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Howard v. Coonrod

6:21-cv-00062 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a challenge to Florida's parole procedures for people sentenced in the state to life with parole for crimes committed under the age of 18.    On January 8, 2021, the four named plaintiffs filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, seeking to represent a class of the more than 100 people serving life with parole sentences in Florida for crimes committed under the age of 18.  They argued that Florida's parole procedures failed to comply with the U.S. …
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
EMW Women's Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Meier

3:19-cv-00178 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Filed Date: March 14, 2019

Closed Date: June 30, 2022

This is a case about two Kentucky laws: one banning abortion at six weeks of pregnancy, and the other banning abortion based on the specific reasons for the person’s decision, such as a fetal diagnosis. On March 19, 2019, EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C. on behalf of itself, its staff and its patients, and a its owner, on behalf of himself and his patients filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Louisville Division. The plaintiffs sued the …
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Toor v. Berger

1:22-cv-01004 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 11, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about individuals who were denied religious accommodations to practice their faith while in recruit training for, or serving in, the U.S. Marine Corps. On April 11, 2022, four Sikh Americans filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of the Navy, officials in both departments, and officials in the U.S. Marine Corps under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (RFRA), …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Lindsay v. Torn and Glasser, Inc

2:17-cv-02179 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: March 7, 2017

Closed Date: Aug. 17, 2017

On March 21, 2017, this suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiff, a California resident who suffered from arthritis, alleged that a store in Los Angeles violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California state law. Specifically, she claimed that the store's parking lot and transaction counter were not accessible for individuals with physical disabilities. The plaintiff, represented by the Center for Disability Access, sought …
CHILD WELFARE
M.D. v. Abbott

2:11-cv-00084 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 29, 2011

Case Ongoing

This class action (previously, M.D. v. Perry) involving long-term foster care in Texas was filed on March 29, 2011, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff class of children in long-term foster care was represented by private counsel and Children's Rights, Inc.; they sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the state failed to protect foster children from systemic harm. The complaint alleged that defendants' frequent moves of the foster care c…
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…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Outlaw v. D’Elia

1:75-cv-03487 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 17, 1975

On July 17, 1975, the plaintiffs––persons incarcerated at the Adolescent Reception and Detention Center (ARDC)––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 at the facility. Alleging a pattern or practice of constitutional violations, the plaintiffs sought to represent a class of similarly situated individuals and requested declaratory and injunctive relief. The case was assig…
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
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…
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…