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CHILD WELFARE
David C. v. Leavitt

2:93-cv-00206 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 1993

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2008

This lawsuit was filed by the National Center of Youth Law on February 2, 1993, against the Utah Department of Human Services (DHS), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. The class action complaint named as the plaintiff class all children in the custody of DHS, whether in a shelter care facility, foster family home, group home, or institutional care; and all children who known to DHS by virtue of a report of child abuse. It addressed systemic issues encompassing the shortfalls …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Thomas v. Mears

4:73-00026 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Filed Date: Jan. 22, 1973

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 1980

In approximately 1973, juvenile offenders, represented by Central Arkansas Legal Services and private counsel, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of Arkansas against Pulaski County officials challenging procedures employed with juvenile offenders. While we do not have a copy of the complaint, on August 13, 1979, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (Judge Thomas Eisele) approved a consent decree between the parties. Thomas …
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Brewster v. Dukakis

3:76-cv-04423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 1976

Closed Date: 1992

On December 15, 1976, residents of the Northampton State Hospital in Massachusetts filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of Massachusetts in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated their constitutional rights by failing to provide them with suitable treatment under the least restrictive conditions, by discriminating against them with respect to benefit allocation pursuant to federal statu…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Coffelt v. Dept. of Developmental Serv.

916401 | California state supreme court

Filed Date: March 1, 1990

On March 1, 1990, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco, on behalf of persons with developmental disabilities and against the State of California, the Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Finance, the San Andreas Regional Center, the Golden Gate Regional Center, the Regional Center of the East Bay, and the North Bay Regional Center. The plaintiffs, represented by Protection and Advocacy, Inc., sought declaratory …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Kentucky ARC v. Conn.

3:78-00157 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: May 16, 1977

Closed Date: 1983

On May 16, 1977 the Kentucky Association for Retarded Citizens and residents of Outwood, a residential treatment facility in rural Kentucky for persons with intellectual disabilities, filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky against the Secretary of the Kentucky Department for Human Resources, state officials, and others. Outwood was operated by defendant Excepticon, Inc., a private corporation under contract with the Department for …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Parrent v. Angus

89-0907653-CV | Utah state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 1989

Closed Date: Feb. 23, 2001

On December 21, 1989, attorneys for the Legal Center for People with Disabilities, and the Association for Retarded Citizens for Utah filed suit on behalf of residents of the Utah State Developmental Center in the Third Judicial District Court, Salt Lake County, Utah, challenging the treatment, care, training and services being provided to the residents. The defendants included officials of Utah State Department of Human Services and other state agencies. The plaintiffs made claims under 42 U…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Medley v. Ginsberg

2:78-cv-02099 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: April 21, 1978

Closed Date: 2001

On April 21, 1978, the Executive Director of the, Kanawha Putnam Association for Retarded Children and an individual plaintiff, represented by Mountain State Justice, Inc., filed this lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (Charleston) to redress alleged deprivation of the constitutional rights of all children and young adults with intellectual disabilities institutionalized by the State of West Virginia.Plaintiffs alleged depr…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Greenbelt Nursing

8:98-cv-03113 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 1998

Closed Date: 1999

On September 14, 1998, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit under 31 U.S.C. § 3729 (the False Claims Act) against Greenbelt Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Center's parent corporations, Northern Health Facility and Extendicare Health Services, were also named defendants. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.The government alleged that the Center had failed to comply with the provisions required for facilities filing…
PRISON CONDITIONS
John Doe v. District of Columbia

1:79-cv-01726 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 3, 1979

Closed Date: 2002

On July 3, 1979, inmates at the Lorton Maximum Security Facility in Lorton, Virginia, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the District of Columbia in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by exposure to the danger of violent assault and sexual abuse, understaffing, insufficient security procedures, inadequate classification pr…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Spear v. Waihee

1:84-cv-01104 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 1984

Closed Date: 1999

On September 14, 1984, inmates confined at Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu and at the Hawaii Women's Correctional Facility in Kailua filed a class action law suit on behalf of themselves and all inmates who are or will be confined at the facilities against the Hawaii Department of Social Services and Housing and its Correctional Division. The law suit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging Eighth and Fourtee…