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Howard v. Coonrod

6:21-cv-00062 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: Jan. 8, 2021

Case Ongoing

This is a challenge to Florida's parole procedures for people sentenced in the state to life with parole for crimes committed under the age of 18.    On January 8, 2021, the four named plaintiffs filed this action in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, seeking to represent a class of the more than 100 people serving life with parole sentences in Florida for crimes committed under the age of 18.  They argued that Florida's parole procedures failed to comply with the U.S. …
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Brown v. Precythe

2:17-cv-04082 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: May 18, 2017

Case Ongoing

This class-action litigation was filed on May 18, 2017, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. An amended complaint was filed on June 8, 2017. In the lawsuit, four named plaintiffs challenged the Missouri Department of Corrections’ (MDOC) parole procedures for juveniles sentenced to life without parole before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), which held that mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders without the possibility…
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Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative v. Hogan

1:16-cv-01021 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: April 6, 2016

Case Ongoing

On April 6, 2016, the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative, a nonprofit organization devoted to furthering prisoners' rights, and three juveniles sentenced to life in prison, filed this class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland against Governor Larry Hogan and three other state officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs moved for declaratory and injunctive relief regarding Maryland’s parole system for exacting disproportionate punishment. Specifically, t…
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Hayden v. Keller

5:10-ct-03123 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: July 15, 2010

Case Ongoing

On July 15, 2010 An inmate serving a life sentence for crimes committed as a juvenile filed this lawsuit on behalf of himself against the North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission ("the Parole Commission") in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The case was assigned to District Judge Terrence W. Boyle. The initial complaint was unclear, and Judge Boyle ordered the plaintiff to clarify whether the case should proceed as a petition for writ of h…
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Flores v. Stanford

7:18-cv-02468 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 20, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 20, 2018, several inmates filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the Commissioners of the New York State Board of Parole under 42 U.S.C §1983. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, claimed that the New York State Board of Parole violated their Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights by repeatedly denying their parole applications. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief. The case was as…
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Greiman v. Hodges

4:13-cv-00510 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Nov. 22, 2013

Closed Date: 2017

On November 22, 2013, a man that had been in custody for twenty-five years for a crime committed when he was sixteen filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. The plaintiff sued the Iowa Board of Parole and the Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, represented by the University of Iowa Law School Clinic, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the parole board’s actions and policies viol…
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Heredia v. Landreman

3:19-cv-00338 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Filed Date: April 30, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case challenging Wisconsin's application of life-with-parole sentences for juvenile offenders. On April 30, 2019, the plaintiffs, a group of individuals who were sentenced to life with the possibility of parole while they were juveniles, filed this class action lawsuit in the Western District of Wisconsin. The plaintiffs sued the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and the Wisconsin Parole Commission. Represented by private counsel and the ACLU of Wisconsin, the plaintiffs sought decl…