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MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
United States v. Mississippi

3:16-cv-00622 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Aug. 11, 2016

Case Ongoing

On August 11, 2016 , the Attorney General and Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the Southern District of Mississippi. The DOJ sued the State of Mississippi under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA). The DOJ asked the court to enjoin the State of Mississippi from discriminating against adults with mental illness and from failing to provide them with appropriate integrated c…
DISABILITY RIGHTS/PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
DOJ ADA Investigation of Colorado's Long-Term Care System

No Court

Filed Date: March 3, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case concerned a DOJ investigation into Colorado's use of nursing homes to provide long-term care for persons with physical disabilities. Specifically, the investigation looked into the state’s compliance with the ADA as interpreted by the Supreme Court in Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999), which required public entities to administer services to individuals with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to their needs. The DOJ opened its investigation on November 20, 201…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
T.R. v. Dreyfus

2:09-cv-01677 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: Nov. 24, 2009

Closed Date: Sept. 8, 2021

On November 24, 2009, Medicaid-eligible children with psychiatric and behavioral disorders living in Washington filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Represented by Disability Rights Washington, the National Health Law Program, the National Center for Youth Law, and private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services under the Medicaid Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act to addres…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Ball v. Kasich

2:16-cv-00282 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: March 31, 2016

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2016, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. They sued the state of Ohio, including the state's disability departments, under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and the Social Security Act. The plaintiffs issued a press release on the same day, available here. The case …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Helen L. v. DiDario

2:92-cv-06054 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 1992

Closed Date: June 7, 1996

Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit, an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) challenge to the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare's refusal to provide them with in-home attendant care services rather than nursing home care, in the fall of 1992, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. There were five plaintiffs in this case (Helen L., Beverly D., Ilene F., Florence H., and Idell S.) who were joined and dismissed at various times, depending on their institutionaliza…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
M.G. v. Cuomo

7:19-cv-00639 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2019

Case Ongoing

On January 23, 2019, six indigent prisoners with mental illness whom the defendants held in secure prisons past their release dates filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of other prisoners in similar situations. The plaintiffs sued the Governor of New York, the New York State Office of Mental Health, Commissioner, Associate Commissioner, and the New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ("DOCCS"), alleging …
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CODING IN PROCESS
U.S. ADA/Olmstead investigation of West Virginia Children's Mental Health System

Not filed | No Court

Filed Date: 2014

None
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Alexander v. Rendell

7:05-cv-00419 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Nov. 4, 2005

Closed Date: 2009

On November 4, 2005, a group of former residents of the Altoona Center, a former state-operated intermediate care facility for persons with mental disabilities filed a lawsuit against the Connonwealth of Pennsylvania under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and various Medicaid statutes in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive re…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Benjamin H. v. Walker

3:99-cv-00338 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: April 30, 1999

Closed Date: April 8, 2009

On April 30, 1999, developmentally disabled individuals eligible for Medicaid benefits filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Social Security Act, the Medicaid Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Due Process Clause of the Constitution, against West Virginia's Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Plaintiffs, represented by public interest attorneys, asked the court for declaratory and injunctiv…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Steward v. Perry

5:10-cv-01025 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 20, 2010

Case Ongoing

Adults with developmental disabilities who were institutionalized filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas alleging that they, along with the class of similarly situated individuals, were institutionalized unnecessarily as a result of the policies of the State of Texas. There are also two organizational Plaintiffs: the Arc of Texas and the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities. The Plaintiffs alleged that Texas failed to provide adequate habilitation and…