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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Iasimone v. Garrahy

1:77-cv-00727 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 1977

Closed Date: 1994

On December 9, 1977, a group of residents at the Dr. Joseph H. Ladd School, a state facility for intellectually disabled and other handicapped individuals, filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs brought this action against the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals (now the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals) and the Ladd Sc…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
U.S. v. State of New Mexico

1:07-cv-00470 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: May 14, 2007

Closed Date: Oct. 17, 2011

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 Ft. Bayard Medical Center ("Ft. Bayard"), a public nursing home facility in southwest New Mexico, operated by the state in an old military facility. The investigation resulted in a May 1, 2006, findings letter being sent by DOJ to the governor. The letter stated that in July and October 20…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
U.S. v. California

2:06-cv-02667 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 2, 2006

Closed Date: 2013

On May 2, 2006, the United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against California and state officials responsible for operation of two California mental hospitals: the Metropolitan State Hospital and the Napa State Hospital. The United States sued under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C § 12101. The U…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
M.K.B. v. Eggleston

1:05-cv-10446 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 2005

Closed Date: 2014

On December 13, 2005, a group of battered immigrant wives and children of lawful U.S. residents filed this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, challenging the denial of food stamps, Medicaid, and other public assistance benefits to certain categories of immigrants. The plaintiffs alleged that they applied for public benefits at New York City Job Centers, but were improperly denied those benefits in violation of state and federal law. …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Julia M. v. Scott

2:07-cv-04036 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 2007

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 2008

This is a class action filed in the Western District of Missouri, in which the plaintiffs are seeking to prevent the state from disenrolling recipients in Missouri's State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) who fail to meet their premium requirements without first notifying them of their right to appeal and to continue to receive program benefits pending the outcome of the appeal. The defendants are the Missouri Department of Social Services, and the interim directors of the state Fam…
CHILD WELFARE
Kenny A. v. Perdue

1:02-cv-01686 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: June 19, 2002

The advocacy organization Children's Rights, Inc. filed this lawsuit in June 2002 against the state of Georgia and the Departments of Family and Children Services (DFCS) in Fulton and DeKalb Counties, on behalf of children in foster care in Fulton and DeKalb counties. Plaintiffs alleged violations of the Georgia State Constitution, the First, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, the Medicaid Act, and the Multi…
CHILD WELFARE
G.L. v. Sherman

4:77-cv-00242 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: March 25, 1977

Closed Date: Feb. 1, 2006

In 1977 (and thereafter amended a number of times), the foster children of Jackson Missouri, represented by Children's Rights Inc., and Legal Aid of Western Missouri, filed a class action aimed at reforming the state's child welfare system. The federal complaint charges the Missouri Division of Family Services (DFS) with endangering the lives of children in state custody by failing to properly investigate and monitor foster homes that were found to be unsafe, unsanitary and unsupervised. Plaint…
CHILD WELFARE
Brian A. v. Haslam

3:00-cv-00445 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 10, 2000

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

On May 10, 2000, children in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (including a subclass of African American foster care children) filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, against the state of Tennessee. The plaintiffs, represented by Children’s Rights and private counsel, sought to enjoin the state from subjecting class members to practices that violated their rights.The plaintiffs alleged that the state violated …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Reynolds v. Giuliani

1:98-cv-08877 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 1998

Closed Date: July 22, 2011

New York City implemented an overhaul to its welfare system in order to meet federal and state welfare requirements, which were revised in the mid-1990s. Under the city’s program, “income support centers” (locations where public assistance benefits were applied for and distributed, sometimes during the initial visit by an applicant) were to be converted to “job centers.” These job centers put greater emphasis on making sure those receiving public assistance obtained employment from the private …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Parents League for Effective Autism Servs. v. Jones-Kelley

2:08-cv-00421 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 2, 2008

Closed Date: 2011

On May 2, 2008, the Parents' League for Effective Autism Services (PLEAS), along with three autistic children with autism who received medically necessary services funded by Medicaid, filed this suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, against the Director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and the Director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health. The suit was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and alleged violations of plaintiffs' rights under fede…