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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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Cole v. County of Santa Clara

5:16-cv-06594 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2016

On November 14, 2016, five prisoners in the Santa Clara County Jail system with mobility disabilities filed this class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the County of Santa Clara under the American with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by Disability Rights Advocates and Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, sought declaratory relief that the County had violated their rights and inj…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Richardson v. Monroe County Sheriff

1:08-cv-00174 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2008

On February 13, 2008, a prisoner at the Monroe County Jail filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Monroe County. The plaintiff, represented by the ACLU of Indiana, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging violations of Indiana state law and the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that the living areas in the jail were grossly overcrowded, leading to unsanitary and …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Slevin v. Board of County Commissioners of Dona Ana County

1:08-cv-01185 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Dec. 28, 2008

Closed Date: 2013

On December 28, 2008, a prisoner at the Doña Ana County Detention Center ("the jail") filed a complaint against the jail in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the New Mexico Tort Claims Act. The plaintiff was mentally ill at the time of his arrest; he alleged that after he was booked into the jail, kept in administrative segregation for nearly two years, and was subject to inhumane conditions of confinement and…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
U.S. v. BREATHITT COUNTY, KENTUCKY

5:04-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Feb. 17, 2004

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2006

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 Nim Henson Geriatric Center ("Henson"), a county-operated skilled nursing facility in Jackson, Kentucky. The investigation resulted in a findings letter being sent to Breathitt County's judge executive on March 6, 2003. The letter stated that in June 2002, DOJ and certain of its expert con…
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
U.S. v. South Carolina

3:09-cv-00098 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2009

Closed Date: 2011

On January 15, 2009, the United States Department of Justice filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. The United States sued South Carolina, as the owner and operator of the C.M. Tucker, Jr. Nursing Care Center, under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (“CRIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The Department of Justice conducted an investigation of Tucker pursuant to CRIPA beginning in 2006. In a findings letter of May 6, 2008, the Department …
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
United States v. Marion County Nursing Home District

2:13-cv-00026 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: March 14, 2013

Closed Date: 2016

On March 14, 2013, the United States Department of Justice filed this complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The United States sued a Marion County-owned skilled nursing facility, the operation of which was largely funded through Medicaid, under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (“CRIPA”) and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), alleging that the Defendant had a practice of violating the constitutional and statutor…
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…
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…