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JAIL CONDITIONS
Foster v. Fulton County

1:99-cv-00900 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: April 8, 1999

Closed Date: 2015

On April 8, 1999, inmates at the Foster County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, who had tested positive for HIV, filed this class action lawsuit against county officials. The plaintiffs, represented by the Southern Center for Human Rights, brought the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They alleged that the defendants' policies, which denied even basic medical care to HIV-positive prisoners, were sufficient to meet the deliberate indifference…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Benjamin v. Horn

1:75-cv-03073 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: June 24, 1975

This case was consolidated for enforcement purposes with Ambrose v. Malcolm; Detainees of Queens House of Detention v. Malcolm; Detainees of Brooklyn House of Detention for Men v. Malcolm; Maldonado v. Ciuros; Forts v. Malcolm; and Rosenthal v. Malcolm. The summary below includes all of these in the consolidated form, but more information about each individual case is included in the "Related Cases" section. On June 24, 1975, a group of pretrial detainees at Rikers Island Detention Center for M…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Clement v. California Department of Corrections

4:00-cv-01860 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 23, 2000

Closed Date: 2004

On May 23, 2000, an inmate at the Pelican Bay State Prison filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the California Department of Corrections. The plaintiff, who was represented by the ACLU and private counsel, sought injunctive relief and damages, alleging (1) that the delay in his diagnosis of and treatment for colon cancer amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, (2) that the prison's refusal to provide him with medical…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Muhammad v. Keve

1:77-cv-00221 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: June 14, 1977

In 1977, Muslim inmates of the Delaware Correctional Center filed a pro se suit in the District of Delaware against prison officials. The plaintiffs alleged violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that the food service policies and treatment by the staff violated their right to free expression of religion, because the dietary restrictions required by their Muslim observance were not being accommodated.Shortly after the complaint was filed in August …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Inmates of Indiana State Farm v. Bayh

1:82-cv-00477 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: March 30, 1982

Closed Date: July 12, 2000

In 1982, inmates at the Indiana State Farm sued the state of Indiana because of overcrowding and a lack of sufficient staffing, including medical staffing. It is not clear who was representing the inmates at that time, if anyone, but at some point in the litigation, the ACLU provided representation. Four years after filing the complaint, on February 18, 1986, the district court for the Southern District of Indiana approved a consent decree between the parties and ordered renovation of the fac…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Jolly v. Coughlin

1:92-cv-09026 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 1992

Closed Date: 2000

On December 15, 1992, a Rastafarian inmate at the Southport Correctional Facility in Pine City, New York filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) 42 U.S.C. §2000b, against the New York State Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiff asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that the defendants had violated his constitutional rights by s…
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…
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. THE APOTHECARY SHOP OF SCOTTSDALE, INC.

2:06-cv-02324 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Sept. 28, 2006

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 2009

In September 2006 the Phoenix District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against Apothecary Shop of Gilbert, Inc. and Apothecary Shop of Scottsdale, Inc., doing business as Apothecary Shops of Arizona, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona alleging discrimination on the basis of race, African-American, and gender, female, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that the complainant was terminated from her managerial po…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. EBY-Brown Company, LLC

1:06-cv-01083 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: July 17, 2006

Closed Date: 2009

The Indianapolis Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Eby-Brown Company, LLC in July 2006 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (Indianapolis). The complaint alleged that Eby-Brown violated Title VII by subjecting a black male employee born in the Republic of Guinea to harassment based on his race, color and national origin and retaliating against him by discharging him for his opposition to discriminatory practices and his participation in proceeding…