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PRISON CONDITIONS
Women Prisoners of DC Department of Corrections v. District of Columbia

1:93-cv-02052 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 1993

Closed Date: 2004

On October 1, 1993, a group of female prisoners of the District of Columbia filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the District of Columbia Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by sexual abuse from prison staff, who they claimed had used physical force and threats of physical forc…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Creative Networks, L.L.C.

2:05-cv-03032 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2005

Closed Date: 2011

On September 30, 2005, the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued Creative Networks, LLC and its parent company, Res-Care, Inc. under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The plaintiff, representing two former employees of Creative Networks, LLC, asked the court for a permanent injunction, a policy change within the company, and monetary compensation. The plaintiffs claimed that the two employees h…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Royal Wood Care Center

2:05-cv-06795 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2005

Closed Date: April 13, 2009

In September 2005, the Los Angeles District Office of the EEOC and Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund brought this lawsuit against healthcare providers Royal Wood Care Center LLC, Fountain View Subacute and Nursing Center LLC, Fountain View Inc., Skilled Healthcare LLC (doing business as Royalwood Care Center), Fountain View Holdings Inc., Fountain View Management Inc., Fountain View Subacute Nursing Center Inc., Fountain View Therapy Services Inc., The Royalwood Convalescent H…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Delandro v. County of Allegheny

2:06-cv-00927 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: July 13, 2006

On July 13, 2006, two individuals, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit against Defendants Allegheny County in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, challenging the Allegheny County Bureau of Corrections' policy and practice of strip-searching all individuals entering Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) who were placed in jail clothing, regardless of their criminal charge and without reasonable suspicion to be…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pierce v. Orange County

8:01-cv-00981 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2001

Closed Date: 2014

On October 18, 2001, pretrial detainees represented by attorney Barry Litt initiated a class action suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the conditions of confinement at the Orange County Jail (the "Jail"). Plaintiffs alleged that they were detained for unreasonable periods of time following the order for their release, denied rights under Stewart v. Gates (e.g., holding cell seats, outdoor exercise, dayroom and phon…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bennett v. Spectrum Healthcare

1:02-cv-04993 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2002

Closed Date: 2010

On October 16, 2002, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, private counsel representing a group of New Jersey state prisoners filed a lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against contract medical care providers, their executives, and New Jersey corrections officials. In that complaint and a later, amended version, the prisoners alleged that they and their class had been exposed in the state's prisons to the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), or had been admitted to the prisons but no…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Battle v. D.C.

1:99-cv-01788 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 1, 1999

Closed Date: 2006

On July 1, 1999, a group of individuals confined at the District of Columbia Jail filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging their treatment and conditions of confinement. At the time the suit (Battle v. D.C.) was filed, the D.C. jail had been operating under numerous court orders issued in the case Campbell v. McGruder since 1975. A Special Officer had been appointed to monitor and oversee reform measures at the jail. The plaintiffs alleged that th…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
We Are America/Somos America Coalition of Arizona v. Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

2:06-cv-02816 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 2006

Closed Date: 2014

On November 21, 2006, a coalition of immigration rights groups, Arizona state representatives, Arizona taxpayers, and a group of immigrant criminal defendants filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for Arizona, challenging enforcement of the “Maricopa Migrant Conspiracy Policy” by the Maricopa County Sheriff and other County officials and officers. The policy allegedly consisted of arresting and prosecuting non-smuggler aliens for conspiring to transport…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
O'Bannon v. Friedman's

8:03-cv-00623 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 6, 2003

Closed Date: May 14, 2009

On March 6th, 2003, African American employees of Friedman's jewelry store filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against Friedman's Inc., along with Federal Insurance Company and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company. The lawsuit was brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Southern Division. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought equitable and injunctive relief, alleging that they had suffered a racially hostile work environment, discriminatory policies an…
CHILD WELFARE
Brian A. v. Haslam

3:00-cv-00445 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 10, 2000

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

On May 10, 2000, children in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (including a subclass of African American foster care children) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, against the state of Tennessee. The plaintiffs, represented by Children’s Rights and private counsel, sought to enjoin the state from subjecting class members to practices that violated their rights.The plaintiffs alleged that the state violated …