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JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Ray v. Madison Co., et al

1:20-cv-02973 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2020

Closed Date: June 23, 2021

None
JAIL CONDITIONS
CODING IN PROCESS
Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association, Inc. (and 112 Counties) v. Commonwealth of KY, Justice & Public Safety Cabinet, Department of Corrections

08-01851 | Kentucky state trial court

Filed Date: 2008

Case Ongoing

Excerpt from an email about this case:Plaintiffs are seeking this action, that KRS 431.215(2) and KRS 441.025(1) are unconstitutional "because said statutes contravene the Kentucky Constitution and declaring that the Commonwealth Kentucky is responsible for reimbursement to the counties for expenses incurred by the counties for prisoners housed in county jails for which the inmate receives a credit for time served, for the reasons set forth..."
PRISON CONDITIONS
Sostre v. McGinnis

62-cv-28785 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: 1962

Closed Date: Oct. 26, 1964

This is a historic case about religious liberty in New York prisons. It's part of the Clearinghouse's collection of several cases brought by prisoners rights activist (and prisoner) Martin Sostre, whose wikipedia biography is here.  In 1964, Sostre and other individuals incarcerated at Attica sued the New York Commissioner of Correction and the warden of Attica under §1983. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant violated their rights with respect to their religious practice, in…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Eisen v. Cuomo

7:20-cv-05121 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 3, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 12, 2020

An independent candidate for the United States House of Representatives in New York’s 17th congressional district filed a lawsuit on July 3, 2020 in order to declare unconstitutional, enjoin, or modify New York's in-person signature requirements for candidates seeking to qualify for the November 2020 elections due to the difficulties in obtaining these signatures caused by COVID-19. The Governor of New York had issued an Executive Order to suspend the collection of signatures for petitions of c…
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Semien v. Hughs

1:20-cv-00789 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: July 24, 2020

Closed Date: Dec. 23, 2020

On July 24, 2020, individual plaintiffs with print disabilities, along with the National Federation of the Blind of Texas and the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, where it was assigned to Judge Lee Yeakel. The plaintiffs, represented by Disability Rights Texas and a private law firm, sued the Secretary of State of Texas. Seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, the plaintiffs requested changes to the vote-b…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Aguilar v. Mitchell

2:77-cv-00254 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 1977

On September 9, 1977, a juvenile detained at the juvenile detention center in the Walla Walla County Courthouse, in Washington, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington against state judges, county commissioners, and administrators of Court Services of Walla Walla County. The class consisted of all juveniles who had been confined in the juvenile detention center since 1975, who were confined in the detention center at the tim…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
DOJ CRIPA Investigation of the Reginald P. White Nursing Facility, MS

Never Filed | No Court

Filed Date: Nov. 16, 2004

Closed Date: Feb. 24, 2010

Pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") conducted an investigation of conditions at the Reginald P. White Nursing Facility ("RWNF"), a public nursing home facility in Mississippi, evidently operated by one of the state's counties. The investigation resulted in a findings letter being sent to the governor of Mississippi on May 20, 2003. The letter stated that in August 2002, D…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bonner v. Lewis

2:86-cv-01771 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Oct. 27, 1986

Closed Date: 1988

Plaintiff was an inmate at the Arizona State Prison. He is deaf, mute, and suffers from a severe progressive vision loss which results in increasingly narrow tunnel vision. In 1986, Plaintiff filed suit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, alleging that the failure of prison officials to provide him with a qualified interpreter constitutes a violation of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794. He also brings 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims because his c…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
United States of America v. State of North Carolina

5:73-cv-04476 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 1973

This case challenged North Carolina's use of a qualifying exam to certify teachers, alleging that the state's use of exam cut-off scores discriminated against Black and other minority candidates. On October 16, 1973, the United States, through the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, brought this pattern and practice lawsuit against the state of North Carolina in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The Justice Department alleged that the North Carolina …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Pickle v. Harris

3:85-00801 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 1985

On September 27, 1985, inmates at the Brushy Mountain Penitentiary in Tennessee filed a pro se lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Tennessee Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had violated their constitutional rights by denying them access to the courts due to security measures in place in the D-Block at BMP, which prevented or limited inmates' physical access to the law library. Plainti…