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PRISON CONDITIONS
Montez v. Owens

1:92-cv-00870 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 5, 1992

Closed Date: May 15, 2018

This federal lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, in 1992, by six incarcerated individuals with disabilities who alleged that Colorado's prisons did not comply with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In 1996, the case became certified as a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all incarcerated individuals with disabilities.In 2003, the state Department of Corrections agreed in a multimillion-dollar settle…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Braggs v. Dunn

2:14-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 17, 2014

Case Ongoing

On June 17, 2014, prisoners and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs sued the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, ADAP, and private counsel, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief. They claimed that ADOC…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Johnson & U.S. v. Florida

8:87-cv-00369 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: March 11, 1987

Closed Date: 2010

On March 11, 1987, mentally ill patients at G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital (GPW), filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of Florida in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. The plaintiffs, represented by Florida Rural Legal Services, Advocacy Center, Southern Legal Counsel, the School Board of Manatee County, the Center for Public Representation, a public defender and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and inj…