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JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. County of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Sheriff [USDOJ CRIPA Case]

2:15-cv-05903 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2015

On June 6, 1996, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) notified Los Angeles County that it intended to investigate conditions in the Los Angeles County Jail system (the Jails) pursuant to the Civil Rights of the Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). In August of 1996, the DOJ toured the Jails with correctional mental health experts. The investigation found that the Jails were failing to provide care meeting constitutional standards to mentally ill inmates. On September 5, 1997, the DOJ…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Harrington v. Devito

1:74-cv-03290 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 1974

Closed Date: Nov. 30, 2011

Pretrial detainees, incarcerated in Cook County, Illinois, were in need of mental health care; they brought this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois under 42 U.S.C. §1983 alleging that state and county officials failed to provide it. After several years of negotiations under court supervision, the parties settled the case by consent order (the "Agreed Order") in 1978. Among other things, the Agreed Order ordered the Defendants to follow certain procedures respe…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Jamison v. Farabee

4:78-cv-00445 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 1978

On February 28, 1978, persons confined as patients in California under the Welfare and Institutions Act filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the California Department of Mental Health (CDMH), the California Department of Developmental Services (CDDS), and the California Department of Health Services (CDHS). Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and private counsel, they sough…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Johnson & U.S. v. Florida

8:87-cv-00369 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: March 11, 1987

Closed Date: 2010

On March 11, 1987, mentally ill patients at G. Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital (GPW), filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of Florida in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. The plaintiffs, represented by Florida Rural Legal Services, Advocacy Center, Southern Legal Counsel, the School Board of Manatee County, the Center for Public Representation, a public defender and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and inj…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Knecht v. Gillman

4:72-00063 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: March 9, 1972

Sometime in 1972, two mental institution inmates at Iowa Security Medical Facility (ISMF) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against state officials in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division. The plaintiffs, represented by the Hawkeye Legal Aid Society, asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants' actions constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Specifically, the plaintiff contended that the…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Davis v. Gintoli

3:73-00205 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 23, 1973

Closed Date: Sept. 16, 1980

In 1973, a lawsuit challenging conditions at the Lima State Hospital (LSH) in Lima, Ohio, was filed against Ohio mental health officials in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The plaintiffs, represented by the Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, sought injunctive and declaratory relief, alleging numerous constitutional violations. The plaintiffs raised at least twenty-three separate claims, including minimum standards for physical and psychiatric care, individ…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Navarro-Ayala v. Hernandez-Colon

3:74-cv-01301 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Nov. 25, 1974

Closed Date: 2017

On November 25, 1974, patients at the Rio Piedras Psychiatric Hospital (RPPH) in San Juan, Puerto Rico filed a class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The plaintiffs, represented by Puerto Rico Legal Services and the Civil Action and Education Corporation, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief. They alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by overcrowding, inadequaci…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Hargrave v. Vermont

2:99-cv-00128 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: April 27, 1999

Closed Date: 2005

On April 27, 1999, a Vermont resident who had been diagnosed with mental illness filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12111 et seq., against the Vermont Department of Developmental and Mental Health Services. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the Connecticut Legal Rights Project, brought the suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, alleging that Vermont's statutes concerning individuals who…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of the Cincinnati Police Department

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In April 2001, the mayor of Cincinnati requested that the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") review the Cincinnati Police Department's ("CPD") use of force. Pursuant to its authority under 42 U.S.C. § 14141, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, the DOJ initiated an investigation. The DOJ conducted extensive interviews with city and CPD officials and community members; analyzed firearms investigations and complaints alleging excessive force; and examined CPD's use of force policies…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Disability Advocates, Inc. [DAI] v. New York State Office of Mental Health

1:02-cv-04002 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 28, 2002

Closed Date: Aug. 8, 2017

On May 28, 2002, Disability Advocates, Inc., along with other public interest groups, filed a civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of state prisoners with mental illness. The complaint alleged that the New York State Office of Mental Health [OMH] and the New York State Department of Correctional Services [DOCS] were deliberately indifferent to the serious mental health needs of state prisoners with mental i…