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Harrison v. Young

3:18-cv-01730 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 2, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 30, 2018

Plaintiff seeks to access General Revenue funds to meet her needs for 24-hour nursing that extends beyond the Medicaid HCBS waiver cost cap. During an Administrative Hearing, the hearing officer denied her request for additional hours beyond the Waiver cap and did not address the availability of additional State funding, On July 2, 2018, Disability Rights Texas filed a lawsuit to challenge the hearing office decision in the District Court for the Northern District of Texas against Defendant, Te…
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C.K v. Oakland Community Health Network

2:20-cv-13301 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 2020

Closed Date: July 29, 2022

This lawsuit, alleging violations of Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, was filed by Disability Rights Michigan on December 15, 2020 in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, seeking to enforce a Settlement Agreement they signed with Defendants in 2018.   District Judge David M. Lawson was assigned to the case.  Plaintiff is a 15 year-old Medicaid beneficiary who seeks to compel the State’s Medicaid managed care contractor (Oakland Communi…
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E.S. v. State

1:18-cv-00008 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: May 23, 2018

Closed Date: July 9, 2018

The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in state court to challenge the fair hearing decision on May 23, 2018.  The state removed the case to the US District Court, Federal District of Alaska on June 22, 2018.  The case was assigned to Judge H. Russel Holland.  Plaintiffs are two brothers each eligible for Alaska Medicaid waiver services, For years, they had each received 15 hours per week of individual day habilitation and 15 hours per week of group day habilitation services. Their services were reduce…
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Hinkle v. Kent

3:18-cv-06430 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 22, 2018

Case Ongoing

On October 22, 2018, Disability Rights and co-counsel Disability Rights Advocates and Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of the California Council of the Blind and three blind individuals, claiming that blind individuals do not receive accessible notices about Medicaid options and services, in violation of: the ADA Title II, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, California Government Code Section …
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National Federation of the Blind v. Lamone

1:14-cv-01631 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: May 19, 2014

Closed Date: Sept. 12, 2016

The State of Maryland developed an online ballot marking tool, which was used in the 2012 election, and modified to be more accessible for people with disabilities with the input of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). By 2014, however, in response to concerns about the security of this method, the legislature passed a requirement that such tools must be certified by the Board of Elections, which the Board failed to do. This left Maryland voters with disabilities without an accessible me…
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Georgia Advocacy Office v. Georgia

1:17-cv-03999 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On October 11, 2017, parents of children with disabilities, the ARC of the United States and the Georgia Advocacy Office filed a class action lawsuit in federal court alleging that the State of Georgia has discriminated against thousands of public school students with disabilities by providing them with a separate and unequal education in the State’s Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Supports Program (GNETS) and that in so doing, the State, violates the Americans with Disabilities…
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S.D. v. Pasadena Unified School District

2:16-cv-00984 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 2016

Case Ongoing

A class action complaint filed on February 11, 2016 in federal court, Central District of California and assigned to District Judge Beverly Reid O'Connell and Magistrate Judge Gail J. Standish, alleged that the placement of a class of children violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and state disability rights laws, by unnecessarily segregating them from students without disabilities, and denying them educational opportunities available to other students at the district’s campuses. The com…
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T.W. v. Jacobo

4:13-cv-00457 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 2013

This is a state-wide class action brought on behalf of over 300 individuals with psychiatric disabilities segregated in Florida state psychiatric treatment facilities. Plaintiff prisoners and the Protection and Advocacy agency, Disability Rights Florida, alleged that by failing to provide adequate community placements, Defendants created a situation in which individuals with psychiatric disabilities are segregated in large state facilities in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabili…
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Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission v. Indiana Secretary of State

4:16-cv-00029 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2016

Closed Date: April 14, 2016

This 2016 class action lawsuit challenged the constitutionality of Indiana Code § 3-5-5-17, which provided that persons who are committed to a psychiatric institution did not gain residency for voting purposes in the precinct where the institution is located, and raised claims that the statute burdens and discriminates against persons with disabilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The case was filed on February 25, 2016 in the So…
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DiMarco v. Wyoming Department of Corrections

1:03-cv-01006 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Jan. 24, 2003

Closed Date: Jan. 24, 2007

This is a case about a woman with intersex traits challenging her confinement in isolation while incarcerated. Even though the plaintiff had lived her entire life as a woman, prison staff determined she had genitalia outside of the typical male/female binary when they physically examined her upon her arrival at the Wyoming Women’s Center. Prison officials assigned the plaintiff to the maximum security ward to allegedly ensure the safety of both her and her fellow inmates. Previously, the ward h…