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CHILD WELFARE
Charlie and Nadine H. v. Corzine

2:99-cv-03678 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1999

Closed Date: April 25, 2023

On August 4, 1999, a group of children in the legal and/or physical custody of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and DYFS in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented in part by Children's Rights, Inc., the plaintiffs alleged that DYFS failed to protect them from abuse, failed to provide them with services such as medical care, and failed to provide DYFS caseworkers with adequate resources and…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana. v. Rainbow Realty Group

1:17-cv-01782 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 30, 2017

On May 30, 2017, the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana and three individual named plaintiffs brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana against the Rainbow Rental Group and Empire Holding Corp., alleging a predatory “rent-to-own” program. Represented by two private law firms, Plaintiffs claimed violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, four provisions of the Truth in Lending Act, and a state housing law. Specifically, the C…
JAIL CONDITIONS
O'Bryan v. Saginaw County

1:75-cv-10075 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 1975

Closed Date: Feb. 3, 2025

In 1975, the plaintiffs filed this class action suit against the Saginaw County Jail on behalf of themselves and all inmates, seeking permanent injunctive and declaratory relief. The plaintiffs challenged a variety of jail conditions, including disciplinary practices, visitation policies, availability of exercise, access to legal material, censorship of communication, and separation of adults from juveniles. After a trial on the merits in 1977, the District Court for the Eastern District of Mic…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Morris v. Voinovich

1:93-cv-00436 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: June 28, 1993

On June 28, 1993, prisoners at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility filed a Section 1983 class action suit, pro se, in the Southern District of Ohio against officials in Youngstown, Ohio of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Plaintiffs' claims were related to the treatment of prisoners during the prison riot that occurred in April 1993. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants locked as many as ten inmates in a cell, failed to protect them from violence, did not provide them wit…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Monroe v. Baldwin

3:18-cv-00156 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2018

On January 31, 2018, five transgender women housed in Illinois men’s prisons brought a class action suit against the governor of Illinois, the Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDOC”), IDOC’s Chief of Health Services, its Statewide Mental Health Supervisor, and two members of its Gender Identity Disorder (“GID”) Committee (GID is now clinically referred to as Gender Dysphoria). The case was assigned to Chief Judge Nancy J. Rosenstengel in the United States District Court for …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Nunez and United States v. City of New York

1:11-cv-05845 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 18, 2011

On August 18, 2011, a class of incarcerated people filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for cruel and unusual punishment against the New York City Department of Corrections (DOC). The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society and Emery Celli, asked the court for declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and damages, claiming that DOC officers routinely inflicted wanton physical violence on prisoners and deliberately falsifi…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Brown v. Warren

1:20-cv-07907 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 26, 2020

This case concerns the constitutionality of the COVID-19 procedures in the Cumberland County Jail (“Jail”) in Bridgeton, New Jersey. Five pre-trial detainees and three post-conviction inmates filed this class action lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey on June 26, 2020. The plaintiffs sued the warden and assistant warden of the Jail, as well as the deputy county administrator, for violations of the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause and the Eighth Amendment…
POLICING
Dinler v. City of New York

1:04-cv-07921 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2004

Closed Date: April 8, 2014

On October 7, 2004, three private citizens filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the city of New York and the commissioner of the New York City Police department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the New York Civil Liberties Union, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief as well as compensatory damages. The case was assigned to Judge Deborah A. Batts. According to the complaint, the plaintiffs had been peace…
POLICING
Handschu v. Special Services Division

1:71-cv-02203 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 18, 1971

On May 18, 1971, residents of New York City filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued an intelligence division within the New York Police Department (NYPD), the Special Services Division (SSD), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights and private counsel, sought class certifi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Githieya v. Global Tel*Link

1:15-cv-00986 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 3, 2015

This is a class-action lawsuit filed by incarcerated people in Georgia against the prison phone provider Global Tel*Link Corp. The plaintiffs alleged that Global Tel*Link (GTL) illegally took money from inactive accounts belonging to incarcerated people and their families in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961, for wire fraud, the Federal Communications Act, and various state laws. Plaintiffs filed their lawsuit on April 3, 2015, represe…