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JAIL CONDITIONS
Gray v. County of Riverside

5:13-cv-00444 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 8, 2013

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This class action about medical care in the Riverside County jails settled in 2015. On April 4, 2020, plaintiffs brought a motion to enforce the consent decree, seeking implementation of expert-endorsed coronavirus-related protocols including social distancing. On April 16, the Court agreed, requiring planning and potentially prisoner transfers. A formal COVID-19 plan was approved in July 2020 and revised in October 2020 and June 2022. On May 8, 2013, three prisoners in River…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ashker v. Brown

4:09-cv-05796 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2009

Case Ongoing

On December 9, 2009, two prisoners at California's Pelican Bay prison who had been kept in solitary confinement for decades filed this § 1983 action against the State of California in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs, originally proceeding pro se, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and compensatory relief, claiming violations of their First, Fourth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Specifically, the plaintiffs claimed that the "in…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Coleman v. Brown

2:90-cv-00520 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 23, 1990

Case Ongoing

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action for California prisoners with mental illness. After a three-judge court denied a motion for a prisoner release order as premature, plaintiffs sought relief before a single district judge. Relief has been achieved to an extent. The defendants have continued to comply with the broader injunction while staying mindful of the public health demands of the pandemic. In particular, the parties have been able to reach agreements concerning quarantine and isolati…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Plata v. Newsom

4:01-cv-01351 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 2001

Case Ongoing

NOTE: Documents relating to the prison overcrowding proceedings in this case under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, which led to imposition of a statewide prison population cap, affirmed by the Supreme Court, are presented in a different case record. See "related cases" below. Summary: On April 5, 2001, nine male California incarcerated persons filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, against officials of the California Department of C…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Cole v. County of Santa Clara

5:16-cv-06594 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2016

Case Ongoing

On November 14, 2016, five prisoners in the Santa Clara County Jail system with mobility disabilities filed this class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the County of Santa Clara under the American with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by Disability Rights Advocates and Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, sought declaratory relief that the County had violated their rights and inj…
PRISON CONDITIONS
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…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Johnson v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

2:08-cv-03515 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 29, 2008

Case Ongoing

On May 29, 2008, three prisoners with mobility impairments housed in Los Angeles County jail facilities filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. They challenged alleged discrimination against people with disabilities in the Los Angeles County jail system. Represented by private counsel, the Disab…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Parenti v. County of Monterey

5:14-cv-05481 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 2014

Closed Date: April 29, 2019

On December 16, 2014, the estate of an inmate who died in jail filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued Monterey County, the Monterey County Sheriff, the Monterey County Jail, and the California Forensic Medical Group under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought monetary and injunctive relief, claiming a failure to provide medical care in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and a depr…
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Hernandez v. County of Monterey

5:13-cv-02354 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 23, 2013

Case Ongoing

On May 23, 2013, prisoners and recently released prisoners from Monterey County Jail filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued the County of Monterey and the California Forensic Medical Group (CFMG) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California, the ACLU National Prison Project, the Monterey Public Defender, and private attorneys…
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Clark v. California

3:96-cv-01486 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: April 22, 1996

Case Ongoing

On April 22, 1996, two prisoners with developmental disabilities, incarcerated within facilities run by the California Department of Corrections (CDC), filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Rehabilitation Act (RA), against the State of California, its Governor, CDC and prison officials. The plaintiffs, represented by the Prison Law Office, the Disability Rights an…