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Advocacy Center v. Stalder

3:98-cv-00646 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: July 20, 1998

Closed Date: Oct. 15, 1999

This is a case about records access authority for a Protection and Advocacy agency (P&A). On July 20, 1998, Louisiana Advocacy Center, Louisiana’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Louisiana Advocacy Center sued the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety Corrections and the Warden of the David Wade Correctional Center in their official capacities under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIM…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Iowa v. White

4:14-cv-00092 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: March 12, 2014

Closed Date: July 1, 2014

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) records and residents access authority during an investigation. On March 12, 2014, Disability Rights Iowa (DRI), Iowa’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office and the Sheriff in his personal capacity. DRI asserted the defendants violated the PAIMI Act when they refused to provide DRI records and let DRI interview staff surrounding an incident wher…
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Equip for Equality v. Ingalls Memorial Hospital

1:03-cv-00797 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Feb. 3, 2003

This case is about the scope of a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) facilities and patient access authority. On February 3, 2003, Equip for Equality, Inc., Illinois’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Equip for Equality filed this lawsuit against Ingalls Memorial Hospital (Ingalls), a private hospital offering outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services. This case arose because Equip for Equality were denied entry to monitor Ingalls…
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CODING IN PROCESS
Indiana Disability Rights v. NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals

1:18-cv-02106 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: July 11, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 23, 2019

This case is about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) ability to monitor psychiatric facilities. On July 11, 2018, Indiana Disability Rights- Indiana’s P&A- filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Indiana Disability Rights filed this lawsuit against Neuropsychiatric Hospitals under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI Act). Represented by itself, Indiana Disability Rights sought declaratory and injunctive relief…
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Georgia Advocacy Office v. Camp

5:96-cv-00483 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 1996

Closed Date: June 9, 1999

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) facilities access authority. On December 16, 1996, Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO), Georgia’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. GAO filed this lawsuit against the Director of the Jasper County Department of Family and Children Services under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act, with respect to a Jasper County youth facility. Represented by itse…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. H.T. Hackney Co.

5:03-cv-00038 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Feb. 21, 2003

Closed Date: Aug. 22, 2005

In February 2003, the Louisville Area Office of the EEOC brought this lawsuit against H.T. Hackney Company in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky alleging discrimination on the basis of sex in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations involved are unknown. After the date for jury trial had been set, the parties settled the lawsuit in June 2003 through a consent decree. The two-year de…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Moorhead v. Lane

2:86-cv-02020 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: Jan. 21, 1986

This case was a civil rights class action against Illinois prison officials. It alleged discrimination against incarcerated women in housing, training, and pay. It culminated in a consent decree which required the construction of an all-women minimum-security prison and a “good faith” effort to reform education and vocational programs for women. Six incarcerated women filed a class action complaint on January 21, 1986, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Under 42 U.…
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Disability Rights Iowa v. Rabiner Treatment Center

3:16-cv-03010 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2016

Closed Date: May 26, 2016

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy agency’s (P&A) records and residents access authority. On February 10, 2016, Disability Rights Iowa (DRI), Iowa’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. DRI filed this lawsuit against Rabiner Treatment Center (Rabiner), a youth psychiatric residential treatment center, under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act. Represented by itself, DRI sought declarative and in…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Calvin R. v. Peters

1:82-cv-01955 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: April 1, 1982

This case alleged that Illinois prison officials failed to address violence among their facility's prison population. It culminated in a settlement in 1990. Unfortunately, the publicly available information on this case is limited. Numerous incarcerated persons at Illinois' Stateville Correctional Facility filed this class action suit on April 1, 1982, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Defendants included various officials from the Illinois Department of Correcti…
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Disability Rights Mississippi v. Hinds County

3:11-cv-00327 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: June 1, 2011

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency can communicate with all individuals in a juvenile detention facility where some individuals with disabilities reside, as well as the substantive conditions in a juvenile detention facility. On June 1, 2011, Disability Rights Mississippi, Mississippi’s P&A, and a putative class of juvenile detention facility residents filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. They filed this lawsuit…