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MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Navarro-Ayala v. Hernandez-Colon

3:74-cv-01301 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Nov. 25, 1974

Closed Date: 2017

On November 25, 1974, patients at the Rio Piedras Psychiatric Hospital (RPPH) in San Juan, Puerto Rico filed a class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The plaintiffs, represented by Puerto Rico Legal Services and the Civil Action and Education Corporation, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief. They alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by overcrowding, inadequaci…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Plata v. Newsom

4:01-cv-01351 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2001

NOTE: Documents relating to the prison overcrowding proceedings in this case under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, which led to imposition of a statewide prison population cap, affirmed by the Supreme Court, are presented in a different case record. See "related cases" below. Summary: On April 5, 2001, nine male California incarcerated persons filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, against officials of the California Department of C…
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…
CHILD WELFARE
B.H. v. Johnson

1:88-cv-05599 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 1988

The ACLU filed this class action lawsuit in 1988 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against the state of Illinois, on behalf of all children in the custody of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) placed somewhere other than with their parents. The plaintiffs sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Adoption Assistance Welfare Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 620-28, 670-76. The class consisted of all children who had been or would be in the custody of DCFS, a…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services (IPAS) Commission v. Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction

1:08-cv-01317 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2008

On Oct. 1, 2008, the Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission (IPAS) filed this lawsuit on behalf of a group of prisoners with serious mental illness in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. IPAS, represented by the ACLU, proceeded under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC), asking the court for injunctive and declaratory relief. IPAS alleged that IDOC failed to adequately treat the prisoners in non-segregated and therapeutic …
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Jensen v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:09-cv-01775 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: July 10, 2009

On July 10, 2009, mental health patients at Minnesota Extended Treatment Options, a state facility, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and Minnesota state law against the Minnesota Department of Human Services in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought injunctive and declaratory relief, and damages. They alleged that Minnesota Extended Treatment Options frequently subjected patients with developmental disabilities to the i…
POLICING
Floyd v. City of New York

1:08-cv-01034 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2008

This is one of four ongoing cases challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" program. See Ligon v. City of New York; Daniels v. City of New York; Davis v. City of New York. On January 31, 2008, four African-American men who had been stopped and frisked in the City of New York brought this class § 1983 suit against the City in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rig…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Friendly House v. Whiting

2:10-cv-01061 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: May 17, 2010

On May 17, 2010, a group of organizations and individuals filed this lawsuit against the sheriff and district attorney of each of the fifteen counties in Arizona, in their official capacities, in the U.S. District Court of Arizona. The plaintiff, represented by organizations such as the ACLU and the National Immigration Law Center along with private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the recently enacted S.B. 1070 was a violation of the Supremacy Clause of the U.S.…
POLICING
Chang v. US

1:02-cv-02010 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2002

On October 15, 2002, undergraduates and law students at Georgetown University who had been arrested at a protest in September 2002, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the District of Columbia, the D.C. police department, the Fairfax, Virginia sheriff's department, and several individual police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Bivens. Represented by a private firm, the plaintiffs asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Coleman v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.

3:98-cv-00211 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 9, 1998

Closed Date: 2007

In 1998, a car buyer complaining about the terms of her car loan brought this case as a proposed class-action lawsuit against General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiff alleged that GMAC violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) by charging African-American consumers higher finance charge markups in its retail credit pricing system than it charged white consumers. The plaintiff sought injunctive relief and c…