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JAIL CONDITIONS
Loya v. Board of County Commissioners

4:91-cv-00216 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 3, 1991

Closed Date: 1993

On June 3, 1991, inmates of the Bannock County Jail in Pocatello, Idaho, representing all present and future inmates, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, against jail and county officials, alleging that the conditions at the jail violated the First, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The inmates were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. The inmates moved for partial summary judgment on the issues of over…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Austin v. Haley

2:95-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 15, 1995

On May 15, 1995, inmates in the Alabama State Prison System filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Governor of Alabama. Plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center and private attorneys. The lawsuit challenged several policies and practices within the state prison system, including the failure to provide adequate toilet fa…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bryant v. Coughlin

1:94-cv-02940 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 22, 1994

Julius Bryant filed a pro-se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the New York Department of Corrections on April 22, 1994, seeking damages for deliberate indifference to his medical needs for his disabling back condition while he was an inmate at Green Haven Correctional Facility ("Green Haven"). Following a jury trial, the action was settled on February 20, 1998, by an agreement which called for plaintiff's admission to the Unit for the Physically …
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Steubenville

2:97-cv-00966 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 1997

Closed Date: 2005

On August 28, 1997, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint against the City of Steubenville pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §14141 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to remedy an alleged pattern or practice of unconstitutional misconduct by officers of the Steubenville Police Department ["SPD"] including: using excessive force; making false arrests; lodging false charges; and conducting improper searches and seizures. The filing followed a year long DOJ investigation o…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Bynum v. District of Columbia

1:02-cv-00956 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 15, 2002

Closed Date: 2007

On May 15, 2002, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, plaintiffs filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action suit in the District Court for the District of Columbia, claiming that D.C. Jail officials violated their Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendment rights in detaining them beyond their release dates and violated their Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights by conducting blanket strip searches. According to the plaintiffs, the District routinely strip searched and rebooked prisoners…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Harper v. Bennett

1:04-cv-01416 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: May 19, 2004

Closed Date: 2015

On May 19, 2004, inmates at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiffs sued Fulton County and the Georgia Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. §1983 challenging the conditions of their confinement under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The class action suit, brought on behalf of inmates who were currently or would be incarcerated in the future at the Fulton County Jail facilities in Atla…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Prye v. Blunt

2:04-cv-04248 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2004

Closed Date: 2007

During 2003, a law professor residing in Illinois developed a mental illness. Due to this illness, a state court appointed the Office of State Guardian as guardian of his person and, in 2004, of his estate. He moved to Missouri, where a petition was soon filed to appoint a guardian for him. The guardianship in Illinois did not affect his eligibility to vote while residing there, but the guardianship adjudication had a different, prohibitive impact on his voting rights in Missouri. Thus, in …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. MEARS TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC., and A-1 LIQUIDAT

1:97-cv-04375 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 1997

Closed Date: July 14, 1999

The EEOC's Miami district office sued Mears Transportation Group, Inc., a Florida personal transportation company, and A-1 Liquidating Corporation, a Florida corporation, on December 23, 1997 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The EEOC's claim alleged that these two companies violated Title VII when they discriminated against her based on sex (female) when the company paid for one hotel room and told her to share it with a male driver or purchase her own and when …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. THE APOTHECARY SHOP OF SCOTTSDALE, INC.

2:06-cv-02324 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2006

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 2009

In September 2006 the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against Apothecary Shop of Gilbert, Inc. and Apothecary Shop of Scottsdale, Inc., doing business as Apothecary Shops of Arizona, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona alleging discrimination on the basis of race, African-American, and gender, female, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the complainant was terminated from her managerial po…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. REMEDY INTELLIGENT STAFFING

3:02-cv-10067 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: June 12, 2002

Closed Date: Feb. 27, 2006

In June 2002, the Milwaukee (along with the Washington, D.C.) office of the EEOC brought this ADA suit against Remedy Intelligent Staffing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. The complaint alleged that the defendant discriminated against the claimant by refusing to hire the claimant because the claimant was deaf. The claimant intervened in the EEOC's suit in November 2002. Both the EEOC and the claimant filed partial motions for summary judgment in October 2003 that…