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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Day v. District of Columbia

1:10-cv-02250 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2010

The plaintiffs, institutionalized individuals in the District of Columbia with disabilities, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on December 23, 2010. The complaint alleged that the District of Columbia had policies and procedures that force the unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities who could live in the community with appropriate services. The plaintiffs claimed that these policies, which erected barriers to receiving long-term care…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Oklahoma's Mental Health Service System and Oklahoma City's Response to Mental Health Crises

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On November 17, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that they would be opening an investigation into the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD). The investigation intended to look into claims that Oklahoma failed to provide community-based mental health services for citizens of Oklahoma county. The investigation also included an appraisal of Oklahoma City’s responses to behavioral health crises, including the 911 response practices and poli…
CHILD WELFARE
Katie A. v. Bonta

2:02-cv-05662 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 18, 2002

This lawsuit was filed in the Central District of California on July 18, 2002, by the class of children and young adults who (a) are in the custody of Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; (b) have a behavioral, emotional, or psychiatric impairment; and (c) need individualized mental health services. The suit is against County and State agencies for neglecting their responsibilities to provide mental health care services to foster children in California. Plaintiffs soug…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
United States v. South Carolina

3:24-cv-07125 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2024

This federal law suit arose from a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into South Carolina's treatment of adults with serious mental illness (SMI). The investigation found that there was reasonable cause to believe that South Carolina violated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide services to individuals with SMI in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs. The investigation called for collaboration with the state; however, the DOJ retai…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Crowe v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

1:24-cv-03582 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2024

This ongoing lawsuit alleged that the Federal Bureau of Prisons violated the Earned Time Credits program of the First Step Act by treating the program as discretionary, as opposed to mandatory. On December 20, 2024, two incarcerated individuals, represented by Jenner & Block LLP and the federal and DC affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, filed a class action lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and its Director in the U.S. District Court for the District of…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights California v. County of Alameda

3:20-cv-05256 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 30, 2020

This case was brought by Disability Rights California (DRC), a nonprofit corporation, to challenge the systemic institutionalization and segregation of Alameda County residents with serious mental health disabilities. On July 30, 2020, DRC filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and named the County of Alameda (the County), Alameda Health System, and Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services (County Behavioral Health) as defendants. DRC brought…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Cooper v. Kliebert

3:14-cv-00507 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2014

On August 14, 2014, a number of prisoners in Louisiana state prisons filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. The plaintiffs, represented by public interest attorneys, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that, despite being found not guilty by reason of insanity of criminal offenses, they were still being incarcerated in Louisiana prisons. T…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Alaska's Behavioral Health System for Children

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This was an investigation into potential American with Disabilities Act (ADA) violations via the institutionalization of children with behavioral health disabilities in Alaska. On December 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) notified Alaska of its intent to investigate whether the state had unnecessarily institutionalized children with behavioral health disabilities in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Legal frameworks like the ADA and the Medicaid A…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
B. v. Kinsley

1:22-cv-01046 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2022

On December 6, 2022, Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC), the NAACP, and Children's Rights filed suit on behalf of a class of North Carolina youth in foster care with mental and behavioral health. The plaintiffs filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina against the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The case was assigned to Judge William L. Osteen, Jr. and Magistrate Judge L. Patrick Auld.  The plaintiffs asserted that the de…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Jimmo v. Sebelius

5:11-cv-00017 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2011

This case concerns the "Improvement Standard," a rule of thumb that required many beneficiaries to show a likelihood of medical or functional improvement before Medicare would pay for skilled nursing and therapy services. As a result, some people were forced into nursing homes or suffered other adverse medical outcomes. This lawsuit was brought against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by five individual plaintiffs who were Medicare beneficiaries and five national organization p…

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