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JAIL CONDITIONS
Capel v. McCarthy

2:77-cv-00118 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: July 15, 1977

Closed Date: 1987

On July 15, 1977, inmates of the Clark County Jail in Las Vegas, Nevada, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. The plaintiffs, represented by the federal public defender, alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by confinement in conditions that were oppressive, barbaric, degrading, and dangerous to their lives, health, and safety. On August 11, 1977, the …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Stockton v. Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children

69-cv-02834 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 1969

Closed Date: 1976

On January 23, 1969, African-American juveniles brought a class action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, challenging the conditions of confinement at the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children. Plaintiffs alleged equal protection and due process violations and sought declaratory and injunctive relief. The U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] intervened in the action as a party plaintiff on November 11, 1969.Following discovery, the pa…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
U.S. v. Kentucky

3:95-cv-00757 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 1995

Closed Date: 2001

On November 13, 1995, the United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the commonwealth of Kentucky in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky pursuant in the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq., and the provisions of the Crime Bill, 42 U.S.C. 14141, concerning the administration of juvenile justice. The DOJ alleged that the conditions at juvenile institutions in Kentucky did not meet constitutional standa…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Law v. Britt

5:94-ct-00581 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 17, 1993

Closed Date: 1998

On May 17, 1993, juveniles detained in North Carolina detention centers filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against the Secretary of Human Resources and the various regional detention centers. The class consisted of all juveniles who were confined in the detention centers. Private counsel represented the class. The plaintiffs sought injunctive relief and damages, alleging that the conditions at the juvenile de…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Goodwin v. Shapiro

2:80-02828 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 26, 1980

In 1980, past and present patients at Essex County Hospital Center (the "Hospital"), filed a class action lawsuit against Essex County, Essex County Hospital Center, and Essex County Department of Health and Rehabilitation in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiffs, represented by New Jersey State public advocates, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that Hospital conditions violated their First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Laube v. Haley

2:02-cv-00957 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Aug. 19, 2002

Closed Date: 2010

On August 19, 2002, female prisoners in Alabama filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The prisoners sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging conditions of their confinement under the Eighth Amendment. This class action suit, brought on behalf of all female state prisoners in Alabama, was based on the following claims of unconstitutional conditions: overcrowding, inadequate supervision in open dorms, inadequate inmate classification, inmate violence, th…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Meredith v. Fair

3:61-03130 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: May 31, 1961

This was a desegregation suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on May 31, 1961 involving the desegregation of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). Plaintiff, civil rights activist James Meredith, claimed that he had been denied admission to Ole Miss solely because of his race. Initially, Meredith filed for a temporary restraining order with his complaint. This motion was denied by the district court because it found that there was evidence to conclu…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Rosas v. Baca

2:12-cv-00428 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2012

On January 18, 2012, prisoners at the Los Angeles County Jail filed this class action in the U.S. Court for the Central District of California. The prisoners sued the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The prisoners, represented by the ACLU of Southern California, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights had been violated. Specifically, they claimed that violence by LASD deputies—"sadistic beat…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Karsjens v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:11-cv-03659 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2011

On December 21, 2011, patients civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Minnesota Department of Health & Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Seeking injunctive and monetary relief, the plaintiffs alleged violations of the Fourteenth, First, and Fourth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that recent amendmen…
EDUCATION
Madison v. Sullivan Cnty. Bd. of Educ.

2:00-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 24, 2000

Closed Date: Oct. 16, 2006

This summary is based on the documents available on the U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) website.On March 24, 2000, a former high school student filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Judge Thomas G. Hull) against the Sullivan County Board of Education (SCBE) and several students (student defendants), under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d. On September 24, 2000, an amended complaint was filed to add another former student as a pl…