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MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Eckerhart v. Hensley

2:75-cv-00087 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: April 14, 1975

Closed Date: June 30, 1983

In 1975, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all people involuntarily confined at the Forensic Unit of the Fulton State Hospital in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri against the Missouri Mental Health Commission and officials responsible for the operation of the Forensic Unit. The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society of St. Louis, sought injunctive and declaratory relief alleging that (1) the conditions in the Forensic Unit fell below c…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Peralez v. Washington State Department of Corrections

3:06-cv-05625 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 2006

Closed Date: 2010

On October 26, 2006, Plaintiff, a disabled former prisoner in the Washington State Department of Corrections, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington under the Americans With Disabilities Act , the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC). The Plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the Court for damages and for class certification for all similarly situated disabl…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Davis v. Canyon County

1:09-cv-00107 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 2009

Closed Date: 2013

On January 9, 2009, six inmates of the Canyon County Jail filed a class action lawsuit against the jail under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and 42 U.S.C. §1983. Represented by the ACLU, the plaintiffs filed for declaratory and injunctive relief claiming their confinement was indecent, cruel and, inhumane due to overcrowding, inadequate ventilation, inadequate plumbing, inadequate recreation, inadequate medical care and overall lack of cleanliness. On August 21, 2009, the court (Judge B. …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Trojcak v. United States of America

1:08-cv-00593 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2008

Closed Date: 2014

On October 8, 2008, 47 prisoners filed a complaint under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346, against the federal government, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Plaintiffs alleged that as a result of Hurricane Rita they were subject to inhumane and unsanitary conditions of confinement. Plaintiffs also alleged that the conditions under which they were employed at a UNICOR factory manufacturing Kevlar helmets for a Department of Defense contract were similarly…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Meza v. Livingston

1:05-cv-01008 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 2005

Closed Date: 2015

On December 5, 2005, a convicted murderer on parole in Texas filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole. The plaintiff is represented by both public and private counsel. The plaintiff asked the court for a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages. The plaintiff asked t…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bumgarner v. North Carolina Department of Corrections

5:10-ct-03166 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2010

Closed Date: 2014

On September 17, 2010, prisoners with physical disabilities under the custody of the North Carolina Department of Corrections ("DOC") filed a putative class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina under the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101, et seq., and the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794. The plaintiffs, represented by North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, brought the suit against the state of North Carolina. They asked the …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Hecker v. CDCR

2:05-cv-02441 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2005

On December 1, 2005, a group of California prisoners with mental illness filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The prisoners filed against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act. The prisoners, represented by the Legal Aid Society, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and private counsel, asked the court for both declaratory and injunctive relief, alleg…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Karsjens v. Minnesota Department of Human Services

0:11-cv-03659 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2011

On December 21, 2011, patients civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The plaintiffs sued the Minnesota Department of Health & Human Services (DHS) and the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Seeking injunctive and monetary relief, the plaintiffs alleged violations of the Fourteenth, First, and Fourth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that recent amendmen…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Henderson v. Thomas

2:11-cv-00224 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 28, 2011

Closed Date: 2016

On March 28, 2011, a class of HIV-positive men and women imprisoned by the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, under the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU of Alabama, the national ACLU, the ACLU AIDS Project, and the ACLU National Prison Project, sought declaratory and injunctive relief and class certification.The plaintiffs all…
PRISON CONDITIONS
In re Jackson Lockdown/MCO Cases

2:81-72151 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: June 1, 1981

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 1985

In 1981, a group of state prisoners brought a class action suit, Walker v. Johnson, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the State of Michigan; the Michigan Department of Corrections; and the wardens of Marquette Branch Prison, the State Prison of Southern Michigan, and the Michigan Reformatory at Ionia. The suit alleged that a lockdown imposed by prison officials in response to inmate riots severely restricted inmate privileges and resulted in conditions of c…