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Pyles v. Kamka

1:79-01864 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1979

Closed Date: Feb. 27, 1980

On October 4, 1979, a deaf Maryland prisoner filed this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, against officials of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Plaintiff, who was represented by the National Association of the Deaf Legal Defense Fund, sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants failed to provide sign language interpreters to prisoners. On February 27, 1980, the District Cou…
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Braggs v. Dunn

2:14-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 17, 2014

Case Ongoing

On June 17, 2014, prisoners and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs sued the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, ADAP, and private counsel, the plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief. They claimed that ADOC…
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Gordon v. Texas

4:98-cv-00394 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 11, 1998

On February 11, 1998, a deaf individual filed a complaint against the State of Texas and the City of Houston alleging that defendants had unlawfully discriminated against him because of his disability. This summary is temporary while we research the case.
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Lawrence v. City of Englewood, Colorado

12-cv-01423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 31, 2012

Closed Date: April 11, 2013

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In re Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

12-00375 | No Court

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2016

Case Ongoing

This is a matter before the Federal Communications Commission, dealing with high charges for prisoner phone calls. It is a continuation of the FCC matter CC Docket 96-128 regarding the First and Alternative Wright Petitions (PC-DC-0027). In that matter, the FCC had received significant comment on the First and Alternative Wright Petitions, including an ICS provider proposal containing cost information to support their proposed rate methodology and rate levels for ICS. The FCC opened a new doc…

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

Dec. 28, 2012

Bazelon Declaration in Support of Comments of Wright, et. al., re Notice of Proposed Rule Making

In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

March 25, 2013

Comments of Wright, et al., re Notice of Proposed Rule Making

In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

March 25, 2013

Bazelon Declaration in Support of Reply Comments of Wright, et. al., re Notice of Proposed Rule Making

In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

April 22, 2013

Reply Comments of Wright, et. al., re Notice of Proposed Rule Making

In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services / Wright Petition II

April 22, 2013

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Heyer v. United States Bureau of Prisons

5:11-ct-03118 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 20, 2011

Case Ongoing

On June 20, 2011, two deaf prisoners filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina against the federal Bureau of Prisons. Represented by private counsel and the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit under Bivens and claimed violations of the Rehabilitation Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. In addition, the plaintiffs alleged violations of their Fifth Amendment due process rights, First …
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Chester County Prison ADA Investigation

DJ 204-62-70 | No Court

Filed Date: 1994

In 1994, a deaf inmate incarcerated at the Chester County Prison filed a complaint with the Department of Justice under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). That inmate alleged that Chester County Prison had not provided him with an interpreter for group therapy sessions and disciplinary hearings. The inmate's mother, who was mobility-impaired, also alleged that the visiting area was not accessible to people unable to climb two flights of stairs. She claimed that the prison…
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DOJ ADA Investigation of Utah Department of Corrections

No Court

Filed Date: 2019

(This summary is temporary while research is ongoing.)  The United States initiated an investigation and compliance review upon receipt of a complaint filed pursuant to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134, alleging that the UDOC fails to ensure effective communication for inmates with hearing disabilities and thereby denies them participation in educational, vocational, religious and other programs on the basis of their disability.
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DOJ ADA Investigation of Vermont Department of Corrections

No Court

Filed Date: 2021

(This summary is temporary while research is ongoing.)  On October 28, 2021, the Civil Rights Division and U.S Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced a settlement agreement with the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) to ensure that inmates with disabilities have equal access to Vermont’s correctional facilities, programs, services and activities. The agreement resolves the department’s investigation into complaints that VDOC does not provide accessible facilities for inma…
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DOJ ADA Investigation of Virginia Regional Jail Authority

No Court

Filed Date: 2019

(This is a temporary summary while research is ongoing.) This matter was initiated by a complaint filed with the United States against the Central Virginia Regional Jail (CVRJ), alleging violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Specifically, Complainant VS, who is deaf and uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate, alleged that CVRJ personnel failed to provide a qualified interpreter or other appropriate auxiliary aids or services so that she could communica…