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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Law Center v. North Star Behavioral Health System

3:07-cv-00062 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: April 26, 2007

Closed Date: Aug. 15, 2008

This is a case about a protection and advocacy agency’s peer review records access authority. On April 26, 2007, Disability Law Center Alaska (DLC Alaska) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska against North Star Behavioral Health System (North Star), which operated an acute care facility. DLC Alaska alleged that North Star violated the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI Act) when they refused to provide them with internal in…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Law Center v. Anchorage School District

3:07-cv-00131 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: July 16, 2007

Closed Date: Oct. 1, 2009

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority for directory information records. On June 16, 2007, Disability Law Center of Alaska (DLC), Alaska’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. Represented by itself, DLC alleged that the Anchorage School District violated the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) and the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (PAIMI …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Disability Law Center v. Matanuska-Susitna School District

3:06-cv-00216 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: Sept. 14, 2006

Closed Date: Aug. 15, 2007

This is a case about a protection and advocacy (P&A) agency’s records access authority.  On September 13, 2006, Disability Law Center (DLC), Alaska’s P&A, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska against the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (the District) under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act). Represented by itself, DLC alleged that the District violated the DD Act when they refused to provide DLC with a teacher’…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of Alaska v. Perdue

3AN-98-7004 CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: June 1, 1998

Case Ongoing

Two medical doctors and Planned Parenthood of Alaska filed this lawsuit in the Superior Court, Third Judicial District of Alaska in June 1998. Represented by the ACLU of Alaska, ACLU Foundation, and Reproductive Freedom Project, the plaintiffs sued the Alaska Department of Health and Social Service (DHSS) and sought declaratory and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs challenged 7 AAC 43.140, a regulation that, beginning July 1, 1998, swapped out Alaska's older General Relief Medical Program for a new…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest v. Streur

3AN-14-4711 CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2014

Case Ongoing

This is a case about abortion funding restrictions in Alaska. On January 30, 2014, the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit in Alaska Superior Court (state trial court) on behalf of Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest in order to challenge Regulation 7 AAC 160.900(d)(30), a new regulation that allegedly severely restricted abortion access for low-income women. The plaintiffs sued the State of Alask…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Department of Justice Investigation of the Anchorage School District

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On November 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division notified the Anchorage School District (“the District”) that it was initiating an investigation into whether the District engaged in improper seclusion and restraint practices, denying students with disabilities access to the District’s programs and services in violation of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The investigation reviewed the District’s practices during the 2018-2021 school years. Before…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
E.S. v. State

1:18-cv-00008 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: May 23, 2018

Closed Date: July 9, 2018

The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in state court to challenge the fair hearing decision on May 23, 2018.  The state removed the case to the US District Court, Federal District of Alaska on June 22, 2018.  The case was assigned to Judge H. Russel Holland.  Plaintiffs are two brothers each eligible for Alaska Medicaid waiver services, For years, they had each received 15 hours per week of individual day habilitation and 15 hours per week of group day habilitation services. Their services were reduce…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest v. State

No. 3AN-10-12279 CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 19, 2010

Case Ongoing

This case concerns abortion restrictions in Alaska relating to pregnant minors and parental involvement. In 2007, the Alaska Supreme Court held a parental consent law unconstitutional because it violated the state constitution’s equal protection clause by regulating minors terminating pregnancies but not other pregnant minors. Two years after that ruling, anti-abortion activists in Alaska submitted an application for a ballot initiative to require parental notification instead. Minors seeking a…
CHILD WELFARE
Jeremiah M. v. Crum

3:22-cv-00129 | U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska

Filed Date: May 19, 2022

Case Ongoing

This case is about allegations of longstanding, systematic deficiencies in the Alaskan child welfare system as relating to its foster care services. On May 20, 2022, twelve foster children involved with the Alaska Office of Children's Services (OCS) — represented by A Better Childhood, Northern Justice Project, Disability Law Center of Alaska, and private counsel — filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska, suing the Alaska Departmen…
REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Fischer v. Campbell

3AN-09-12037CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 23, 2009

Closed Date: Nov. 29, 2010

This state court case challenged a ballot initiative seeking to recognize the legal personhood of “all human beings including unborn children” (the “Initiative”). In August 2009, three sponsors filed an application with the Lieutenant Governor of Alaska to certify the Initiative. On October 23, 2009, the Lieutenant Governor certified the Initiative, allowing its circulation for gathering signatures. On November 3, 2009, three Alaska citizens filed their complaint for declaratory and injunctive …