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JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Terrell County (GA)

1:04-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 7, 2004

Closed Date: July 15, 2014

In 1994, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice notified Terrell County, Georgia that it intended to investigate conditions in the county jail. In 1995, following the investigation, the DOJ notified the Chairman of the Terrell County Commission of its findings and made recommendations regarding staffing and supervision, grievance system, exercise, visitation, access to reading materials and religious services, medical and mental healthcare, dental care, suicide prevention,…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Lucas v. White

3:96-cv-02905 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 1996

Closed Date: 2000

On August 13, 1996, three women either currently or previously incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, California, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, seeking money damages from individual federal corrections officers. On or around August 13, 1996, the plaintiffs also filed administrative claims against the United States under the Federal Torts Claim Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 2671 et seq. The administrative cla…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Nunn v. Michigan Department of Corrections

2:96-cv-71416 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 27, 1996

Closed Date: April 25, 2007

On March 27, 1996 women prisoners at Scott Correctional Facility and Florence Crane Facility in Michigan filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs alleged that they were subjected to a pattern and practice of sexual harassment and abuse as a result of the Michigan Department of Correction's (DOC) failure to train properly and discipline its staff. Defendants moved to dismiss. The district court (Judge John Corbett…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Clarkson v. Coughlin

1:91-cv-01792 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 15, 1991

On March 15, 1991, deaf inmates at state prisons in New York filed a class action lawsuit under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12131, against the New York State Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prisoners' Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by the defendants' failure to pro…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Palmigiano v. Garrahy

1:74-cv-00172 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: July 16, 1974

Closed Date: Feb. 19, 2014

On 01/11/2007, six inmates in the "awaiting trial" section of the Adult Correctional Institutions of Rhode Island (ACI) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The plaintiffs, represented in part by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated because …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Givhan v. Puckett

4:82-cv-00064 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: March 15, 1982

Closed Date: 2011

On March 15, 1982, Muslim prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman filed a class action lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Greenville Division. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that conditions of confinement in DOC violated their constitutional rights to religious freedom. On August 17…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. AIRBORNE EXPRESS

1:04-cv-01118 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2004

Closed Date: 2009

The Phoenix and Albuquerque offices of the EEOC brought this suit against DHL Express, Inc. and Air One Transport in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico in September 2004. The complaint alleged discrimination against a female employee in violation of Title VII. More specifically, the complaint alleged the defendant allowed the complainant to be sexually harassed, subjected her to discipline and other conditions of employment based on her sex and failed to promote he…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. STERLING BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION INC

1:01-cv-00732 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: June 26, 2001

Closed Date: Jan. 2, 2003

In June 2001, the EEOC district office in Phoenix, Arizona brought this suit against Sterling Brothers Construction, Inc., a general construction firm, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The complaint states that former female employee alleged that the defendant's president and controlling shareholder violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when he created and maintained a sexually hostile working environment. Specifically, the female stated that she was ina…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. TOUCHSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.

5:01-cv-00763 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 16, 2001

Closed Date: March 14, 2005

The Oklahoma City Area Office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, against Touchstar Americas and related businesses. The complaint, filed in May 2001, alleged national origin discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; specifically that the Defendant had subjected charging party to a hostile work environment and terminated him because of his national origin, Hispanic. In December 2002, the Defendant filed…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Walsh Construction Company

1:03-cv-03601 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 28, 2003

Closed Date: 2007

On May 28, 2003, the EEOC filed a complaint on behalf of charging party, a female employee, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The complaint alleged violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 committed by defendant Walsh Construction Company of Illinois. Specifically, plaintiff claimed the company by subjecting the charging party to a hostile work environment as the result of sexual harassment and …