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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Oregon

3:86-cv-00961 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: July 28, 1986

Closed Date: 2000

On May 13, 1983, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) began in investigation pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §1997 (CRIPA), into conditions at the Fairview Training Center in Salem, Oregon. The results of the investigation were detailed in a letter of the DOJ's findings, issued on March 19, 1986. The DOJ determined that the conditions at Fairview were unconstitutional and included:1. A lack of minimally adequate training for those residents in need of…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Detroit, Michigan

2:03-cv-72258 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 12, 2003

Closed Date: May 31, 2016

On June 12, 2003, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the City of Detroit. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 14141, the DOJ alleged a pattern or practice of unconstitutional misconduct by officers of the Detroit Police Department (DPD), including the excessive use of force, false arrest, improper warrantless searches and failure to protect detainees. Contemporaneously with the filing o…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. BODY FIRM AEROBICS d/b/a GOLD'S GYM

2:03-cv-00846 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2003

Closed Date: 2008

The Phoenix District Office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, against Body Firm Aerobics d/b/a Gold's Gym. The complaint, filed in September 2003, alleged sex and pregnancy discrimination, and retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Defendant had sexually harassed the charging parties and then retaliated against one of them for complaining about the harassment, by construc…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rose v. Saginaw County

2:01-cv-10337 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2001

On October 9, 2001, a group of pre-trial detainees represented by private counsel filed a class action civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, challenging the naked confinement policy of the Saginaw County Jail. Plaintiffs alleged that, under the policy, the County Sheriff and deputies placed detainees they found to be uncooperative or disruptive in administrative segregation cells, after being stripped naked. Plainti…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Hargraves v. Capital City Mortgage Corporation

1:98-cv-01021 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 24, 1998

Closed Date: Feb. 24, 2013

The plaintiffs, a church, its pastor and several of its members and trustees, and a housing non-profit filed suit against a mortgage lender on April 24, 1998, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), 18 U.S.C. 1981, 1982, unfair and deceptive lender practices, fraud, and breach of contract based on allegat…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States of America and the Vulcan Society v. City of New York

1:07-cv-02067 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 21, 2007

On May 21, 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") sued the City of New York under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, seeking to enforce the right of Black and Hispanic candidates to be treated fairly in the application process for positions in the New York City Fire Department ("FDNY"). Specifically, the DOJ challenged the City's reliance on two written examinations that were used to appoint entry-level firefighters t…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States of America v. State of Delaware

1:01-cv-00020 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2001

Closed Date: July 21, 2006

On January 10, 2001 the U.S. Department of Justice ("D.O.J.") filed a lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against the Delaware Department of Public Safety and the Delaware State Police in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The D.O.J. sought monetary for those who suffered from the defendant's allegedly discriminatory behavior and injunctive relief. The D.O.J. specifically requested that the court to order the defendant to refrain from using written examin…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services (IPAS) Commission v. Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction

1:08-cv-01317 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2008

On Oct. 1, 2008, the Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission (IPAS) filed this lawsuit on behalf of a group of prisoners with serious mental illness in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. IPAS, represented by the ACLU, proceeded under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC), asking the court for injunctive and declaratory relief. IPAS alleged that IDOC failed to adequately treat the prisoners in non-segregated and therapeutic …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Dominguez v. Schwarzenegger

4:09-cv-02306 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 26, 2009

Closed Date: 2014

On May 26, 2009, recipients of In-Home Service Support (IHSS) care filed a lawsuit under the Supremacy Clause against Arnold Schwarzenegger and other government officials in the Northern District Court of California. The Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that in enacting Section 12306. 1 (d)(6), the California Legislature failed to consider the required factors of efficiency, economy, quality of care, and access to servic…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Ault v. Walt Disney World Co.

6:07-cv-01785 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On November 9, 2007, three named plaintiffs with mobility impairments limiting their ability to walk filed this class action against Walt Disney World. They requested certification of a class of individuals who 1) suffered from a mobility disability, 2) relied upon a Segway PT for assistance with their mobility, and 3) had visited or intended to visit a Disney theme park. They brought suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, alleging that Disney’s policy agai…