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CHILD WELFARE
David B. v. McDonald

1:79-cv-01662 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 25, 1979

Closed Date: 1998

On April 25, 1979, a class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, on behalf of a class of children in Cook County, Illinois, who were either wards of the juvenile court or had petitions for wardship pending, and had emotional, physical, or mental disabilities. The plaintiffs represented by the Cook County Public Guardian alleged that the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCSF), the Illinois Department of Mental Health and D…
JAIL CONDITIONS
ACLU of New Mexico v. Board of County Commissioners of Valencia County

1:97-cv-01318 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 1997

Closed Date: 2000

On October 7, 1997, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and inmates in the Valencia County Jail in Los Lunas, New Mexico filed a class action lawsuit against the Board of County Commissioners, Valencia, New Mexico in the District Court for the District of New Mexico. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief due to conditions in violation of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments, 42 U.S.C. Sections 1983 and 1988, and the Americans with Disa…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Phillips v. County of Bucks

2:98-cv-06415 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 1998

On December 11, 1998, women who were then or had previously been housed at the Bucks County Correctional Facility in Pennsylvania filed a civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, against Bucks County and its officials, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief, as well as compensatory and punitive damages, for the County's failure to segregate inmates needing mental health treatment in a separate unit as was done in t…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Horton v. Williams

3:94-cv-05428 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 1994

Closed Date: Aug. 23, 2001

On August 11, 1994, juvenile plaintiffs filed a § 1983 civil rights class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington (Tacoma), challenging conditions of confinement at the Green Hill School (GHS). Plaintiffs were represented by attorneys for the National Center for Youth Law Columbia Legal Services and sought declaratory and injunctive relief.Plaintiffs amended their Complaint on August 17, 1994. Defendants moved to dismiss, which was denied by the District …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Ruth L. v. White

2:90-cv-05562 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 27, 1990

Closed Date: 1996

On August 27, 1990, several individuals with intellectual disabilities, represented by attorneys for the Disabilities Law Project, filed a class action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare [DPW] pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, challenging their continued confinement in state institutions. Plaintiffs sought to enjoin DPW from denying persons with intellectual disabilities appropriate treatment and placement in commun…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Rhinehard v. Rowland

3:90-cv-02335 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 1990

Closed Date: 1996

On August 15, 1990, an inmate at the Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, California, filed a pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the California Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that the defendants had violated his constitutional rights by placing him in solitary confinement indefinitely on charges that he was a member of…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bear v. Kautzky

4:01-cv-40456 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: July 27, 2001

Closed Date: Jan. 25, 2006

Four inmates at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Iowa filed a lawsuit on July 27, 2001 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, challenging a policy that banned prisoners' communications with other prisoners who served as jail-house lawyers. Plaintiffs alleged that this policy violated their First Amendment right to freedom of expression and their Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights to be free from retaliation. Plaintiffs sought …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Inmates of New York with HIV v. Cuomo

9:90-cv-00252 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: March 6, 1990

Closed Date: 2009

On March 6, 1990, a class of inmates infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus ("HIV") filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim against the New York Department of Corrections ("DOC") in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, challenging the DOC's delivery of medical, mental health, education, and preventative services. Plaintiffs, who were represented by the Prisoners' Rights Project Legal Aid Society, the New York State Department of Labor, and Prisoners' Leg…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hoevenaar v. Lazaroff

2:03-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 3, 2003

Closed Date: 2008

On 03/03/2003, a Cherokee prisoner at the Madison Correctional Institute, represented by the Prison Reform Advocacy Center, filed a Section 1983 lawsuit in the Southern District of Ohio against the warden of the Madison Correctional Institute. The plaintiff alleged the defendant had violated his rights under the First Amendment by refusing to allow him to grow his hair as required by his religious beliefs. Plaintiff also claimed this violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Perso…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Columbus, Ohio

2:99-cv-01097 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 1999

Closed Date: 2002

In 1998, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) conducted an investigation of the Columbus Division of Police (CDP). As a result of the investigation, the DOJ determined that CDP officers were engaged in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, making false arrests and lodging false charges, and conducting improper searches and seizures in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. On October 21, 1999, the DOJ filed a complaint against the City of Columbus, …