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JAIL CONDITIONS
Rooks & U.S. v. Herring

1:92-cv-00316 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: April 23, 1992

Closed Date: 1998

On April 23, 1992, inmates at the Conecuh County Jail ("Jail") in Evergreen, Alabama filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the Southern Center For Human Rights, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages for the alleged inhumane conditions of confinement they were subjected to at the Jail. The case wa…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Jones v. City and County of San Francisco

3:91-cv-03453 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 1991

Closed Date: Aug. 18, 2000

The plaintiffs originally filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 2, 1991. The plaintiff class, consisting of certain pre-trial detainees housed at San Francisco Jail Number 3 (Jail No. 3) in San Bruno, California, brought suit challenging the constitutionality of the conditions of their confinement. The original action, entitled William Besk v. City and County of San Francisco, lead to a Stipulation of Dismissal ("B…
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 …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Myles v. Totten

2:87-cv-02191 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 18, 1987

On March 18, 1987, convicted inmates and pretrial detainees of Shelby County Jail in Memphis, Tennessee filed a class-action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various county and state entities in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and declaratory relief, alleging that the defendants had deprived them of various constitutional rights, including those under the Eighth and Four…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Little v. Shelby County

2:96-cv-02520 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 14, 1996

Closed Date: 2005

On May 14, 1996, an inmate at the County Jail of Shelby County, Tennessee, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the County of Shelby in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis Division. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the court for injunctive and monetary relief, alleging that excessive violence at the Jail and insufficient guard presence resulted in his gang-related rape in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. On July 1, 1996, …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
E. R. v. McDonnell

1:94-cv-02816 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 1994

Closed Date: 2001

On December 9, 1994, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all children detained at the Phillip B. Gilliam Youth Services Center (Gilliam) in Denver, Colorado, in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, against the State of Colorado. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the ACLU of Colorado, the Youth Law Center, and private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
United States v. Louisiana

3:98-cv-00947 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 1998

Closed Date: May 2, 2006

This is one of a collection of § 1983 inmate cases filed in Louisiana federal courts to challenge the operation and conditions of confinement in the Louisiana prison system and in parish and city jails throughout Louisiana. These cases have worked their way through the federal courts over the last four decades and are part of this collection, located at PC-LA, JC-LA and JI-LA.This case stems from a report published in October 1995 by the Human Rights Watch. The report, titled "Children in Con…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Foti

93-CC-1337 | Louisiana state trial court

Filed Date: 1993

In 1993, the parents of a juvenile offender filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the state of Louisiana in the Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans. The plaintiffs alleged that the juvenile court judicial administrator wrongfully sent their minor son to a juvenile detention center where he was allegedly raped. The Civil District Court (Judge George C. Connolly, Jr.) denied the state's motion for summary judgment and the state applied for writs to the Court of Appeals, which were denied …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Daratsakis v. Smith

1:76-03218 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 20, 1976

Closed Date: 1977

On July 20, 1976, children placed at the Children's Center in New York City filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the director of the Children's Center, along with administrators and the assistant commissioner of the Department of Social Services. The class consisted of children who were placed at or were subject to placement at the Children's Center. The Legal Aid Society of the City of New York, Juvenile Ri…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Christina A. v. Bloomberg

4:00-cv-04036 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Feb. 24, 2000

Closed Date: 2003

On February 24, 2000, juvenile inmates at the South Dakota State Training School at Plankinton filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400-1487 in the United States District Court, District of South Dakota, Southern Division, challenging conditions of confinement at the facility. Plaintiffs alleged numerous constitutional violations which included the following: (1) improper and punitive restraint methods; (2) l…