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Egana v. Blair's Bail Bonds, Inc.

2:17-cv-05899 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: June 16, 2017

Closed Date: Jan. 22, 2020

On June 16, 2017, three named individuals who had entered into agreements for the provision of bail bond services filed suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against two New Orleans bail bond companies and insurers of bail bonds and an ankle monitor provider ("ankle monitor defendant"). The plaintiffs brought the suit under provisions of the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c)–(d); the Truth in Lending Act (TILA)…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Rhode Island Community-Based Services

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This is a case about the level of service required of state medicaid providers under the Americans with Disabilities Act to ensure that persons with disabilities can live in their own communities. On May 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached an out-of-court settlement agreement with the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services to resolve alleged violations of the ADA. The State Medicaid Director and the Department within the Executive branch that administers t…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Bone v. University of North Carolina Health Care System

1:18-cv-00994 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 2018

Case Ongoing

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.) This case is about blind patients seeking accessible documents (e.g. large print, Braille) from the University of North Carolina Health Care System. In July 2022, the parties reached a settlement where UNC Health would pay $125,000 in damages and admit to violating federal disability rights laws.
POLICING
Rulli v. Pittsburgh

2:20-cv-00965 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: June 29, 2020

Closed Date: March 24, 2023

On June 29, 2020, six named plaintiffs filed this class-action lawsuit against the city of Pittsburgh and various elected and police officials in the Western District of Pennsylvania. The case was assigned to Judge Cathy Bissoon. The plaintiffs were non-violent protesters who gathered to protest police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Then the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police attacked them during these protests with flash-bang grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas. The plaintiffs argu…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Judd v. AT&T

00-2-17565-5 SEA | Washington state trial court

Filed Date: June 20, 2000

Closed Date: June 21, 2013

On June 20, 2000, individual plaintiffs brought this putative class action in the Superior Court of Washington for King County against five telephone service provider companies. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, were recipients of intrastate and interstate collect telephone calls from incarcerated individuals in the State of Washington's prisons, where the six telephone companies provided "0+" operator-assisted service to incarcerated people wishing to call people outside the pris…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Vinyard v. IL Dept. Human Svc.

2:21-cv-02043 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 5, 2021

Closed Date: June 2, 2023

Plaintiff in this case is a young man with a physical disability who had received support services, through the State Medicaid waiver program since 1990. These services enabled him to live independently in the community, but on March 2019, his home care provider told him his services would be terminated on March 22, 2019. He received no notice from the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) that ran the waiver program.   On April 11, 2019 he requested an administrative hearing. The hearin…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Taha v. Bensalem Township

2:12-cv-06867 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Dec. 7, 2012

Case Ongoing

On December 7, 2012, a former detainee of Bucks County Correctional Facility filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs initially sued Bensalem Township, various Bensalem Township officials, and the company that operated as mugshots.com, under Pennsylvania state law. The last amended complaint named defendants Bucks County and Bucks County Correctional Facility, along with Unpublish and Citizens Information Associates—the companie…
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 …
POLICING
Overbey v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore

1:17-cv-01793 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: June 29, 2017

Closed Date: July 19, 2021

On June 29, 2017, the Baltimore Brew (a media organization) and an individual who had previously settled a suit against the Baltimore Police filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. They sued the City of Baltimore and its police under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. Represented by the ACLU of Maryland and private counsel, the plaintiffs sought an injunction, declaratory relief, and damages, claiming that the City’s use of gag orders in police brutality settlem…
POLICING
Pitney v. City of Chester

2:19-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Feb. 25, 2019

Case Ongoing

The plaintiff in this case was strip-searched after being arrested for a minor offense. He was not suspected of possessing drugs or weapons, and he was ultimately not charged with any crime, but the City of Chester's policy allowed police to conduct strip searches on anyone they arrested. In this lawsuit, filed by private counsel on February 25, 2019, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the plaintiff named the City of Chester and three police officers as defenda…