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PRISON CONDITIONS
Austin v. Haley

2:95-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 15, 1995

On May 15, 1995, inmates in the Alabama State Prison System filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Governor of Alabama. Plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center and private attorneys. The lawsuit challenged several policies and practices within the state prison system, including the failure to provide adequate toilet fa…
POLICING
Melendres v. Arpaio

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

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2007

Case Ongoing

On December 12, 2007, a group of plaintiffs filed this lawsuit in United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the County of Maricopa and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO), as well as Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The plaintiffs 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 moving or parked vehicles in Maricopa County. They alleged claims under the Fourth Amendment (search a…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Iaffaldano v. Nassau County

0:99-cv-04238 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: June 3, 1999

Closed Date: June 19, 2017

On July 27, 1999, a plaintiff represented by private New York attorneys filed a civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, challenging the blanket strip search policy of the Nassau County Correctional Center. The plaintiff alleged that under the policy, all misdemeanor and minor offense arrestees were strip-searched without reasonable suspicion that they were concealing weapons or other contraband. Plaintiff alleged the policy …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Wallace v. Powell/H.T. v. Ciavarella

3:09-cv-00286 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2009

Case Ongoing

This case grew out of the criminal misconduct of two state court juvenile judges who sent hundreds of children to juvenile detention facilities because of bribes paid by the companies that ran those detention facilities. On February 13, 2009, the plaintiffs--children who had been adjudicated delinquent found to have violated their probation and parents of those children--brought this class action lawsuit against the judges. The plaintiffs, represented by multiple firms, sought damages against t…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Ellis v. Costco

3:04-cv-03341 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 2004

Closed Date: 2015

On August 17, 2004, a female employee filed this suit against Costco in United States District Court in the Northern District of California under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, and the Fair Employment and Housing Act, California Government Code 12940. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that Costco discriminated against her and other similarly situated females. Specifically, the plai…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Madrid v. Gomez

3:90-cv-03094 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 1990

Closed Date: 2011

On October 26, 1990, prisoners at the Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, California filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prison Law Office, alleged that the conditions of their confinement were unconstitutional, and they asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that the …