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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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Clark v. California

3:96-cv-01486 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 22, 1996

On April 22, 1996, two prisoners with developmental disabilities, incarcerated within facilities run by the California Department of Corrections (CDC), filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act (RA), against the State of California, its Governor, CDC and prison officials. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prison Law Office, the Disability Rights an…
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Anderson v. Coughlin

9:87-cv-00141 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 1987

Closed Date: 2005

On December 17, 1987, prisoners at the Green Haven and Auburn State Correctional Facilities in New York filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. The prisoners, represented by Prisoners' Legal Services of New York and the Prisoners' Rights Project Legal Aid Society, alleged that their civil rights had been violated by the disciplinary procedures used for mentally ill prisoners.On Febru…
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hallett v. Payne

3:93-cv-05496 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 1993

Closed Date: 2004

On August 31, 1993, inmates at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the facility's health care manager and superintendent alleging that healthcare in the prison violated the Eighth Amendment. Plaintiffs were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Columbia Legal Services, the Public Interest Law Group, and the ACLU's Natio…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. THE DENVER NEWSPAPER AGENCY, LLP

1:04-cv-01896 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2004

Closed Date: April 27, 2007

The EEOC's Denver district office sued The Denver Newspaper Agency LLP, the publisher of the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, on September 14, 2004 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The EEOC's complaint is unavailable, however Judge Walker D. Miller's order concerning both parties' motions for summary judgment (filed by the defendant against the EEOC and intervenor on April 10, 2006 and by the EEOC against the defendant on April 11, 2006) briefly summaries the ca…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Bell Gas and Ballew Distributing

1:02-cv-01213 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Sept. 26, 2002

Closed Date: 2004

On September 26, 2002, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a complaint on behalf of two female employees in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Plaintiff sought injunctive and monetary relief, arguing that the female employees had suffered sexual harassment and had been subjected to a hostile work environment by two managers and a supervisor, who had made offensive …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. TOUCHSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.

5:01-cv-00763 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 16, 2001

Closed Date: March 14, 2005

The Oklahoma City Area Office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, against Touchstar Americas and related businesses. The complaint, filed in May 2001, alleged national origin discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; specifically that the Defendant had subjected charging party to a hostile work environment and terminated him because of his national origin, Hispanic. In December 2002, the Defendant filed…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. DILLARD'S, INC.

2:99-cv-02835 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 1999

Closed Date: 2001

The Memphis District Office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, against Dillard's Inc. The complaint, filed in September 1999, alleged retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; specifically that Defendant terminated the charging party in retaliation for complaining about race discrimination. Defendant moved for summary judgment in October 2000 but the motion was denied in February 2001. The parties then …