaint alleged sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It was alleged that the defendant unlawfully limited the aggrieved employee's hours by denying her the right to work weekends or to work on an "on call" basis. It was also alleged that the employee was unlawfully discharged. …