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PRISON CONDITIONS
Langford v. Racicot AND In Re: Conditions at Montana State Prison v. Montana

6:92-cv-00013 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 1992

This entry describes the consolidated federal class action lawsuits arising out of complaints about the treatment of prisoners in Montana State Penitentiary. The Initial Class Action SuitOn January 28, 1992, inmates at the Montana State Penitentiary filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Montana Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by poor medical care, denta…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Los Angeles

2:00-cv-11769 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2000

Closed Date: 2013

On November 3, 2000, the United States filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California under 42 U.S.C. §14141, alleging that the City of Los Angeles, its Board of Police Commissioners and its Police Department (collectively the "LAPD") deprived individuals of their constitutional rights through the use of excessive force, false arrests and improper searches and seizures. The suit was an offshoot of a lengthy internal investigation of the LAPD's Rampart Divisi…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
McClain v. Lufkin Industries

9:97-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1997

Closed Date: 2014

On February 26, 1997, African American employees of Lufkin Industries filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act against their employer. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought declaratory and equitable relief, attorneys' fees and costs, an injunction, and any other appropriate equitable relief. The plaintiffs claimed that they were discriminated against…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Doe v. Nixon

4:08-cv-01518 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2008

Closed Date: 2013

On October 8, 2008, several sex offenders in Missouri filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri against the State of Missouri, several cities and counties in Missouri, and several police departments in Missouri. The plaintiffs were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Foundation and private counsel. They asked the court for a preliminary injunction that prevented the police from enforcing R.S.Mo. §589.426, which prohibits certain activi…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Doe v. Reed

3:09-cv-05456 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 28, 2009

Closed Date: 2012

On July 28, 2009, plaintiffs, two anonymous individuals who signed a voting petition and the group that organized the petition drive, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against the State of Washington under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, challenged the constitutionality of the state's Public Records Act as applied to the referendum process, claiming violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. They sought declara…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Rolland v. Romney

3:98-cv-30208 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 1998

Closed Date: March 31, 2010

On October 29, 1998 seven developmentally disabled individuals living in private nursing homes and two advocacy organizations filed suit against Massachusetts and six state agencies in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. They alleged that the defendants were warehousing patients eligible for community based treatment in nursing care facilities in violation of Americans with Disabilities Act, the Medicaid Act, and the Nursing Home Reform Amendments. They sought …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Arc of Washington v. Quasim

3:99-cv-05577 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 1999

Closed Date: 2007

On November 9, 1999, developmentally disabled individuals and the Arc of Washington State filed a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Medicaid Act against various Washington state officials in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Plaintiffs represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that Defendants were not providing Medicaid services with reasonable promptness. On October 5, 2000, t…
POLICING
Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd

1:05-cv-00093 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: March 15, 2005

Closed Date: 2015

The plaintiff in this action brought suit on 03/15/2005 against former Attorney General John Ashcroft and several other federal officials in their individual and official capacities, claiming that he was unlawfully detained and his freedom was otherwise infringed by the federal government. On March 16, 2003, the plaintiff, Al-Kidd, was arrested and detained as a material witness in a terrorism case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The underlying case was against another pe…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
Valdivia v. California Department of Health Services

2:90-cv-01226 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 1990

Closed Date: March 16, 1999

On Oct. 1, 1990, two residents of California nursing homes filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California under the Medicaid Act against the California Department of Health Services. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the state had failed to comply with the recently enacted federal nursing home reform law, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1395i-3(a)-(h) and 1396r(a)-(h). The plaintiffs also requested a preliminary injunctio…
POLICING
Melendres v. Arpaio

2:07-cv-02513 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

This case concerns racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) in Arizona. On December 12, 2007, Latino motorists filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa, MCSO, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They sought to represent a class of Latino persons who have been or will be stopped, detained, interrogated, or searched by the Sheriff or his agents in …