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NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Paramus (NJ)

No Court

On November 1, 1996, officials at the U.S. Department of Justice recommended an investigation into the conditions of resident care and treatment at the Bergen Pines County Hospital's nursing home in Paramus, New Jersey. The investigation was conducted pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, following information that the residents' constitutional rights had been violated. Specifically, sources indicated that the facility failed to provide adequ…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
U.S. v. City of Philadelphia

2:98-cv-04253 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 1998

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 1998

The United States Department of Justice investigated conditions at the Philadelphia Nursing Home (PNH) in 1996 pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). In a December 19, 1996 letter to the mayor of Philadelphia, the Department of Justice described the unconstitutional conditions in the facility. The facility failed to ensure the safety of or provide the most basic care to its residents. Staff neglected residents and allowed them to reside in unsanitary condition…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
CRIPA Investigation, Chattanooga (TN)

No Court Case | No Court

On December 3, 1996, the United States Department of Justice wrote a letter to the County Executive of Hamilton County Tennessee regarding its plan to investigate the Hamilton County Nursing Home in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Department of Justice had received information indicating that residents and their families were afraid to speak out about poor conditions in the facility out of fear of retaliation. The facility had been cited by the Health Care Financing Administration (NCFA) for defi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Inmates of Occoquan v. Barry

1:86-cv-02128 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1986

On August 4, 1986, the prisoners at the Occoquan Facilites of the District of Columbia's Lorton Correctional Complex filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the District of Columbia government officials responsible for these medium security facilities in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs alleged that overcrowding at the facility violated their Eighth Amendment rights, and that the District of Columbia repeatedly fai…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Texas (DOJ CRIPA lawsuit involving many State Schools)

1:09-cv-00490 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: June 26, 2009

On December 11, 2006, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division sent a "findings letter" to the governor of Texas, advising him of the results of its investigation into conditions and practices at the Lubbock State School ("LSS"), which housed people with developmental disabilities. The DOJ advised that its investigation found that conditions and services at LSS substantially departed from generally accepted standards of care. The DOJ issued additional "findings letters" on Decembe…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of the Reginald P. White Nursing Facility, MS

3:04-cv-00933 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2004

Closed Date: Feb. 24, 2010

Pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") conducted an investigation of conditions at the Reginald P. White Nursing Facility ("RWNF"), a public nursing home facility in Mississippi, evidently operated by one of the state's counties. The investigation resulted in a findings letter being sent to the governor of Mississippi on May 20, 2003. The letter stated that in August 2002, D…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of Claudette Box Nursing Home, Mount Vernon, Alabama

Never Filed | No Court

Pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") conducted an investigation of conditions at the Claudette Box Nursing Home ("the Box Home"), a state-operated facility in Alabama. Residents who were admitted to the home had to be over 65 and diagnosed with a significant mental illness. The investigation resulted in a findings letter being sent to the state's governor on June 2, 2003. …
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Mercer County, New Jersey

3:05-cv-01122 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Feb. 18, 2005

Closed Date: Aug. 26, 2010

Pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") conducted an investigation of conditions at the Mercer County Geriatric Center ("MCGC"), a public nursing home facility in New Jersey, evidently operated by Mercer County. The investigation resulted in an October 9, 2002, findings letter being sent to the County Executive. The letter stated that in December 2001, DOJ advised county offi…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
DOJ Investigation of Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center and Nursing Home

01-00409 | No Court

Pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") conducted an investigation of conditions at the Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center and Nursing Home ("BJC"), a public nursing home facility in Commerce, Georgia, operated by the Banks-Jackson-Commerce Hospital Authority on behalf of Banks County, Jackson County, and the City of Commerce, Georgia. The investigation resulted in a findin…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Strouchler v. Shah

1:12-cv-03216 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 23, 2012

Closed Date: Sept. 16, 2014

This class-action lawsuit was filed on April 23, 2012 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs were elderly and/or disabled recipients of Medicaid who received daily twenty-four-hour split-shift in-home care through the New York State Medicaid program. The suit was filed against the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health and the Executive Deputy Commissioner of the New York State of Temporary and Disability Assistance (the "Stat…