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PRISON CONDITIONS
Ruiz v. Estelle

4:78-cv-00987 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: June 1, 1972

Closed Date: June 17, 2002

This was a prisoner led class action which broadly challenged conditions and practices within the Texas state prison system. Issues covered included overcrowding, inadequate healthcare, unsafe working conditions, inadequate access to the justice system, and severe and arbitrary disciplinary procedures. The plaintiff’s 1980 trial victory was followed by over two decades of appeals and negotiations which culminated in numerous consent decrees. As one of the longest running prisoners' lawsuit in U…
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Pratt v. Ott

1:20-cv-00171 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2020

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2021

On February 4, 2020, a person in pretrial detention at the Lebanon County Correctional Facility (LCCF) in Pennsylvania filed a lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against LCCF personnel and Lebanon County. The plaintiff alleged that he was placed in administrative segregation for refusing to cut off his dreadlocks in accordance with his Rastafarian faith. The case was initially assigned to Judge Jennifer P. Wilson, and was reassigned to Chief Judge …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Reynolds v. Arnone

3:13-cv-01465 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 2013

Case Ongoing

On October 4, 2013, a death row inmate at the Connecticut Northern Correctional Institution (NCI) filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiff sued the commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Corrections and six other state officials in their official and individual capacities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The plaintiff sought declaratory and injunctive relief, including a release from 23 hour-p…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Kosilek v. Spencer

1:00-cv-12455 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2000

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2022

On December 12, 2000, a transgender person who was incarcerated at the Massachusetts Correction Institute in Norfolk filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Filing pro se, the plaintiff sued the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (the "DOC"), the Correctional Medical Services, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The incarcerated person sought injunctive relief and damages to be determined by the jury, alleging …
EDUCATION
Radwan v. University of Connecticut Board of Trustees

3:16-cv-02091 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2016

Case Ongoing

On December 19, 2016, a female student at the University of Connecticut brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut against the University of Connecticut (“UConn”) Board of Trustees and three of the university’s employees. This lawsuit arose from the student’s removal from the women’s soccer team and the termination of her one-year athletic scholarship following a hand gesture made during celebrations on the soccer field after victory that was broadcast on tel…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Sinclair v. Meisner

2:18-cv-14042 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 26, 2018

Case Ongoing

On December 26, 2018, a Black woman filed this putative class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan against the Oakland County, the City of Southfield, and various private entities on behalf of herself and similarly situated persons. The plaintiff alleged that the office circumvented Michigan law by improperly transferring her property and property belonging to other Black homeowners to private corporations in violation of their right to procedural due process. …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bernier v. Allen

1:16-cv-00828 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 3, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 6, 2022

Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed this lawsuit on May 3, 2016 against the United States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP), the medical director of the FBOP, and Gilead Sciences in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  He brought claims under Bivens, challenging the delayed treatment of his chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) -- and FBOP's related policies for determining DAA eligibility and priority -- as a violation of the Eighth Amendment. Plaintiff further alleged that …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Allah v. Thomas

2:15-cv-05593 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2015

Closed Date: April 9, 2021

On October 9, 2015 plaintiff filed a complaint against several prison officials and medical providers at SC-Chester, a state prison in Pennsylvania. Plaintiff, an incarcerated individual with chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and other illnesses filed his lawsuit under Section 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleging violations of the First and Eighth Amendments. The case was assigned to Judge Gene E.K. Pratter. Plaintiff alleged that he was improperly den…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Turner v. Wetzel

4:18-cv-00361 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2018

Case Ongoing

Plaintiff, a person serving a life sentence in the custody of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, was diagnosed with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the mid 1990s and, in this lawsuit, sought to compel the Department to provide direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment.  On January 19, 2018, plaintiff filed this action pro se in the Court of Common Pleas for Schuylkill County against various employees of the Department of Corrections ("DOC defendants") and Correct Care Solutions, the Departmen…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Melnik v. Aranas

2:17-cv-02378 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2017

Case Ongoing

On September 5, 2017, plaintiff, a person incarcerated in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC), initiated this lawsuit (pro se, initially) by filing a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. By direction of the court, plaintiff's complaint was docketed on July 2, 2018.  Plaintiff sued the Medical Director of NDOC, alleging that he was denied treatment for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) from 2015-2017, even though he was…