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Jarboe v. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:12-cv-00572 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Feb. 23, 2012

Case Ongoing

On February 23, 2012, five Maryland state prisoners who are deaf filed a class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland against the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (MDPSCS) and other state entities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by private counsel, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, plaintiffs alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, …
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DOJ ADA Investigation of Virginia Regional Jail Authority

No Court

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) initiated an investigation into the Central Virginia Regional Jail (“CVRJ”), run by the Virginia Regional Jail Authority (“VRJA”) following a complaint alleging violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The complainant, a deaf individual who uses American Sign Language (“ASL”) to communicate, alleged that VRJA failed to provide a qualified interpreter or any additional aids or services so that she could effectively com…
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Rowe v. IMPD, et al.

1:20-cv-01373 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: May 13, 2020

Closed Date: June 23, 2021

In 2018, a deaf individual called 911 using a video relay interpretive service on his cell phone after being threatened by his roommate. At least one of the responding Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officers had previously been to plaintiff’s residence and was or should have been on notice that plaintiff communicated through American Sign Language (ASL). Despite the advanced notice, the responding IMPD officers failed to provide a qualified interpreter or any auxiliary aids,…
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Armstrong v. Newsom

4:94-cv-02307 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 29, 1994

Case Ongoing

On June 29, 1994, disabled prisoners and parolees in California filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California, charging that, on account of their disabilities, the two divisions of the California Youth and Adult Corrections Authority California, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR") and Board of Prison Terms ("BPT"), were generally depriving disabled prisoners of benefits and accommodations provided to other prisoners or required by due pro…
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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

On November 21, 2018, the plaintiff, a deaf woman, was arrested by the Anderson Police Department and transported to the Madison County Jail. The plaintiff was handcuffed behind her back while she was detained, preventing her from communicating using American Sign Language (ASL). Her requests for an interpreter were ignored and she was not provided with access to a qualified interpreter or other functional auxiliary aids (at one point, she was given a teletypewriter (TTY) but the facility lacke…
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Mackes v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:21-cv-01100 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 21, 2021

Case Ongoing

This lawsuit was filed on April 21, 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado by two blind men in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) as well as the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado (“NFB-CO”), on behalf of the two men as well as other members who are or may be in the custody of CDOC. They alleged that CDOC violated their rights under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act by excluding the…
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Lawrence v. City of Englewood, Colorado

1:12-cv-01423 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: May 31, 2012

Closed Date: March 8, 2016

On August 13, 2011, a deaf individual who communicated primarily through American Sign Language (ASL) was arrested by officers in the Englewood Police Department (EPD) who deprived him of access to critical medication for diabetes and auxiliary aids or services for effective communication. Throughout the process of the individual’s arrest, booking, and intake, his hearing disability was readily apparent and documented. The EPD failed to provide interpretive services or access to the individual’…
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Medina v. Fischer

1:11-cv-00176 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 4, 2011

Case Ongoing

On January 4, 2011, visually impaired and blind inmates at Sullivan and Wende Correctional Facilities filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs, represented by Legal Aid and private attorneys, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief. The plaintiffs sued the State of New York for violations of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the American with Disabilities Act, alleging discriminatory denial of …
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Adams & Knights v. Kentucky

3:14-cv-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: Jan. 1, 2014

Closed Date: Dec. 24, 2020

On January 1, 2014, deaf and hard of hearing prisoners in the Kentucky prison system filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated against the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Kentucky Department of Corrections, several other departments of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and by the Washington Lawyers' Committee Prisoners Rights Project, alleged violations of the America…
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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…