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PRISON CONDITIONS
Clark v. California

3:96-cv-01486 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 22, 1996

On April 22, 1996, two prisoners with developmental disabilities, incarcerated within facilities run by the California Department of Corrections (CDC), filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act (RA), against the State of California, its Governor, CDC and prison officials. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prison Law Office, the Disability Rights an…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
United States v. Fordice

4:75-cv-00009 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 1975

Closed Date: 2004

This is a school desegregation case originating in Mississippi and concerning the desegregation process of the Mississippi public university system. This summary is based on information from historical sources and judicial opinions. After the integration mandate of Brown v. Board of Education, Mississippi maintained its dual education system in its public universities. The pre-trial history of the case is summarized in Ayers v. Allain, 674 F.Supp. 1523 (N.D.Miss.1987). In 1969 the Department of…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Meza v. Livingston

1:05-cv-01008 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2005

Closed Date: 2015

On December 5, 2005, a convicted murderer on parole in Texas filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. The plaintiff is represented by both public and private counsel. The plaintiff asked the court for a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages. The plaintiff asked t…
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 …
CHILD WELFARE
M.D. v. Abbott

2:11-cv-00084 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 29, 2011

This class action (previously, M.D. v. Perry) involving long-term foster care in Texas was filed on March 29, 2011, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff class of children in long-term foster care was represented by private counsel and Children's Rights, Inc. Plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that Texas’s foster care system inflicted systemic harm through excessive placement moves, inappropriate congregate settings, abuse and ne…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Van Orden v. Schafer

4:09-cv-00971 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: June 22, 2009

Closed Date: 2017

On June 22, 2009, a group of civilly committed residents of the Missouri Department of Mental Health's ("DMH") Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services ("SORTS") facilities filed this class action lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiffs sued the DMH and the Missouri Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.Each of the plaintiffs had previously been found guilty of a sexually violent crime and have also been declared a sexu…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Lira v. Director of Corrections

3:00-cv-00905 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 14, 2000

Closed Date: June 22, 2012

On March 14, 2000, an inmate in California corrections system (CDCR) filed this lawsuit in District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff sued the Secretary of CDCR in his official capacity and CDCR personnel in their individual capacities under 42 U.S.C § 1983. The plaintiff claimed prison officials violated his due process rights by incorrectly validating him as a gang member and placing him in administrative segregation (“Ad-Seg”) while at Deuel Vocational Institution,…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Calderon Jimenez v. Nielsen

1:18-cv-10225 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Feb. 5, 2018

COVID 19 Summary: A member of a class of immigrants and their spouses suing ICE over its removal policies was ordered released on March 25, 2020. On March 24 the plaintiffs filed a motion for immediate release of that class member because he was detained in a facility where an employee tested positive for COVID-19. On April 16, the parties filed a joint status report that altered the terms of release for the class member and the court lifted the stay on the class member's removal by ICE. ICE im…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings

3:20-cv-02731 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 20, 2020

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class-action lawsuit brought on April 20, 2020, by seven individuals in immigration detention at the Mesa Verde Detention Facility (MVDF) and the Yuba County Jail (YCJ), seeking immediate release from unsafe conditions of the jail in light of the global coronavirus pandemic. The court granted the request for TRO on April 29, requiring ICE to provide information and access to detainees to facilitate a process of considering bail requests. On June 9, the court granted …
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
June Medical Services LLC v. Caldwell

3:14-cv-00525 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2014

This is a case challenging an abortion restriction in the state of Louisiana. Act 620 prevented doctors from providing abortion services in the state unless they secured admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of where they provide abortion care. On August 22, 2014, three women's reproductive health clinics and two individual doctors who perform abortions filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs sued the Attorney General of Lo…