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JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Sheriff [USDOJ CRIPA Case]

2:15-cv-05903 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2015

On June 6, 1996, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) notified Los Angeles County that it intended to investigate conditions in the Los Angeles County Jail system (the Jails) pursuant to the Civil Rights of the Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). In August of 1996, the DOJ toured the Jails with correctional mental health experts. The investigation found that the Jails were failing to provide care meeting constitutional standards to mentally ill inmates. On September 5, 1997, the DOJ…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Jones v. Wittenberg

3:70-cv-00388 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 1970

In 1970, inmates at the Lucas County Jail filed a class-action suit against several officials associated with the jail. In 1971, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (Judge Don J. Young) ordered the jail to update the lighting, ventilation, plumbing, paint, and cell-locking system, but denied the plaintiffs’ demand for damages. 330 F. Supp. 707. The Lucas County Sheriff appealed, and the Sixth Circuit affirmed. Jones v. Metzger, 456 F.2d 854 (6th Cir. 1972). A few years lat…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Orndorff v. Jefferson County

3:02-cv-05096 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2002

Closed Date: 2004

On February 25, 2002, an inmate at the Jefferson County Jail in Port Hadlock, Washington, brought a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington against Jefferson County and corrections officials alleging inadequate health care, access to courts, staffing and unsanitary conditions. The inmates were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. On August 22, 2002, the court certified the class as all current or future persons…
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…
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, …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rutherford v. Block

2:75-cv-04111 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 9, 1975

On February 9, 1975, prisoners represented by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the practices and conditions of confinement at the Los Angeles County Central Jail (the "Jail"). On December 31, 1975, the District Court certified the class.Following a 17 day trial on the matter and unannounced jail inspections by the Court, the District Court (Judge William P. Gray) entered an orde…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Vazquez v. City of Farmers Branch

3:06-cv-02376 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 26, 2006

Closed Date: 2008

On December 26, 2006 the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU), along with the ACLU's National Immigrants' Rights Project, filed a civil rights suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against the City of Farmers Branch, challenging the City's recently adopted Ordinance 2892. The Ordinance required landlords to verify the U.S. Citizenship or "eligible immigration status" of prospec…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Villas at Parkside Partners v. City of Farmers Branch

3:06-cv-02371 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2006

Closed Date: Sept. 2, 2010

This case is one of four lawsuits filed against the City of Farmers Branch, Texas, to challenge the City's anti-immigrant housing law, Ordinance 2892 (subsequently repealed and reenacted in slightly altered form as Ordinance 2903). See Vazquez v. City of Farmers Branch, Barrietos v. City of Farmers Branch and Ramos v. City of Farmers Branch. This case and two others filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Vazquez v. City of Farmers Branch and Barrientos v. City of F…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Voss Electric Company

5:02-cv-00092 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2002

Closed Date: March 17, 2006

The Dallas and Oklahoma City offices of the EEOC brought this suit against Voss Electric Company, doing business as Voss Lighting, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in January 2002. The complainants brought a separate suit (5:02-cv-00100-C) against the defendants in January 2002. The cases were consolidated in March 2002 and the EEOC's case was designated the lead case. Little litigation activity occurred in either case prior to consolidation. Subseque…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. MER CORPORATION d/b/a "Dancers Show Club"

1:06-cv-01436 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2006

Closed Date: 2007

On September 29, 2006, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit in the Indianapolis U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana against Mer Corporation (doing business as Dancers Show Club) on behalf of a female employee. According to the EEOC, Mer had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.) by forcing the employee to take early maternity leave, which resulted in loss of her position as a bartender. The EEOC sought its cos…