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CHILD WELFARE
David C. v. Leavitt

2:93-cv-00206 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 1993

Closed Date: Dec. 31, 2008

This lawsuit was filed by the National Center of Youth Law on February 2, 1993, against the Utah Department of Human Services (DHS), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. The class action complaint named as the plaintiff class all children in the custody of DHS, whether in a shelter care facility, foster family home, group home, or institutional care; and all children who known to DHS by virtue of a report of child abuse. It addressed systemic issues encompassing the shortfalls …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Valentine v. Englehardt

2:78-cv-00270 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 1978

Closed Date: July 21, 1980

In February 1978, seven pre-trial detainees at the Passaic County Jail in New Jersey filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against representatives of the county in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiffs, represented by the Office of Inmate Advocacy at the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by numerous conditions at the jail.…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Marcera v. Chinlund

1:76-cv-00508 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 15, 1976

On November 15, 1976, pretrial detainees in the Monroe County Jail in New York filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by the Public Interest Law Center of Rochester, New York, alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated because they had been denied contact visits while incarcerated at the jails, and they asked the court for declaratory and i…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Frazier v. Donelon

2:72-00814 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: March 20, 1972

Closed Date: Feb. 12, 1975

In 1972, inmates of the Jefferson Parish Prison in Louisiana filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Louisiana Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by prison policies regarding censorship of their mail, visitation rights, access to religious services, access to the telephone, and access to sexually explicit reading materials.The parties entered into mediat…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Prisoners Progress Ass'n v. Johnson

2:76-72416 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: 1976

Closed Date: Nov. 13, 1991

Plaintiffs in the case, individuals and a certified class, at least some of whom are inmates at the State Prison of Southern Michigan, petitioned the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on March 6, 1989 to enforce a consent decree dated April 2, 1981. Although it is not clear from the appellate opinion, it appears that this same group of plaintiffs had brought the original suit against the Michigan Department of Corrections sometime in 1976 resulting in the decree designed…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Calloway v. Fauver

3:79-02187 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: July 23, 1979

In July 1979, prisoners being held in protective custody at the Trenton State Prison in New Jersey filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the New Jersey Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The plaintiffs asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by their placement in protective custody without a hearing.On August 2, 1982, the U.S. District Court f…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ybarra v. Nevada Bd. of Prison Comm'rs

3:80-00040 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 1980

In 1980, Bernard Ybarra applied, pro se, for a preliminary injunction in the District of Nevada to forbid officials of Nevada State Prison from enforcing its informal regulation requiring frisk searches of contact visitors against his girlfriend. In a March 1981 order, the District Court (Judge Edward C. Reed) stated that Ybarra was entitled to a preliminary injunction because the regulation (1) had not been put into writing and posted at the Prison, (2) was in conflict with a duly adopted exi…
CHILD WELFARE
Charlie and Nadine H. v. Corzine

2:99-cv-03678 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1999

Closed Date: April 25, 2023

On August 4, 1999, a group of children in the legal and/or physical custody of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and DYFS in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented in part by Children's Rights, Inc., the plaintiffs alleged that DYFS failed to protect them from abuse, failed to provide them with services such as medical care, and failed to provide DYFS caseworkers with adequate resources and…

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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 …
CHILD WELFARE
Jeanine B. v. Doyle

2:93-cv-00547 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: June 1, 1993

On June 1, 1993, Children's Rights, the ACLU, and private co-counsel filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin against the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services and the Milwaukee County Department of Human Services. The complaint alleged abuse and neglect of children in the Milwaukee child-welfare system, inadequate investigations into abuse and neglect, lack of services, improper foster care placement, and high casewo…