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JAIL CONDITIONS
Capel v. McCarthy

2:77-cv-00118 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: July 15, 1977

Closed Date: 1987

On July 15, 1977, inmates of the Clark County Jail in Las Vegas, Nevada, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. The plaintiffs, represented by the federal public defender, alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by confinement in conditions that were oppressive, barbaric, degrading, and dangerous to their lives, health, and safety. On August 11, 1977, the …
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
Crowe v. Erickson

4:72-cv-04101 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 1972

On November 21, 1972, inmates of the South Dakota State Penitentiary filed a Section 1983 suit in the District Court for the Southern Division of South Dakota against the warden, prison officials, and the Governor. Plaintiffs complained of punishment for violations of prison rules without due process of law, prison officials reading and censoring incoming and outgoing mail, poor medical treatment, inadequate religious and cultural protections, inadequate work release and employment programs, a…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Forrey v. Federated Financial Services

0:01-cv-07089 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: June 27, 2001

Closed Date: Jan. 11, 2012

In June 2001, the Miami District Office of the EEOC represented an employee in this suit in U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, against Federated Financial Services alleging sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and state law. According to the complaint, female employees of the defendant were subjected to crude sexual remarks, and some of them were terminated when they complained. The plaintiff sought a declaratory judgment, compensat…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
King v. Walker

1:06-cv-00204 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 13, 2006

Closed Date: 2015

On January 13, 2006, Illinois parolees who were re-arrested for alleged parole violations filed this class action complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) arguing that they had been unconstitutionally denied a timely parole revocation hearing. For violations of their constitutional rights under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amend…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Jones v. Murphy

1:05-cv-01287 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 12, 2005

Closed Date: 2015

On May 12, 2005, male arrestees at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued the warden of Central Booking, the Baltimore Police Department, the City of Baltimore, and other state officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the Court for injunctive relief, compensatory and consequential damages, and attorneys fees and costs. The plaintiffs al…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Fulbright v. Jones

5:03-cv-00099 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 2003

Closed Date: 2012

On January 21, 2003, Plaintiff. a prisoner in an Oklahoma correctional center, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, alleging that his Constitutional rights under the Free Exercise Clause were being violated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections' refusal to provide him with a Kosher diet. In June 2003, the court (Judge Wayne Alley) consolidated Plaintiff's case with two other similar complaints. All three prisoners fi…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Buycks-Roberson v. Citibank Fed. Sav. Bank

1:94-cv-04094 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: July 8, 1994

Closed Date: May 12, 1998

Plaintiffs filed their class action lawsuit on July 6, 1994, alleging that Citibank had engaged in redlining practices in the Chicago metropolitan area in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 15 U.S.C. 1691; the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619; the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; and 42 U.S.C. 1981, 1982. Plaintiffs alleged that the defendant-bank rejected loan applications of minority applicants while approving loan applications filed by white applicants w…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Owen v. L'anse Area Schools

2:00-cv-00071 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 28, 2000

Closed Date: 2005

On March 28, 2000, a Jewish employee filed a lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against the L'Anse Area Schools in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The employee, represented by private counsel, sought monetary and injunctive relief.The employee alleged that the school was a hostile work environment. Specifically, the employee alleged he was subjected to threats from students and faculty based on his religion and that there were messages saying "…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Freeman v. Berge

3:03-cv-00021 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2003

Closed Date: 2006

On February 13, 2003, a prisoner in the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the DOC. The plaintiff, pro se at the time of the filing, asked the court for injunctive relief and damages, alleging that the employees of the DOC violated his constitutional rights. Specifically, the plaintiff alleges that the employees of the DOC violated his rights, under the Due Process Clause and th…