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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Texas (DOJ CRIPA lawsuit involving many State Schools)

1:09-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 26, 2009

Case Ongoing

On December 11, 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division sent a "findings letter" to the governor of Texas, advising him of the results of its investigation into conditions and practices at the Lubbock State School ("LSS"), which housed people with developmental disabilities. The DOJ advised that its investigation found that conditions and services at LSS substantially departed from generally accepted standards of care. The DOJ issued additional "findings letters" on Decembe…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Jackson Women’s Health Organization v. Dobbs

25CH1:22-CV-00739 | Mississippi state trial court

Filed Date: June 27, 2022

Closed Date: July 19, 2022

On June 27, 2022, three days after the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in Jackson Women's Health Organization v. Dobbs, the Jackson Women’s Health Organization and a licensed physician brought this lawsuit in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi First Judicial District (Mississippi state trial court) challenging the state’s Trigger Ban (Miss. Code Ann. § 41–41–45) and Six-Week Ban (Miss. Code Ann. § 41–41–34). The Trigger Ban is a near-total ban on abortion with criminal pen…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Selene v. Bedke

1:21-cv-00021 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2021

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2021

On January 11, 2021, two individuals and five non-profit organizations, including Idaho's Protection & Advocacy agency, filed this challenge to the Idaho Legislature's accessibility policies during the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The plaintiffs alleged that the Legislature's failure to observe COVID-19 precautions, like requiring masks, placed them at a higher risk of contracting the virus. They also claimed that the Legislature's plan to provide remo…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.P. v. Pasadena Unified School District

2:19-cv-07965 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2019

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2021

A student with disabilities sued the Pasadena School District in federal district court, Central District of California, for denial of a free appropriate public education under the IDEA, appealing the decision of a hearing officer that had ruled in the school's favor.  The case was assigned to Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald.  Per the complaint, the school was slow in ordering a special education evaluation, did not assess her in all areas of suspected disability, and failed to provide transition s…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Mooneyhan v. Husted

3:12-cv-00379 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 6, 2012

Closed Date: June 11, 2013

  NDRN: On November 6, 2012, Disability Rights Ohio filed a complaint and a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on behalf of plaintiff in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.  The complaint alleged that the Director of the Darke County Board of Elections and the Ohio Secretary of State had unlawfully discriminated against the plaintiff by refusing to grant reasonable accommodations to policies and procedures that would allow her to vote in the General Election. …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Law Center v. Discovery Academy

2:07-cv-00511 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: July 12, 2007

Closed Date: Jan. 6, 2010

This is a case about the scope of a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) facilities access and investigations authority. On July 12, 2007, Disability Law Center (DLC), Utah’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. DLC filed this lawsuit against Discovery Academy, a therapeutic boarding school under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI Act). Represented by itself and private counsel, Disability Law Center sought declar…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Iowa v. Rabiner Treatment Center

3:16-cv-03010 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2016

Closed Date: May 26, 2016

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) records and residents access authority. On February 10, 2016, Disability Rights Iowa (DRI), Iowa’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. DRI filed this lawsuit against Rabiner Treatment Center (Rabiner), a youth psychiatric residential treatment center, under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act. Represented by itself, DRI sought declarative and in…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Equip for Equality v. Christian Women Services

1:03-cv-00796 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2003

Closed Date: April 30, 2003

This case is about whether a Protection and Advocacy agency (P&A) can enter a homeless shelter for persons with mental illness under its facilities access authority. Equip for Equality, Illinois’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on February 3, 2003. Previously, in August 2002, Equip for Equality staff tried entering the shelter but were denied access. The complaint named Christian Women Services, a homeless shelter operator, and alleged v…
POLICING
United States v. City of New Orleans

2:12-cv-01924 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: July 24, 2012

Case Ongoing

In 2010, New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu invited the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to review civil rights issues at the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), and propose any necessary reforms. The DOJ opened the requested investigation on May 15, 2010, pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on March 17, 2011, the DO…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. Orange County Board of Elections

7:12-cv-03071 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 18, 2012

Closed Date: Jan. 31, 2017

This is a case about the protection of voting rights of Spanish-speakers in Orange County, New York, who had limited English proficiency. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on April 18, 2012, against the Orange County Board of Elections (BOE). The plaintiffs alleged violations of Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, because the BOE failed to provide ballots and voting information in…