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JAIL CONDITIONS
Campbell v. McGruder

1:71-cv-01462 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 21, 1971

Closed Date: 2004

On July 21, 1971, pre-trial detainees at the District of Columbia Jail filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the mayor of the District of Columbia and jail officials. The complaint sought declaratory and injunctive relief for a long list of violations of the inmates' Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment Constitutional rights. These included overcrowding, inadequate food, denial of access to counsel, inadequate medical services…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Mangan v. Christian County

6:99-cv-03373 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 1999

On October 6, 1999, a pretrial detainee of the Christian County Jail in Ozark, Missouri, represented by the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri and private counsel, brought a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. In the action he claimed violations of due process through lack of access to courts, lack of protection from cruel and unusual punishment, and inadequate conditions of the jail and sought declaratory and i…
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 …
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Johnson & U.S. v. Florida

8:87-cv-00369 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: March 11, 1987

Closed Date: 2010

On March 11, 1987, mentally ill patients at G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital (GPW), filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of Florida in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. The plaintiffs, represented by Florida Rural Legal Services, Advocacy Center, Southern Legal Counsel, the School Board of Manatee County, the Center for Public Representation, a public defender and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and inj…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Richard S. v. Dept. of Developmental Services of California

8:97-cv-00219 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 20, 1997

Closed Date: 2005

On March 20, 1997, Richard S. filed a class-action lawsuit and an application for a temporary restraining order in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against the Department of Developmental Services for the State of California and Fairview Developmental Center. Richard S. was a resident of Fairview and was represented by a private attorney. William Cable, M.D. served as guardian ad litem for the class members, developmentally disabled clients without conserv…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. California

3:90-cv-02641 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 1990

Closed Date: 1995

On January 23, 1985, four patients at the Napa State Hospital (NSH) in Napa Valley, California filed a lawsuit against the hospital and the Department of Mental Health for the State of California (DMH) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by conditions at the hospital. This lawsuit drew the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice, who initiated an investigation into the conditions at the hospital on …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ayers v. Perry

1:02-cv-01438 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

In October 2002, prisoners confined at the Special Controls Facilities within the New Mexico State penal system filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of New Mexico against officials of the New Mexico Department of Corrections. Represented by the ACLU National Prison Project and other counsel, plaintiffs alleged that defendants did not provide adequate mental health care, used excessive force, and discouraged the filing of grievances. Plaintiffs also alleged that defendants' act…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Reynolds v. Goord

1:98-cv-06722 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 24, 1998

Closed Date: 2001

On September 24, 1998, a Rastafarian inmate at the Green Haven Correctional Facility in New York filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that the defendants' policy of requiring all inmates to submit to an annual tuberculosis ("TB") screening violated his religious convictions. He argued th…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Higgins v. Coombe

1:94-cv-07942 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 1994

Closed Date: 1998

On November 3, 1994, an inmate at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the New York State Department of Corrections and representatives of Greenhaven Correctional Facility (including the prison doctor) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff, who had been incarcerated at Greenhaven, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that his constitution…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Thompson v. Alexander

2:90-cv-00845 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 1990

Closed Date: 1999

On November 7, 1990, inmates of the London Correctional Facility filed class action lawsuit, pro se, under 42 USC 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against officials of the London Correctional Facility. After appointing private counsel, the District Court (Judge John D. Holschuh) denied plaintiffs' original motion to certify the class action. Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint in November 1991 and in May 1992, Judge Holschuh granted plaintiffs' motion to cer…