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JAIL CONDITIONS
Jones v. City and County of San Francisco

3:91-cv-03453 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 1991

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2000

The plaintiffs originally filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 2, 1991. The plaintiff class, consisting of certain pre-trial detainees housed at San Francisco Jail Number 3 (Jail No. 3) in San Bruno, California, brought suit challenging the constitutionality of the conditions of their confinement. The original action, entitled William Besk v. City and County of San Francisco, lead to a Stipulation of Dismissal ("B…
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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Lozeau v. Lake County

9:95-cv-00082 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: June 30, 1995

Closed Date: 2000

On June 30, 1995, five inmates at the Lake County Jail in Polson, Montana, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against representatives of the county in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by overcrowding, poor maintenance of physical facilities, understaffing, poor classification pro…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Monaco v. Stone

1:98-cv-03386 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: May 5, 1998

Closed Date: Sept. 27, 2016

Background On May 5, 1998, inmates in the Suffolk County Jail in New York filed a putative class action complaint on behalf of all individuals with mental illnesses facing civil commitment in jails and state-run hospitals. The suit also contained some individual claims from an individual plaintiff who was confined in Suffolk County jail and claims from the Mental Disability Law Clinic of Touro Center. The named defendants were various state officials in New York, the New York State Office of M…
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)
Cornett v. Donovan

4:91-cv-00231 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 14, 1991

Closed Date: 1995

On June 14, 1991, present and former involuntarily committed residents of State Hospital South in Blackfoot, Idaho (SHS) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against SHS in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Pocatello Division. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the court for declaratory relief, alleging that they were denied their constitutional right of access to the courts in violation of the First Amendment. Specifically, the plainti…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hyde v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice

4:94-cv-02987 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 1994

Closed Date: 2003

Dale Hyde, a pro se plaintiff, brought suit against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on August 30, 1994, complaining that his religious group was not allowed to meet under the same circumstances as other religious groups at the prison where he was incarcerated. Hyde had previously filed a written complaint with the prison about restrictions on his religious practices as a Jehovah's Witness. On October 23, 1996, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Huss v. Spokane County

2:05-cv-00180 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: June 13, 2005

Closed Date: 2012

On June 13, 2005, represented by the Center for Justice, in Spokane, the plaintiff brought suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, seeking to strike down a Washington state statute as unconstitutional. The statute, RCW § 70.48.390, allowed jails to require each person who is booked into jail to pay a fee based on the Jail's actual booking costs or one hundred dollars, whichever is less. The fee is payable immediately from any money then po…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. CONSOLIDATED REALTY INC

2:06-cv-00681 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: June 6, 2006

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2008

The Los Angeles District Office of the EEOC brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against Consolidated Reality, Inc. in June 2006. The complaint alleged sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The defendant allegedly discharged a female employee because of her sex. The parties engaged in an unsuccessful settlement conference with an early neutral evaluator. There were several contested discovery motions and the EEOC moved f…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. RT TAMPA FRANCHISE LP (D/B/A RUBY TUESDAY)

2:04-cv-00484 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2004

Closed Date: 2008

In September 2004, the Miami District Office of the EEOC filed this suit against RT Tampa Franchise, L.P., d/b/a Ruby Tuesday, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the charging party, a female employee, was subjected to sexual harassment by her supervisor, consisting of unwelcome touching and offensive sexual comments. In addi…