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DISABILITY RIGHTS
CODING IN PROCESS
Betancourt-Colon v. City of San Juan

3:19-cv-01837 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2019

(This summary is temporary while we research the case) On September 6, 2019, two named plaintiffs with mobility disabilities filed suit against the city of San Juan in U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. On September 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division (DOJ) announced that it was intervening in the lawsuit.
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Smith v. Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

2:13-cv-05670 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Sept. 27, 2013

Closed Date: June 11, 2015

Plaintiff, a man with cerebral palsy, filed this class-action lawsuit against the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (DPW) in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on September 27, 2013. As a person with a physical disability, plaintiff was eligible for in-home services under the State's Act 150 Program, a program aimed at allowing individuals with disabilities to live as independently as possible in their communities. However, plaintiff …
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Disability Rights Mississippi v. Mississippi Children's Home Services

3:13-cv-00547 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2013

Closed Date: Sept. 28, 2015

Plaintiff, Disability Rights Mississippi ("DRMS"), filed this lawsuit against CARES, Inc. (initially identified in Complaint as Mississippi Children's Home Services) on September 6, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Defendant, a non-profit organization, operated CARES Center, a residential treatment facility for children with severe emotional or behavioral disabilities. Plaintiff asserted that, as Mississippi's designated Protection & Advocacy organizati…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Sonnenberg v. Disability Rights Idaho, Inc.

1:14-cv-00369 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Aug. 29, 2014

Closed Date: March 7, 2016

On August 29, 2014 Ada County and the Ada County Coroner filed a complaint in the Fourth Judicial District of Idaho. They sued Disability Rights Idaho (“DRI”) under Idaho Code § 10-1201 et seq., (Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act), and Idaho Rule of Civil Procedure 57. At the request of the defendant, Disability Rights Idaho, Inc. (DRI), the case was removed to the United States District Court for the District of Idaho on September 8, 2014. On September 18, 2014 DRI filed a counterclaim under th…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Thomas v. Kent

2:14-cv-08013 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2014

Closed Date: Nov. 22, 2019

On October 16, 2014, three individuals with significant physical disabilities requiring substantial medical care filed this lawsuit against the California Department of Health Care Services (“DHCS”) in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs alleged that the state had violated Section II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which require public entities to provide services to persons with disabilities in…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program v. SafetyNet Youth, Inc.

2:13-cv-00519 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Filed Date: Oct. 25, 2013

Closed Date: 2015

On October 25, 2013, the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) filed this lawsuit in the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. The plaintiff, which served as Alabama’s designated protection and advocacy program for people with disabilities, sued SafetyNet Youthcare, Inc. (SafetyNet) under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act of 1986 (PAIMI), the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (PADD Act), and the Protectio…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Moussazadeh v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice

3:07-cv-00574 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 5, 2013

Closed Date: 2017

On October 12, 2005, an inmate in the Eastham Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), its executive director, and the warden of the Eastham Unit under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §2000, and Texas State Code §110.001. The plaintiff alleged that the TDCJ and specifically the Eastham Unit deni…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ali v. Thaler

9:09-cv-00052 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 29, 2009

On March 29, 2009, a Muslim prisoner at the Gib Lewis Unit in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The plaintiff, bringing the case pro se, sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). He sought a declaratory judgment that TDCJ's enforcement of grooming standards violated his First and Fourteenth amendment rights and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). He also sought a pr…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Native American Council of Tribes v. Weber

4:09-cv-04182 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2009

Closed Date: Dec. 22, 2017

On December 9, 2009, the Native American Council of Tribes and current and former Native American inmates in the South Dakota State Penitentiary filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. Native American inmates in the South Dakota State Penitentiary were forbidden from using tobacco in their Native American rituals and ceremonies. Therefore, they sought declaratory and injunctive relief under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Heard v. Finco

1:13-cv-00373 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: March 26, 2013

Case Ongoing

On March 26, 2013, several Muslim prisoners of the Lakeland Correctional Facility (LCF) filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The plaintiffs sued the Deputy Director of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC), the dietician and food service manager of the prison, and the Special Activity Coordinator of MDOC, all under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). The plaintiffs sought declarator…