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Dickerson v. Castle

80-10256 | Delaware state trial court

Filed Date: March 17, 1980

Prisoners in the Delaware state prison system filed a class action lawsuit in March 1980 in the Delaware Court of Chancery in New Castle County alleging that overcrowding at the prison in Smyrna violated article I, §11 of the Delaware Constitution which provides that ""in the construction of jails a proper regard shall be had to the health of prisoners."" The plaintiff class was represented by Community Legal Aid Society, the ACLU of Delaware and the ACLU National Prison Project. A settlement a…
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West v. Redman

1:78-cv-00014 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 1978

Closed Date: June 30, 1993

The plaintiff, an inmate at the Delaware Correctional Center, brought suit in 1978, seeking damages under Section 1983 and alleging physical and psychological mistreatment by prison guards and officials. The plaintiff was subsequently certified as a class representative. The complaint was filed pro se, but a Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. (CLASI) attorney took on the case and filed an amended class action complaint seeking injunctive relief against disciplinary procedures at the prison th…
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Muhammad v. Keve

1:77-cv-00221 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: June 14, 1977

In 1977, Muslim inmates of the Delaware Correctional Center filed a pro se suit in the District of Delaware against prison officials. The plaintiffs alleged violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that the food service policies and treatment by the staff violated their right to free expression of religion, because the dietary restrictions required by their Muslim observance were not being accommodated.Shortly after the complaint was filed in August …
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Sostre v. Preiser

6:73-cv-42100 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Filed Date: 1973

Closed Date: 1975

75-2036 (Appellate docket)
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Birowski v. Redman

92-12402 | Delaware state trial court

Filed Date: 1992

In the 1980s, a group of inmates in the Delaware prison system filed suit in the Court of Chancery of Delaware against prison officials. Apparently the complaint was of the failure to provide substance abuse treatment. According to an opinion in later proceedings, eventually plaintiffs obtained pro bono representation from several lawyers and were able to settle with an agreement to provide a substance abuse treatment plan for inmates who comply with the rules and regulations of the facility.…
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Hearn v. Redman

1:83-cv-00794 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: Nov. 10, 1983

In 1983, inmates of the Maximum Security Unit at the Delaware Correctional Center filed suit, pro se, in the District of Delaware against prison officials. According to a state court case, Mister Africa X v. Castle, 1994 WL 274128 (Del. Ch.), and a Third Circuit case, Abdul-Akbar v. Watson, 4 F.3d 195 (3d Cir. 1993), the District Court entered a consent decree in Hearn that required prison officials to provide inmates in the Maximum Security Unit access to law library facilities similar to tho…
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Anderson v. Redman

1:76-cv-00364 | U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Filed Date: Oct. 29, 1976

Closed Date: 1979

In 1976, inmates at the Delaware Correctional Center, represented by counsel from the community Legal Aid Society, filed a section 1983 class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against prison officials. The original complaint, docket 76-202, was superseded by an identical complaint filed later that year with the docket 76-364. (The multiple filings were a result of the uncertainty regarding the status of the three-judge court act, 28 USC section 2281. After t…
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Dougan v. Singletary

3:81-cv-00011 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 7, 1981

Closed Date: Jan. 21, 1999

Seeking more outdoor exercise, Florida death row inmates filed a class action lawsuit in 1981 against prison officials. A class was certified, and in 1983, the district court approved a consent decree providing for two two-hour exercise sessions per week, weather permitting. Several years later, the court found the prison officials in contempt for violating the decree and entered a detailed remedial order that left prison officials less discretion in determining when inmates could exercise. The…
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McNamara v. Moody

9:75-cv-00259 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 1975

Closed Date: 1979

The plaintiff, an individual prisoner at the Glades Correctional Institution in Florida, brought a Section 1983 suit against two prison officials in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, alleged First Amendment violations by prison officials when they prevented him from mailing letters, including one to his girlfriend charging the mail censoring officer with having had intercourse with a cat. The District Court gr…
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Cason v. Seckinger

5:84-cv-00313 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: July 13, 1984

Closed Date: Feb. 25, 2002

on July 13, 1984, inmates at the Middle Georgia Correctional Complex filed a class action lawsuit under 42 USC Sec. 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. A class was certified of all male and female inmates presently or in the future housed at the facility. The inmates, represented in part by Georgia Legal Services, sought injunctive relief to address an array of alleged unconstitutional conditions. Specifically, they cited sexual abuse and harassment of female in…