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JAIL CONDITIONS
Hudson v. Preckwinkle

1:13-cv-08752 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2013

Closed Date: 2016

On November 24, 2013, a prisoner detained at Cook County Jail (CCJ) filed a handwritten civil action against Cook County in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiff asked the Court for injunctive and declaratory relief, claiming that violence and the deliberate indifference of staff at the jail deprived him of his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The case was assigned to the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall, who allowed the indigent plaintiff to pr…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Malam v. Adducci

5:20-cv-10829 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 30, 2020

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: In this case filed March 30, 2020, by a particularly vulnerable immigration detainee, the Court granted release on April 5, holding that ongoing detention was unlawfully punitive given the grave threat posed by detention during the coronavirus pandemic. Additional detainees intervened, and the Court has granted additional releases and has converted the TROs ordering releases into preliminary injunctions. The Court certified a class, instituted procedures for bail applications …
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Krug v. Lutz

4:99-cv-00362 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: July 13, 1999

Closed Date: 2007

On July 13, 1999, a state prison inmate in Arizona, filed a pro se complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The complaint alleged that state corrections officials violated the plaintiff's right to procedural due process by denying him his publications and failing to provide adequate medical care. Krug's claims of inadequate medical care were dismissed on January 6, 2000. Previously, in 1973, inmates in the Arizona state prison system and the Arizon…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Arnett v. California Public Employees' Retirement System

3:95-cv-03022 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 1995

Closed Date: 2008

On August 28, 1995, former police officers, correctional officers, and other "safety employees" of the State of California and local agencies filed a class action lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit was brought under 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634 (ADEA) against the administrators of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the State of California, and various municipalities. The plaintiff class-representatives, represented by priv…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. ROBERT L REEVES & ASSOCIATES

2:00-cv-10515 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2000

Closed Date: 2002

In September 2000, the Los Angeles District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against the law firm Robert L Reeves & Associates in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California alleging discrimination on the basis of gender, female, and pregnancy-based discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. However i…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Mason v. Granholm

5:05-cv-73943 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2005

On October 13, 2005, current and former female prisoners filed a class-action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). Plaintiffs were originally members of a certified class-action suit pending in Michigan state court, Neal v. MDOC, LC No. 96-006986-CZ. [See PC-MI-0021 of this collection for a summary of the Neal case]. The Neal plaintiffs alleged violations …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Puente Arizona v. Arpaio

2:14-cv-01356 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: June 18, 2014

Closed Date: Jan. 26, 2018

On June 18, 2014, Puente Arizona, an immigrant advocacy organization, along with two undocumented workers from the state of Arizona and a minister, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the state of Arizona under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the ACLU of Arizona, the immigrant rights clinic of U.C. Irvine Law School, and the National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON), plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive r…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Crawford v. US Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.

3:00-cv-01611 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2000

Closed Date: May 6, 2003

Crawford, et al v. US BancorpEE-CA-309On May 08, 2000, a female employee of US Bancorp filed a job discrimination lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et. seq., the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and Article I, § 8 of the California Constitution against US Bancorp Piper Jaffray ("Piper") in the in the United States District Court of the Northern District of California. The title case is a combination of three like cases. The three plaintiffs, all repre…
CHILD WELFARE
B.K. v. McKay

2:15-cv-00185 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2015

Case Ongoing

On February 3, 2015, minors in the custody of the Arizona foster care system filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The plaintiffs sued the Arizona Department of Child Safety, the Arizona Department of Health Services, and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1396). The plaintiffs, represented by Children’s Rights, Inc., the Arizona Center for Law in the Public In…