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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
DOJ CRIPA Investigation, Enid and Paul's Valley State Schools (OK)

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In April 1982, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) initiated an investigation of conditions at Enid State School and Paul's Valley State School in Oklahoma pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §1997.The DOJ investigation consisted of tours of Enid and Paul's Valley State Schools ("ESS" and "PVSS") by a physician, an educational psychologist, and DOJ personnel.In May 1983, the DOJ issued its findings letter regarding the condition…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Koskinas v. Cuomo

26499/87 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 1987

Closed Date: Feb. 18, 1993

Plaintiffs, homeless and mentally ill persons who had been discharged from state mental hospitals, filed two complaints in New York County's Supreme Court of the State of New York. (In that state, the "Supreme Court" is a trial court.) Represented by private counsel from a large New York City law firm, plaintiffs alleged that state and municipal officials and agencies, the defendants, had failed to comply with their obligation under state law (Mental Hygene Law § 29.15 (f) and (g)) to provide…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities v. Connecticut

3:06-cv-00179 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Feb. 6, 2006

On February 6, 2006, the State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons With Disabilities (an independent State agency charged with advocating for persons with disabilities), along with several persons with mental disabilities residing in nursing facilities, filed this lawsuit against the State of Connecticut, its Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, its Department of Public Health, and its Department of Social Services in the United States District Court for …
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Charles v. Orange County, New York

7:16-cv-05527 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 12, 2016

Closed Date: Nov. 18, 2019

On July 12, 2016, two legal permanent residents filed this lawsuit against Orange County, New York and its officials in the U.S. District for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, who both had serious mental illnesses, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that county officials discharged them from civil immigration detention at Orange County Detention Center without providing discharge…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Carr v. Becerra

3:22-cv-00988 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2022

This case concerns the effects of an agency rule change on Medicaid benefits provided by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government passed the FFCRA on March 18th, 2020. Among other things, the bill increased federal funding of Medicaid if certain provisions were met. One of these provisions was an extension of benefits through the end of the declared public health emergency. States could not terminate the benefit extension;…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Garcia v. Johnson

2:09-cv-01747 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: April 24, 2009

Closed Date: April 23, 2010

On April 24, 2009, a class action suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The suit alleged that the defendants violated the Social Security Act, federal regulations, and the Due Process Clause. The plaintiffs consisted of two elderly Pennsylvanians who were Medicare recipients, as well as two nonprofit organizations, Arc of Pennsylvania and Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE). They were represented by two non-profit…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Sheffield v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

1:23-cv-11757 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2023

This case involved Section 234 of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2021 (“2021 Appropriations Act”), which gave the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) the authority to provide in-vitro fertilization (“IVF”) services to veterans. The 2022 Appropriations Act was, in pertinent part, identical. Section 234 of the 2021 Appropriations Act authorized “fertility counseling and treatment using assisted reproductive technology to a covered ve…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
National Organization for Women-New York City v. United States Department of Defense

1:23-cv-06750 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 2, 2023

This case involved the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs 2019 Regulations (“VA 2019 Regulations”), which permitted the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (“VA”) to provide in vitro fertilization (“IVF”) services to a veteran and the spouse of that veteran when clinically appropriate if the veteran has a “service-connected disability that results in the inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of fertility treatment.” 38 C.F.R. § 17.380(a)(1). The VA provided a memo that addressed …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Trump

1:25-cv-00038 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

This case is one of several challenging President Trump's effort to narrow birthright citizenship--the Fourteenth Amendment right to U.S. citizenship to individuals born on U.S. soil and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." You can see all these cases here.  President Trump was sworn in to his second term as President on January 20, 2025 and immediately issued a number of Executive Orders--including Executive Order 14160, which proclaimed that birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amend…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
County of Santa Clara v. Trump

5:25-cv-00981 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2025

This case, filed on Jan. 30, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, is one of several challenges to Executive Order 14160, issued by President Trump on January 20, 2025, which sought to narrow birthright citizenship--the Fourteenth Amendment right to U.S. citizenship to individuals born on U.S. soil and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof." You can see all these cases here.  The Executive Order sets out that (effective 30 days after the Executive Order), Unit…

Administrative Stay Granted