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Kadamovas v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

2:23-cv-00022 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Jan. 12, 2023

Case Ongoing

This is a lawsuit challenging solitary confinement conditions for individuals on death row in the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana. When this suit was filed, the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute operated the only unit in the United States Bureau of Prisons that exclusively held men sentenced to death by federal courts. Referred to as the Special Confinement Unit, individuals incarcerated in the unit were only permitted to leave their single cells a few hours each week. Even wh…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Myatt v. Fries

1:10-cv-00064 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2010

Closed Date: June 27, 2017

This class action was brought against the Allen County Sheriff, headquartered in Fort Wayne, IN, for failure to bring people arrested on the weekends for their probable cause hearing determination within 48 hours of arrest. The named plaintiff was arrested without a warrant on September 18, 2009, a Friday night, and was not taken for her probable cause hearing until September, 21, 2009, the following Monday morning. The plaintiff filed a class action complaint in the District Court for the Nort…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Goodman v. Davis

2:12-cv-00166 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 21, 2012

Case Ongoing

On May 21, 2012, a Native American prisoner incarcerated at the McConnell Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) filed this lawsuit, pro se, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued five TDCJ employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983: the Director of TDCJ, the Director of Chaplaincy Department, two chaplains, and the Deputy Director of Prison and Jail Operations. He claimed that TDCJ policies violated his rights under RLUIPA and the First Amendme…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Prison Legal News v. Ryan

2:15-cv-02245 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Nov. 6, 2015

Case Ongoing

Prison Legal News produces a monthly publications and books that are mailed to subscribers within the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC). On November 6, 2015, Prison Legal News filed this § 1983 lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Arizona against the ADOC alleging violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that ADOC's refusal to deliver issues of the monthly publication to inmates when the publication contained articles with "non-selacious de…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Prison Legal News v. Florida Department of Corrections

4:12-cv-00239 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

Filed Date: Oct. 17, 2012

Case Ongoing

On November 17, 2011, Prison Legal News (PLN) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The plaintiff sued the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) Secretary in his official capacity, and GEO Group. Claiming violations of the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments, the plaintiff alleged that the defendants illegally censored PLN’s news publications and books from prisoners. Represented by the Florida Ju…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard

3:17-cv-00057 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Filed Date: July 17, 2017

Closed Date: May 15, 2020

On July 17, 2017, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. HRDC sued both the former and current commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC), as well as many agents of the KDOC, all under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. HRDC, a charitable organization and publisher of Prison Legal News, sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief as well as attorneys’ fees. The plaintiffs claimed that KDOC's policy of …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Human Rights Defense Center v. County of Los Angeles

2:17-cv-04883 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 3, 2017

Case Ongoing

On July 3, 2017, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. HRDC sued the County of Los Angeles and several agents of the Sheriff’s Department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. HRDC sought declaratory and injunctive relief as well as monetary relief and attorneys’ fees and costs. HRDC claimed that by prohibiting the delivery of the plaintiff’s magazines and enveloped mail to prisoners housed in the Los Angeles…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Human Rights Defense Center v. Greene County

3:17-cv-00381 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2017

Closed Date: Oct. 12, 2018

On October 31, 2017, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The HRDC sued Greene County under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. HRDC sought declaratory and injunctive relief as well as monetary damages and attorneys’ fees. They claimed that the defendant violated their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights when it censored mail that HRDC sent to inmates at the Greene County Jail (GCJ). This case was referred to Judge Thomas M. Ros…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Prison Legal News (PLN) v. Lewis County

3:14-cv-05304 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: April 11, 2014

Closed Date: Nov. 5, 2014

On April 11, 2014, Prison Legal News (PLN), a non-profit publication of the Human Rights Defense Center, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against Lewis County. The complaint alleged that Lewis County's mail policy, which restricted incoming and outgoing correspondence at the county jail to postcards only, violated PLN's First Amendment rights. Additionally, PLN alleged that the jail's failure to provide notice to the sender …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Human Rights Defense Center v. Winn

1:19-cv-12470 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2019

Case Ongoing

The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) is a non-profit publisher of Prison Legal News and other publications for prisoners. After many issues of Prison Legal News were withheld from prisoners in Michigan from 2016 to 2019, HRDC filed this lawsuit on August 22, 2019, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. it sued the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) under Section 1983. HRDC was represented by its own counsel, along with co-counsel from Honigman and the MSU Law Scho…