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JAIL CONDITIONS
Madison County Jail Inmates v. Thompson

1:79-cv-00675 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Aug. 15, 1980

In November of 1979, inmates at the Madison County (Indiana) Jail brought a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the county board of commissioners and the county sheriff, alleging that the conditions in the jail violated their constitutional rights. They were seeking declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages. On February 15, 1980, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana (Judge William E. Steckler) entered judgment notwithstanding the ver…
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
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…
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Shariff v. Goord

6:04-cv-06621 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: Dec. 22, 2004

Closed Date: 2011

This single Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse case summary describes developments in a series of cases instituted by a disabled state prisoner in New York and dealing with safe transportation of prisoners who use wheelchairs. The cases were: 01-cv-1140 (Southern District of New York) 04-cv-6621 (Western District of New York), 05-cv-6025 (retaliation claim, Western District of New York), 05-cv-2903 (failure to protect claim, Southern District of New York). The same prisoner also filed a blad…
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…
PRISON CONDITIONS
T.R. v. South Carolina Department of Corrections

2005-CP-40-02925 | South Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: June 10, 2005

On June 10, 2005, inmates suffering from serious mental illness filed this class action lawsuit in the Fifth Circuit Court of South Carolina, a state trial court, against the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The suit alleged that the defendant violated the South Carolina Constitution's ban on "cruel," "corporal" and "unusual punishment" (Art. I § 15) as well as its duty under the South Carolina Constitution to provide basic care for prisoners (Art. XII § 2, a claim that was eventually …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Moeller v. Taco Bell

4:02-cv-05849 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2014

On December 17, 2002 plaintiffs, California residents with disabilities that required them to rely on wheelchairs or scooters for mobility, filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton) against Taco Bell Corporation. Plaintiffs, represented by the Impact Fund and private counsel, claimed the Defendant denied them, on the basis of disability, full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, ad…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. District of Columbia

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Filed Date: 2008

Closed Date: 2013

This settlement was reached on December 10, 2008, without litigation, between the United States of America and the District of Columbia. It is the result of an Attorney General investigation of the accessibility of the D.C. homeless shelter program. Included in the settlement is D.C.'s agreement to provide an ADA coordinator to facilitate compliance. The agreement requires development of a comprehensive plan to accomplish retrofitting and barrier removal, equivalent rules and regulations for di…