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JAIL CONDITIONS
Pierce v. Orange County

8:01-cv-00981 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2001

Closed Date: 2014

On October 18, 2001, pretrial detainees represented by attorney Barry Litt initiated a class action suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the conditions of confinement at the Orange County Jail (the "Jail"). Plaintiffs alleged that they were detained for unreasonable periods of time following the order for their release, denied rights under Stewart v. Gates (e.g., holding cell seats, outdoor exercise, dayroom and phon…
POLICING
Dunn v. City of Chicago

1:04-cv-06804 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 2004

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2014

On October 21, 2004, a group of former Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) detainees filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the CPD. Represented by the Chicago civil rights law firm Loevy & Loevy, the plaintiffs alleged that the CPD were engaged in an unconstitutional pattern and practice of detaining persons under its control for excessive periods of time and under poor conditions. Specifically, the plaintif…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
McClain v. Lufkin Industries

9:97-cv-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1997

Closed Date: 2014

On February 26, 1997, African American employees of Lufkin Industries filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act against their employer. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought declaratory and equitable relief, attorneys' fees and costs, an injunction, and any other appropriate equitable relief. The plaintiffs claimed that they were discriminated against…
POLICING
Melendres v. Arpaio

2:07-cv-02513 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

This case concerns racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (“MCSO”) in Arizona. On December 12, 2007, Latino motorists filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa, MCSO, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 2201. They sought to represent a class of Latino persons who have been or will be stopped, detained, interrogated, or searched by the Sheriff or his agents in …
PRISON CONDITIONS
California Coalition for Women Prisoners v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

4:23-cv-04155 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2023

This case challenged systemic sexual abuse at a federal low-security women's prison in Dublin, California.  On August 16, 2023, the California Coalition for Women Prisoners, along with eight women incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin (FCI Dublin), brought a putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the United States of America, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the BOP Director, FCI Dublin’s warden, and 12 named i…

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