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JAIL CONDITIONS
Zolnowski v. County of Erie

1:95-cv-00774 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 8, 1995

Closed Date: 1998

On September 8, 1995, inmates at the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo, New York filed a pro se class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the New York State Commission of Corrections and representatives of the jail. The plaintiff class alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by overcrowding at the jail. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as monetary damages.On October 3,…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Inmates of Boys' Training School v. Lindgren

1:71-cv-04529 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Jan. 6, 1998

Closed Date: July 24, 2017

In 1971, a group of juvenile inmates filed suit in the United States District Court, in the District of Rhode Island pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to challenge conditions of their confinement at the Rhode Island's Boys' Training School. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as class certification.In 1972, a temporary restraining order was entered by Judge Raymond Pettine and the matter was certified as a class action. On July 28, 1972, Judge Pettine issued an order f…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Walker v. Johnson

4:81-40336 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 19, 1981

In 1981, a group of incarcerated persons brought this class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan; the Michigan Department of Corrections; and the wardens of Marquette Branch Prison, the State Prison of Southern Michigan, and the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia. The suit alleged that a lockdown imposed by prison officials in response to riots severely restricted the privileges afforded to incarcerated individuals and resulted in …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Giles v. Coughlin

1:95-cv-03033 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 28, 1995

James Giles, an inmate at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in New York, filed a pro-se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the state Department of Corrections on April 28, 1995, alleging that his Eighth Amendment rights had been violated when he was held in "medical keeplock" for refusing to take a test that would detect latent tuberculosis ("PPD test"). The conditions of confinement in medical keeplock were found unconstitutional in two other sou…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Purvis v. Johnson

2:01-cv-00238 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 22, 2001

Closed Date: 2004

On June 22, 2001, an inmate housed in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants had violated his constitutional rights by their failure to protect him from a threatening cellmate, their obstruction of a post-assault investigation, and their failure to conduct sufficien…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Miniken v. Walter

2:96-cv-00407 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: July 24, 1996

Closed Date: 1988

On July 24, 1996, Donald W. Miliken, an inmate at the Airways Heights Corrections Center (AHCC) in Washington, filed a lawsuit pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington against the Attorney General of Washington. Plaintiff eventually retained a private attorney. He claimed that the defendant violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by failing to deliver the Prison Legal News, a publication to which he subscribed, without…
POLICING
U.S. v. City of Columbus, Ohio

2:99-cv-01097 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Oct. 21, 1999

Closed Date: 2002

In 1998, the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) conducted an investigation of the Columbus Division of Police (CDP). As a result of the investigation, the DOJ determined that CDP officers were engaged in a pattern or practice of using excessive force, making false arrests and lodging false charges, and conducting improper searches and seizures in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments. On October 21, 1999, the DOJ filed a complaint against the City of Columbus, …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Voshell v. Spence

4:03-cv-40522 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Sept. 22, 2003

Closed Date: 2009

On September 22, 2003, several inmates in the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, Iowa, filed a lawsuit pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against administrative officials of the Iowa Department of Corrections in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. The plaintiffs, later appointed private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief and damages, alleging that the defendants were subjecting them to "religious discrimination and persecution." Spe…
POLICING
U.S. v. Territory of the Virgin Islands

3:08-cv-00158 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2008

In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated an investigation of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) pursuant to 42 USC § 14141. On October 5, 2005, the DOJ issued a technical assistance letter to VIPD, making recommendations regarding specific changes to the department's policies regarding use of force, vehicle pursuits, holding cells, misconduct investigations, discipline, supervisory oversight, and training. On December 23, 2008, the DOJ …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation

4:97-cv-00106 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 1997

Closed Date: Feb. 4, 1999

In January 1997, the EEOC district office in St. Louis, Missouri brought this case against the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a national aircraft manufacturer, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The complaint is currently unavailable. The parties entered into a settlement agreement in February 1999. The terms of settlement agreement are not currently available.