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DOJ Investigation of Phoenix Police Department

No Docket | No Court

On August 5, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it was opening a pattern and practice investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department (collectively, “PhxPD”). DOJ initiated the investigation under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which prohibits state and local governments from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives individuals of rights protected by the Constitution or federal law. T…
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Porter

2:77-cv-01164 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 1977

Closed Date: July 2, 1982

This case involved allegations of misconduct against Officer Baranyai, a policeman of the Borough of Millvale. On October 6, 1977, the Attorney General of Pennsylvania filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Officer Baranyai and the Millvale chief of police, mayor, and borough council. Filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the complaint sought injunctive relief prohibiting defendants from violating the constitutional rights of the residents of Millva…
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People of the State of New York v. Wallkill

7:01-cv-00364 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2001

Closed Date: Feb. 28, 2006

This case involved misconduct by the Wallkill Police Department (WPD). On January 18, 2001, the Attorney General filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Town of Wallkill (Town), seeking injunctive relief to reform and monitor the WPD. The case was assigned to District Judge Colleen McMahon. The lawsuit was the offshoot of the Attorney General's investigation of the WPD. The investigation revealed a pattern of pervasive misconduct, including…
PRISON CONDITIONS
United States v. Alabama

2:20-cv-01971 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2020

This case involved alleged unconstitutional conditions in Alabama’s men’s prisons. On December 9, 2020, the DOJ filed this lawsuit in  the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against the Alabama Department of Corrections under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA)(42 U.S.C. §1997). The DOJ alleged that the conditions of the prisons violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, following an investigation that found poor conditions and deliberate indiffer…
CHILD WELFARE
Charlie and Nadine H. v. Corzine

2:99-cv-03678 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1999

Closed Date: April 25, 2023

On August 4, 1999, a group of children in the legal and/or physical custody of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and DYFS in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented in part by Children's Rights, Inc., the plaintiffs alleged that DYFS failed to protect them from abuse, failed to provide them with services such as medical care, and failed to provide DYFS caseworkers with adequate resources and…

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California v. Stockton Unified School District

34-2019-00248766 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2019

Closed Date: April 11, 2024

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On January 22, 2019, the California Department of Justice ("DOJ") entered into a settlement agreement with the Stockton Unified School District ("District") and its police department to address system-wide violations of civil and constitutional rights of African American and Latino students and students with disabilities. The agreement resulted from a comprehensive investigation conducted by the DOJ into the law enforcement referral pract…
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DOJ Investigation of City of Miami Police Department

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In November 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida opened an investigation of the Miami Police Department (MPD) under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, to determine whether MPD was engaging in a pattern or practice of excessive use of deadly force by firearms. On July 9, 2013, the DOJ submitted a findings letter detailing its rationale for finding that MPD …
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United States of America v. County of Los Angeles

2:15-cv-03174 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: April 28, 2015

The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division initiated a civil investigation of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department on August 19, 2011. The investigation focused on allegations of unconstitutional conduct by deputies at two stations located in the Antelope Valley cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, California. The DOJ proceeded under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994,42 U.S.C. § 14141 (Section 14141), and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,42 U.S.C. …

Justice Department Opens Investigation into the Antelope Valley Stations of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

[Antelope Valley Stations - Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department]

Aug. 19, 2011

Statement of Intent

DOJ Investigation of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Stations in Antelope Valley

June 27, 2013

Re: Investigation of Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Stations in Antelope Valley

DOJ Investigation of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Stations in Antelope Valley

June 28, 2013

Resumen de la Carta de Hallazgos del Valle de Antelope [Findings Letter (Spanish)]

DOJ Investigation of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Stations in Antelope Valley

Nov. 19, 2013

Settlement Agreement

United States v. County of Los Angeles

April 28, 2015

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United States v. Springfield Police Department

3:22-cv-30043 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 13, 2022

On April 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) brought this case against the the City of Springfield and the Springfield Police Department (SPD) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141. This case was borne out of an investigation into the SPD’s Narcotics Bureau opened in April 2018 by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. Following the investigation, the DOJ issued a letter in July 2020 d…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Hinds County

3:16-cv-00489 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 23, 2016

On May 21, 2015, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) completed an investigation into Hinds County, Mississippi, over conditions at the Hinds County Adult Detention Facility and Work Center in Raymond (RDC) and the Jackson Detention Center in Jackson. The DOJ found that the facilities were chronically understaffed, that staff were not adequately trained or supervised, and that the facilities were poorly designed and ill-maintained. Facility staff in turn fa…