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JAIL CONDITIONS
Detainees of the Queens House of Detention v. Malcolm

1:73-cv-01364 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1973

The plaintiffs brought this lawsuit on January 29, 1974, challenging conditions of confinement at the Queens House of Detention. They sued the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The case was assigned to Judge John F. Dooling Jr. Most of the litigation documents are unavailable to the Clearinghouse, but the parties eventually settled on April 20, 1979. The settlement contained provisions wide-ra…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Seelig v. Abate

03459/92 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 1992

This case concerned an appeal from an administrative decision pursuant to Article 78 in New York state court. The appellant, the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, petitioned for review of a judgment favorable to the New York City Department of Corrections. Many of the litigation documents are unavailable to the Clearinghouse, but the parties appeared to have reached an agreement regarding the temporary and permanent repair of various facilities that correctional officers used.
JAIL CONDITIONS
Wilson v. Beame

1:74-cv-00208 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1974

In 1974, the plaintiffs in this case––nine individuals formerly or presently held at the Brooklyn House of Detention for Men––filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Suing under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the plaintiffs made a pair of constitutional due process violations regarding their alleged arbitrary placement into administrative segregation and the differentiated treatment they received as persons in administrative segregation compared to other detained pers…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Seaman v. The Commonwealth of Virginia

3:22-cv-00006 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Filed Date: Feb. 1, 2022

Closed Date: Dec. 16, 2022

This suit was filed in the Charlottesville Division of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia on February 1, 2022. The plaintiffs, a group of parents representing their children, brought this action against the Commonwealth of Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin, the Virginia attorney general, the Virginia superintendent of public instruction, and the acting Virginia health commissioner. They argued that Governor Youngkin's signing of Executive Order 2, which prevented state…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Forts v. Malcolm

1:76-cv-00101 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 1976

This class action lawsuit concerned conditions at the New York City Correctional Institution for Women (NYCCIFW). The plaintiffs filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials. Represented by the Legal Aid Society of New York City, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief as to issues they asserted were common to the entire class of pre-trial detainees at NYCCIFW. The case was as…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Kwesell v. Yale University

3:19-cv-01098 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: July 16, 2019

Case Ongoing

This class action suit was brought on June 16, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The named plaintiffs, three union-member employees of Yale University, sued in response to the institution's Health Expectation Program (HEP). The HEP was created following new collective bargaining agreements with Yale unions. It provided that union members had to complete various medical examinations, screenings, and other requirements. If an employee chose not to, Yale would take …
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Americans for Immigration Justice v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:22-cv-03118 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Oct. 13, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about access to legal counsel for people in immigration detention facilities.  On October 13, 2022, five legal services providers filed suit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The complaint alleged that ICE policies prevented detained people from accessing their attorneys in four immigration detention centers, in violation of the First and Fifth Amendmen…
POLICING
United States v. Puerto Rico

3:12-cv-02039 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Dec. 21, 2012

Case Ongoing

On December 21, 2012, after a thorough investigation, the United States, represented by the Department of Justice (DOJ), filed suit against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and its police department pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141. The Government alleged that the Puerto Rico Police Bureau (PRPB) violated the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments by engaging in unlawful patterns and practices. Filed along with the complaint was a joint m…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Valvano v. McGrath

1:70-cv-01390 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 1970

On October 2, 1970, unrest took place at the Queens House of Detention (QHD) in Long Island City, with some incarcerated persons taking control of certain floors and destroying some equipment. This riot predated that which occurred in the Manhattan House of Detention (The Tombs) as well as the Queens House of Detention in Kew Gardens, as both facilities' detained persons revolted the following day, October 3. The resistance arose over issues associated with overcrowding at the facility as well …
POLICING
United States v. City of Ferguson

4:16-cv-00180 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 10, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, a majority-Black city in the St. Louis metro area. The shooting sparked nationwide protests and attention to police use of force and police relations Black residents. The Prosecuting Attorney for St. Louis County, Missouri, brought the case in front of a grand jury to determine whether there was probable cause to indict Wilson for his actions. But on Novem…