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Sourovelis v. City of Philadelphia

2:14-cv-04687 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 2014

Case Ongoing

On Aug. 11, 2014, four individuals filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued the City of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, and the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, and the Declaratory Judgment Act. The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on Nov. 17, 2014.T…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Amador v. Baca

2:10-cv-01649 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 5, 2010

Case Ongoing

On March 5, 2010, two female former inmates who were imprisoned in the Century Regional Detention Facility ("CRDF"), a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ("LASD") facility, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by a civil rights law firm, the plaintiffs sued the LASD under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged violations of their Fourth, Eight, and Fourteenth Amendment rights, as well as their equivalents under the…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
David v. Signal International, LLC

2:08-cv-01220 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: March 7, 2008

Case Ongoing

This is the first case filed in the Signal International cases.On Mar. 7, 2008, twelve Indian guestworkers recruited for work in the United States in exchange for green cards filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, plaintiffs were recruited to provide labor and services to defendant Signal International, a company based in Mississippi with operations in the Gulf Coast region, which was in the busine…
JAIL CONDITIONS
A.B. v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services

2:14-cv-01178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2014

Case Ongoing

On August 4, 2014, advocates for A.B. and other legally incompetent criminal defendants in county jails in Washington State filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The plaintiffs sued the Washington Department of Social and Health Services under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C §§ 12111 et seq.; and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They sought both injunctive and declaratory relief. The plaintiffs alleged t…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities v. Connecticut

3:06-cv-00179 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2006

Case Ongoing

On February 6, 2006, the State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities (an independent State agency charged with advocating for persons with disabilities), along with several persons with mental disabilities residing in nursing facilities, filed this lawsuit against the State of Connecticut, its Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, its Department of Public Health, and its Department of Social Services in the United States District Court for …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Castaneda v. Burger King Corporation

3:08-cv-04262 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2008

Closed Date: June 12, 2016

On September 10, 2008, a wheelchair user brought a class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of individuals with disabilities who encountered various barriers to accessibility at many of California's 92 Burger King restaurants. He alleged that inaccessible restrooms, high counters, seating areas, and other aspects of Burger King restaurants violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12182(a)) and California statutes including the Un…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Peterson v. Seagate US LLC

0:07-cv-02502 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: May 25, 2007

On May 25, 2007, employees terminated by the defendant, Seagate, LLC, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 USC §2201. Plaintiffs, represented by private attorneys, asked the court for declaratory relief under the Declaratory Judgment Act relating to the enforceability of a purported release and waiver signed by many of the Plaintiffs upon their termination. P…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Brown v. Esmor Correctional Services, Inc.

2:98-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: March 20, 1998

Closed Date: 2007

This class action lawsuit was originally filed on March 6, 1996 in the Supreme Court of the State of New York on behalf of undocumented aliens who were detained at a facility that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (''INS'') maintained in Elizabeth, New Jersey pending a determination of their asylum status. The facility was operated by a private corporation, Esmor Correctional Services, Inc. Plaintiffs alleged that during their detention they were subjected to torture, beatings, harass…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
In re Juvenile Justice Facilities

3:97-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Jan. 2, 1997

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2003

This case was part of the collection of § 1983 inmate cases that had been pending in the Louisiana federal courts, challenging the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jails through Louisiana. See the cases categories PC-LA, JC-LA and JI-LA of this collection.Judge Frank J. Polozola of the U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana presided over many of the Louisiana prison and jail cases. In an effort to better manage those cases…
JAIL CONDITIONS
McClendon v. City of Albuquerque

6:95-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 1995

Case Ongoing

On January 10, 1995, detainees at the Bernalillo County Detention Center (BCDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the BCDC under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d), alleging that gross overcrowding and racial discrimination at the jail violated the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Thir…