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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

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…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Evans v. Fenty

1:76-cv-00293 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 1976

Closed Date: 2017

On February 23, 1976, six residents of Forest Haven, an institution operated by the District of Columbia for developmentally disabled persons, filed this lawsuit against the District's mayor and its Department of Human Resources. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution; the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 6001 et seq.); and 32 D.C.…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Tennessee

2:92-cv-02062 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 1992

Closed Date: 2015

In December of 1990, the United States Department of Justice, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et al, investigated the Arlington Developmental Center (ADC) in Tennessee. The investigation revealed that conditions in the facility seriously threatened the health and safety of its developmentally delayed residents. The Department of Justice found that residents were subject to abuse and neglect, inadequate medical care, an unsafe physical en…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Watson v. Ray

4:78-cv-00106 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: April 17, 1978

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 1999

Present and future general prison population inmates at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Iowa, filed a class action lawsuit on April 17, 1978 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, alleging that the totality of conditions of confinement violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs were represented by legal interns at the University of Iowa College of Law Legal Clinic. Americans United for Separation of Church and State r…
POLICING
U.S. v. Territory of the Virgin Islands

3:08-cv-00158 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2008

In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated an investigation of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) pursuant to 42 USC § 14141. On October 5, 2005, the DOJ issued a technical assistance letter to VIPD, making recommendations regarding specific changes to the department's policies regarding use of force, vehicle pursuits, holding cells, misconduct investigations, discipline, supervisory oversight, and training. On December 23, 2008, the DOJ …
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…
CHILD WELFARE
Olivia Y. v. Barbour

3:04-cv-00251 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: March 30, 2004

On March 30, 2004, children in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Human Service's Division of Family and Children's Services, on behalf of abused and neglected children in the State of Mississippi, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Division of Family and Children's Services (DFCS) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private and public counsel, the plaintiffs ask…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Hawkins v. HUD

8:90-cv-00055 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 1990

Closed Date: Feb. 17, 2005

On February 2, 1990, four public housing residents in Omaha filed this class action lawsuit against the Omaha Housing Authority (OHA), the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the City of Omaha in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. The plaintiffs alleged that the manner in which federal housing assistance programs were administered in Omaha was discriminatory and served to maintain a system of racially segregated housing. According to the Galster Report…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Albuquerque

1:14-cv-01025 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2014

On November 12, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the city of Albuquerque in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The DOJ brought this action under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, alleging that officers of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) engaged in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment and § 14141. The DOJ claimed th…