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JAIL CONDITIONS
Crosby & U.S. v. Jones County

2:92-cv-00235 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Oct. 20, 1992

Closed Date: July 23, 1996

In 1992, plaintiffs filed a class action suit against Jones County and several officers and board members of the Jones County Jail in the district court for the Southern District of Mississippi. In May of 1993, the U.S. Department of Justice notified Jones County, Mississippi of its intention to investigate conditions of the county jail. In June of 1993, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the President of the Jones County Board of Supervisors of its findings and made recommendation…
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 …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty v. Ryan

2:02-cv-01344 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: July 18, 2002

Closed Date: May 19, 2003

Prisoner and human rights advocacy groups that maintained websites filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on July 19, 2002, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. They alleged that a state statute, prohibiting prison inmates from sending mail to or receiving mail from a communication service provider or from having access to the Internet through a provider, was unconstitutional. The plaintiffs published firsthand accounts from prisoners on …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Madden v. Kemna

5:89-cv-06092 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 1989

Closed Date: 1991

On October 16, 1989, prisoners of the state of Colorado filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Missouri Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. This case was consolidated with a similar case filed on November 15, 1989, by another set of prisoners of the state of Colorado. The prisoners had been transferred to the Western Missouri Correctional Center pursuant to a contract between the two states. They alleged that they had been un…
PRISON CONDITIONS
MacFarlane v. Walters

2:96-cv-03102 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: June 12, 1996

Closed Date: 1998

On June 12, 1996, Donald D McFarlane, a Washington state inmate, filed a pro se §1983 Complaint against the Washington Department of Corrections [DOC] in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, challenging restrictions on prison regulations regarding inmate mail. The case was referred to Magistrate Judge Lonny R. Suko. Defendants moved for summary judgment. On October 20, 1997, the District Court (Judge Robert H. Whaley) adopted the Report and Recommendation of Magistra…
POLICING
Allen v. City of Oakland

3:00-cv-04599 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2000

On December 17, 2000, several citizens filed this §1983 class action lawsuit against the City of Oakland and its police department in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging a group of rogue police officers within the OPD known as "the Riders" violated the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights by kidnapping, beating, and planting drugs on the plaintiff. The plaintiffs sought damages and attorneys’ fees.  On March 26, 2001, District Judge Charles A. Legge ordered th…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. SMITH'S FOOD AND DRUG CENTERS, INC. D/B/A PRICERITE

2:04-cv-01117 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2004

Closed Date: 2007

In September 2004, the Albuquerque Area Office of the EEOC (with the participation from the Phoenix District Office) brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico against Smith's Food and Drug Centers, Inc., d/b/a PriceRite. The EEOC's complaint alleged that PriceRite violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating on the basis of sex. In particular, the complaint alleged that a PriceRite manager made unwanted sexual comments to the charging …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Heartway Corp., d/b/a Avalon Place

5:02-cv-00081 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2002

Closed Date: July 23, 2003

In January 2002, the EEOC district office in San Antonio, Texas brought this suit against the Heartway Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The complaint is currently unavailable. After one year of amending answers and holding only one scheduling conference, the parties entered a settlement agreement in July of 2003. The agreement is currently unavailable.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. WASTE MANAGEMENT OF TEXAS, INC., WASTE MANAGEMENT,

1:98-cv-00515 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 1998

Closed Date: April 1, 1999

In August 1998, the San Antonio District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Waste Management of Texas, Inc., d/b/a Longhorn Disposal, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. We do not have a copy of the complaint. However, according to the consent decree, the complaint alleged discrimination on the basis of national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, it was alleged that the defendant subjected the charging party, a M…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Stein World LLC

2:06-cv-02478 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: July 25, 2006

Closed Date: 2008

On July 25, 2006, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), on behalf of a black forklift operator (plaintiff-intervenor), filed a lawsuit in the Western District Court of Tennessee under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Stein World, LLC. The EEOC sought the defendant's compliance with a prior settlement agreement, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorneys' fees, and other forms of affirmative relief, claiming that the defendant violated …