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PRISON CONDITIONS
Holmes v. Godinez

1:11-cv-02961 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 4, 2011

Case Ongoing

On May 04, 2011, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the officials at the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by a group of public and private lawyers, the plaintiffs alleged that, while in IDOC custody, they were denied the assistance they needed to effectively communicate and participate in IDOC programs and services, in violation of the Americans w…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings

3:20-cv-02731 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class-action lawsuit brought on April 20, 2020, by seven individuals in immigration detention at the Mesa Verde Detention Facility (MVDF) and the Yuba County Jail (YCJ), seeking immediate release from unsafe conditions of the jail in light of the global coronavirus pandemic. The court granted the request for TRO on April 29, requiring ICE to provide information and access to detainees to facilitate a process of considering bail requests. On June 9, the court granted …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Torres v. Milusnic

2:20-cv-04450 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a putative class action by originally brought by five individuals held at Lompoc, a low-security prison facing one of the largest outbreaks of COVID-19 among U.S. federal prisons. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to undertake reasonable preventative measures, which allowed the virus to spread to 60% of those in custody. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief for improved conditions of confinement, as well as a writ of habeas corpus for…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Karsjens v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:11-cv-03659 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2011

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2011, patients civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Minnesota Department of Health & Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Seeking injunctive and monetary relief, the plaintiffs alleged violations of the Fourteenth, First, and Fourth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that recent amendmen…
EDUCATION
S.S. v. Springfield

3:14-cv-30116 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: June 27, 2014

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2019

On June 27, 2014, a student with mental disabilities and his mother, joined by the Parent/Professional Advocacy League, filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Represented by the Center for Public Representation, the Bazelon Center, and private counsel, the plaintiffs brought suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.) against the City of Springfield, its mayor, the Springfield Public Schools, a…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Powell v. Barrett

1:04-cv-01100 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 21, 2004

Closed Date: 2013

On April 21, 2004, eleven former male detainees of the Fulton County Jail, represented by private attorneys, brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs challenged as unconstitutional the Jail's practices of (a) conducting "blanket strip searches" of inmates entering and/or returning to the Jail without any individualized determination that such searches would reveal contraband; and (b) detaining inmates past…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Conner v. Branstad

4:86-cv-90871 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 1986

Closed Date: 2003

On December 8, 1986, a resident of Glenwood or Woodward State Hospital-Schools filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on behalf of himself and other similarly situated persons. Plaintiffs were represented by the Iowa Protection and Advocacy Services and the University of Iowa College of Law Clinical Program, the Legal Center for Special Education, and private attorneys. Defendants were the State of Iowa, the Division of M…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
American Association of People With Disabilities v. Harris

3:01-cv-01275 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 8, 2001

On November 8, 2001, three Florida citizens who are each either manually or visually impaired and registered to vote in Duval County, along with the American Association of People With Disabilities, filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville division against the Secretary of State for the State of Florida, the Supervisor of Elections in Duval County and the Members of the Jacksonville, Florida City Council, asserting three claims: a Florida constituti…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
United States v. Firestack-Harvey

2:13-cr-00024 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2013

Closed Date: 2015

On February 6, 2013, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Washington indicted five defendants on six counts: conspiracy to manufacture 100 or more marijuana plants, manufacture of 100 or more marijuana plants, possession with the intent to distribute more than 50 marijuana plants, distribution of marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime, and maintaining a place for the manufacture and distribution of marijuana. The Federal Public Defender was appointed to rep…
PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Sierra Club v. Trump

4:19-cv-00892 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 19, 2019

Case Ongoing

In 2018, President Trump repeatedly requested Congress appropriate 5.7 billion dollars for the construction of a southern border wall. On February 14th, 2019, Congress denied this request and appropriated only 1.375 billion dollars for the construction of a strip of border fencing. While President Trump signed this appropriations bill the following day, he simultaneously declared a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act (NEA) and directed the Departments of Defense and Homeland S…