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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Evans v. Fenty

1:76-cv-00293 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 1976

Closed Date: 2017

On February 23, 1976, six residents of Forest Haven, an institution operated by the District of Columbia for developmentally disabled persons, filed this lawsuit against the District's mayor and its Department of Human Resources. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution; the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 6001 et seq.); and 32 D.C.…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Armstrong v. Newsom

4:94-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 1994

On June 29, 1994, eleven California state prisoners and parolees with disabilities filed this lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections—now the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”)—in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California. Represented by the Prison Law Office, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, and private counsel, the plaintiffs alleged that the CDCR had discriminated against them and all others similarly situat…
EDUCATION
Gustafson v. University of California-Berkeley

3:97-cv-04016 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 1997

Closed Date: May 5, 2019

On October 31, 1997, represented by private counsel and attorneys from Disability Rights Advocates, three named individual plaintiffs and an organizational plaintiff (the Coalition for Access and Disability Rights, "CADRE," later re-named as the Boalt Disability Law Society) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that the defendants (the University of California at Berkeley, its board of regents, and chancellor) violated 42 U.S.C. § 1981. …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Christensen v. Utah State University

1:06-cv-00057 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: May 8, 2006

Closed Date: 2007

On May 8, 2006, twelve deaf Utah State University students filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Utah, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, against Utah State and its Board of Regents. The case was brought under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, with the Plaintiffs alleging that the Defendants had discriminated against them in many ways, including: denying them access to the…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America v. University of Michigan

2:07-cv-11702 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: April 17, 2007

Closed Date: 2013

On April 17, 2007, the Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America (MPVA) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§12131 et seq. (ADA), against the University of Michigan. The complaint alleged that the University was discriminating against disabled members of the Plaintiff group and others similarly situated by denying them equal access to seating at the University of Michigan Football Stadiu…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Pierce v. Orange County

8:01-cv-00981 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2001

Closed Date: 2014

On October 18, 2001, pretrial detainees represented by attorney Barry Litt initiated a class action suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, challenging the conditions of confinement at the Orange County Jail (the "Jail"). Plaintiffs alleged that they were detained for unreasonable periods of time following the order for their release, denied rights under Stewart v. Gates (e.g., holding cell seats, outdoor exercise, dayroom and phon…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Johnson v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

2:08-cv-03515 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 29, 2008

On May 29, 2008, three prisoners with mobility impairments housed in Los Angeles County jail facilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. They challenged alleged discrimination against people with disabilities in the Los Angeles County jail system. Represented by private counsel, the Disab…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Californians for Disability Rights v. Mervyn's

2002-051738 | California state trial court

Filed Date: May 21, 2002

Closed Date: June 30, 2008

This case was brought in California state court in 2002 against the owners and operators of a chain of department stores by the non-profit advocacy group, Californians for Disability Rights ("CDR"). Represented by Disability Rights Advocates, CDR claimed the pathways between fixtures and shelves in the stores were too clogged to permit access by persons who use mobility aids, such as scooters, wheelchairs, crutches, and walkers. The plaintiff claimed that the store's refusal to create access to…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
United Handicapped Federation v. Andre

4:75-cv-00627 | U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Filed Date: June 13, 1980

Closed Date: June 11, 1980

This case summary is based on four published opinions from the case. We have no other documents.This case was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1975. The plaintiffs, the United Handicapped Federation, another disability advocacy group, and six individuals with mobility disabilities, filed the suit against the Chief Administrator of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC), the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportat…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Brown v. Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness

1:08-cv-01166 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 3, 2008

Closed Date: Feb. 24, 2009

The plaintiff in this case lived with her two minor sons for a time in shelters run by the District of Columbia. Homeless since 2004, she relies on a wheelchair for mobility and claimed that the shelter system was administered in such a way as to discriminate against against persons with disabilities. Her suit, filed on July 3, 2008 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claims violations of Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504, and the Fair Ho…