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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 …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Rights Center-NH v. Hanks

1:18-cv-00160 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 2018

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 2018

This is a case about a Protection and Advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority after a facility resident’s death. On February 20, 2018, Disability Rights Center-New Hampshire (Disability Rights Center), New Hampshire’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Disability Rights Center filed this lawsuit against New Hampshire’s Department of Corrections Commissioner and the warden for New Hampshire’s State Prison for Men in their official capac…
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National Association of the Deaf v. Florida

1:18-cv-21232 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: April 3, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 10, 2021

On April 3, 2018, the National Association of the Deaf and a private plaintiff filed this lawsuit in United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The plaintiffs sued the State of Florida; its Senate and the Senate President; the House of Representatives (the House) and the House Speaker; and the Florida State University Board of Trustees (FSU) and the president of Florida State University under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Re…
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Hinton v. District of Columbia

1:21-cv-01295 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: May 11, 2021

Closed Date: June 23, 2022

This is a class action lawsuit about transgender individuals in District of Columbia Department of Corrections (DOC) custody being assigned housing based solely on anatomy, instead of based on vulnerability and safety needs. On May 11, 2021, the plaintiff filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of herself and a class of similarly situated transgender individuals who currently reside in a DOC housing unit that does not accord with their gender identit…
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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 …
EDUCATION
PARC v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

2:71-cv-00042 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Jan. 7, 1971

Closed Date: July 20, 1982

On January 7, 1971, several children with mental disabilities, by and through their parents, filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State Board of Education and several named school districts. The plaintiffs, represented by counsel from the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children (PARC), sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that certain state laws unconstituti…
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Colin v. Orange Unified School District

8:99-cv-01461 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 1999

Closed Date: Sept. 28, 2000

This is a case about the right of public high school students in California to form a gay-straight alliance and be recognized as a student club. Students in the Orange Unified School District Board applied to form the alliance, and the Board deferred action on that application for months. During this period, the students did not have permission to meet. After several months, the Board formally denied the application, insisting that it would only reconsider the application if the group changed i…
EDUCATION
Alicia B. v. Malloy

3:16-cv-00065 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Dec. 15, 2015

Closed Date: March 31, 2022

On December 15, 2015, two African-American students in Connecticut public schools filed this lawsuit in Connecticut Superior Court. On January 14, 2016, the case was removed to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. The plaintiffs sued the Bloomfield Board of Education, the Manchester Board of Education, the Hartford Board of Education, the State Board of Education, and the State Department of Education under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 19…
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Reed-Veal v. Encinia

4:15-cv-02232 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2015

Closed Date: Nov. 1, 2016

This is the litigation that came out of the death of Sandra Bland in jail in Waller County after a routine traffic stop led to her arrest. Although the Clearinghouse does not focus on damage actions like this one, because of the widespread interest in this case, we've posted the key documents in the case for use by the public. On August 4, 2015, the mother of Sandra Bland filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued the Texas Department of…
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Department of Justice Investigation of the Anchorage School District

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On November 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division notified the Anchorage School District (“the District”) that it was initiating an investigation into whether the District engaged in improper seclusion and restraint practices, denying students with disabilities access to the District’s programs and services in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The investigation reviewed the District’s practices during the 2018-2021 school years. Before…