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JAIL CONDITIONS
McGrath v. County of Nevada

2:89-cv-01658 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 4, 1989

On December 4, 1989, a class action lawsuit was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on behalf of all present and future prisoners of the Nevada County Jail and Nevada County Detention Center against Nevada County in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Plaintiff prisoners alleged violations of their First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. In particular, prisoners alleged that they were deprived of beds, seating at meals, clothing, medical, dental, and ment…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Albro v. County of Onondaga

5:85-cv-01425 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 1985

Closed Date: 1997

On October 25, 1985, pretrial detainees and inmates in the Onondaga County Jail in New York filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York against both the county and the state seeking declaratory and injunctive relief to reduce the jail population to levels that would insure the inmates were not being held in unconstitutional conditions. The inmates were represented by Syracuse University Law Clinic. On November 22, 1985, th…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
John A and Mary B v. Castle

1:90-cv-00200 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: May 1, 1990

On May 1, 1990, male and female youth confined at the Ferris School and Bridge House in Wilmington, Delaware, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Youth Rehabilitation Services (YRS) and the State of Delaware in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the National Prison Project of the ACLU, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants violated their Fourteenth Amendme…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Messier v. Southbury Training School

3:94-cv-01706 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1994

Closed Date: March 13, 2019

On October 4, 1994, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Connecticut's Departments of Mental Retardation (DMR), Social Services (DSS), and Public Health (DPH) and Southbury Training School, an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities (ICF/MR) in Southbury, Connecticut. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief on behalf of both current and future Southbury residents.…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Gaddis v. Campbell

2:03-cv-00390 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 9, 2003

Closed Date: 2005

On April 9, 2003, diabetic inmates in the Alabama Prison System filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by denial of adequate medical care.Shortly after the lawsuit was filed, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, and they asked the court to ap…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dillard v. Nevada Department of Prisons

3:89-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 1989

Closed Date: 1993

On 2/15/1989, female inmates housed within the Nevada Department of Prisons filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of Nevada, against officials of the Nevada Department of Prisons. Plaintiffs complained of inadequate vocational programs and maintenance at Nevada Department of Prisons institutions. Plaintiffs were represented by apparently private counsel.In February 1993, the parties submitted a stipulated settlement agreement that required defendants to encourage the entities…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Skinner v. Uphoff

2:02-cv-00033 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 2002

On February 15, 2002, inmates at Wyoming State Prison filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming against the director of the Wyoming Department of Correction and prison officers and administrators. The class consisted of all those who were or would be inmates at the Wyoming State Prison. The ACLU and private counsel represented the class. The plaintiffs sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that the policies and practic…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Tinsley v. Pierce

4:89-cv-00023 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Jan. 17, 1989

On January 17, 1989, residents of T.B. Watkins Homes, a public housing development operated by the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Missouri in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by racial discri…
POLICING
U.S. v. State of New Jersey

3:99-cv-05970 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 1999

Closed Date: 2009

On December 12, 1999, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and its Division of State Police under 42 U.S.C. § 14141 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The DOJ alleged that the defendants engaged in an unconstitutional pattern or practice of performing vehicle stops and searches of African American motorists traveling on New Jersey roadways, including the New Jersey Turnpike.Simultaneously wit…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Reynolds v. City of Valley Park, Missouri

4:06-cv-01487 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2006

Closed Date: 2008

On September 22, 2006, landlords and employers in Valley Park Missouri and the non-profit Equal Housing Opportunity Council brought suit as plaintiffs in state court against the City of Valley Park. Represented by a large group of lawyers from advocacy organizations (including the ACLU), law school clinics, and several St. Louis law firms, the plaintiffs sought a declaration that the City of Valley Park's Ordinance 1708 was unlawful, under both state and federal law, and a temporary, preliminar…