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PRISON CONDITIONS
Carty v. Farrelly

3:94-cv-00078 | District Court of the Virgin Islands

Filed Date: June 20, 1994

On June 20, 1994, inmates of the Criminal Justice Complex in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and others, sued the Governor of the Virgin Islands and the Virgin Islands Bureau of Corrections; they asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their cons…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Butler v. McDonough

3:04-cv-00917 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 20, 2004

Closed Date: 2011

On September 20, 2004, current and former prisoners of the Florida State Prison ("FSP") filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prison officials and Florida's Department of Corrections ("DOC"). The plaintiffs, represented by Florida Institutional Legal Services and Florida Justice Institute, asked the Court for injunctive and declaratory relief and compensatory and punitive damages for violations of the Eighth and Fourteenth A…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
People of the State of Illinois v. Johnnie Plummer and Vincent Wade

12-21451 | Illinois state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2012

Plaintiffs filed suit against the State of Illinois under the Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing act, claiming violations of their Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. Both plaintiffs allege that their convictions relied upon faulty confessions obtained through torture and physical coercion. The Plaintiffs filed for class certification on October 16, 2012, in an attempt to join all incarcerated persons affected by the illegal interrogation tactics of Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge. The…

Class Action Suite Calls for New Hearings for Still-Incarcerated Burge Torture Victims

People of the State of Illinois v. Johnnie Plummer and Vincent Wade

Oct. 16, 2012

Class Action Petition For Relief Under The Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act

People of the State of Illinois v. Johnnie Plummer and Vincent Wade

Oct. 16, 2012

Motion for Leave to File Brief of Amici Curiae in Support of Class Action Petition Relief under the Illinois-Post Conviction Hearing Act

People of the State of Illinois v. Johnnie Plummer and Vincent Wade

Oct. 16, 2012

Class Action Petition For Relief Under The Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act

People of the State of Illinois v. Johnnie Plummer and Vincent Wade

Oct. 16, 2012

Order [Concerning Special Prosecutor]

People of the State of Illinois v. Johnnie Plummer and Vincent Wade

April 11, 2013

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NATIONAL SECURITY
United States v. Nicholson

1:96-cr-00448 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 5, 1996

Closed Date: 1997

On November 5, 1996, the U.S. charged the defendant with espionage, attempted espionage, and conspiracy to commit espionage, all in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 794. The U.S., represented by the U.S. Attorney's Office, filed the case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. On November 18, 1996, the defendant was arrested. The defendant moved for recusal of judge. On February 3, 1997, Judge James C. Cacheris denied the defendant's motion and held that: (1) recusal was not re…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Meshal v. Higgenbotham

1:09-cv-02178 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 2009

Closed Date: 2017

On November 10, 2009, a Muslim American citizen who was detained and tortured while traveling abroad filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under Bivens and the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, against several supervising agents and two unknown agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The plaintiff, represented by the ACLU and a human rights clinic at the Yale Law School, asked the court for compensatory damages, punitive damages, a…
PRISON CONDITIONS
In the Matter of the Application of Hugh Carey [Attica Grand Jury Materials]

INDEX NO. 15062 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 1977

Background This case is part of the Clearinghouse's special collection on the Attica Uprising. In September of 1971, incarcerated people in New York's Attica Correctional Facility took control of the prison and took several staff members hostage. The uprising ended when state police violently stormed the prison, killing over 40 incarcerated people and staff members. Attica was one of the most significant events in the American prisoners' rights movement and drew public attention to poor conditi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Disability Rights Florida v. Crews

1:14-cv-23323 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 2014

Closed Date: Nov. 21, 2018

On September 9, 2014, Disability Rights Florida filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. This suit was brought against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) and Wexford Health Sources, an FDC contractor, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI), and the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiff, represented by private and in-house couns…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
J.H. v. Multi-County Juvenile Detention Facility

2:14-cv-01608 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2014

Closed Date: 2015

On September 18, 2014, a number of juvenile prisoners filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Multi-County Juvenile Detention Facility. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and damages, claiming that the state-run facility used restraint techniques and solitary confinement in a way that violated the 8th Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual pu…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dhiab v. Obama

1:05-cv-01457 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 22, 2005

Closed Date: 2017

On July 22, 2005, a detainee at Guantánamo Bay Naval Station, by his next friend, filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by attorneys from a civil rights firm and the Center for Constitutional Rights, the plaintiff also brought suit under the Alien Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1350; the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651; and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201.The petitioner alleged violations of the Due Proces…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Lopez v. Brown

4:15-cv-02725 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 17, 2015

Closed Date: 2018

On June 17, 2015, death row prisoners at California's San Quentin prison, who had been kept in prolonged solitary confinement, filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sued the State of California, the San Quentin State Prison, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming violations of their Fift…