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JAIL CONDITIONS
Rainer & U.S. v. Jones

3:78-cv-00135 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: April 3, 1978

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2006

In 1978, plaintiffs filed class action suit against Simpson County and several officers and board members of the Simpson County Jail in the district court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Attorneys from the Central Mississippi Legal Services represented plaintiffs. In 1979, after negotiation, the court approved a consent decree requiring defendants to change regulations, policies, and procedures at the jail. In 1992, plaintiffs filed a contempt motion, and the court (Judge Tom S. Lee…
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
Bear v. Kautzky

4:01-cv-40456 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: July 27, 2001

Closed Date: Jan. 25, 2006

Four inmates at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Iowa filed a lawsuit on July 27, 2001 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, challenging a policy that banned prisoners' communications with other prisoners who served as jail-house lawyers. Plaintiffs alleged that this policy violated their First Amendment right to freedom of expression and their Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights to be free from retaliation. Plaintiffs sought …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Sandoval v. Lopez

1:02-cv-00170 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 2002

Closed Date: 2005

On Feb. 12, 2002, plaintiff Anthony J. Sandoval, a prisoner at New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe, filed a Section 1983 suit, pro se, in the District of New Mexico against officials of the New Mexico Department of Corrections. Plaintiff alleged that defendants used excessive force in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. In October 2002, plaintiffs in a related class action suit, Ayers v. Perry (PC-NM-003), sought to consolidate the two cases arguing that both lawsuits "involve con…
PRISON CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Virgin Islands

1:86-cv-00265 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 1986

On May 28, 1985, the U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] notified the Governor of the Virgin Islands that it was commencing an investigation of alleged unconstitutional conditions of confinement at the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The DOJ issued a findings letter on January 23, 1986, advising that it had reasonable cause to believe that inmates confined to the Golden Grove Adul…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
American Council of the Blind v. O'Neill

1:02-cv-00864 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 3, 2002

In 2002, the American Council of the Blind and two individuals with visual impairments filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States under § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs challenged the Treasury Department's failure to make paper banknotes that are independently usable by persons who are blind or visually impaired and sought declarat…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. WELBORNE AUTOMOTIVE, INC. (FKA NISSAN OF HICKORY)

5:04-cv-00207 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 30, 2004

Closed Date: 2012

On December 30, 2004, the Charlotte and Norfolk offices of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit under Title VII against Welborne Automotive, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. The EEOC alleged that the defendants, a car dealership, had violated the rights of the complainant by firing her because she was female.On August 1, 2005, the complainant intervened as a plaintiff in the lawsuit. The case went to mediation in May of 2006, b…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Correctional Medical Services

2:99-cv-00943 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 31, 1999

Closed Date: March 8, 2001

The EEOC's Birmingham district office sued Correctional Medical Services, Inc., a national healthcare provider, on August 31, 1999 in the U.S. District Court for the Alabama Middle District. The EEOC complaint alleged that Correctional Medical Services violated Title VII by discriminating against two of its employees by creating a racially hostile work environment and retaliating against them for their complaints by firing them. Correctional Medical Services filed two motions for summary judg…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. MEARS TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC., and A-1 LIQUIDAT

1:97-cv-04375 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 1997

Closed Date: July 14, 1999

The EEOC's Miami district office sued Mears Transportation Group, Inc., a Florida personal transportation company, and A-1 Liquidating Corporation, a Florida corporation, on December 23, 1997 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The EEOC's claim alleged that these two companies violated Title VII when they discriminated against her based on sex (female) when the company paid for one hotel room and told her to share it with a male driver or purchase her own and when …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Prospect Airport Services

2:05-cv-01125 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2005

Closed Date: July 25, 2017

In September 2005, the Los Angeles District Office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against Prospect Airport Services, Inc. The complaint was brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. The plaintiff alleged that a male employee was sexually harassed by a female co-worker, and that the defendant company did not take steps to remedy the situation.The defendan…