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Immigrant Defenders Law Center v. Wolf

2:20-cv-09893 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 28, 2020

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the rights of asylum seekers who were subjected to the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols. On October 28, 2020, the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, Jewish Family Service of San Diego, and twenty individuals who were subjected to the protocols filed a putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Gui…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
C.B. v. Moreno Valley Unified School District

5:21-cv-00194 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 2021

Case Ongoing

On February 2, 2021, an eleven-year-old child with a disability filed suit through his parents, alleging that school police officers used excessive force and discriminated against him based on his disability and race when they violently handcuffed him multiple times while at school. The plaintiff also alleged that Defendants’ actions, inactions, policies, practices, customs, and procedures violated and continue to violate his rights under the U.S. and California Constitutions, the Americans wit…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
A.P. v. Pasadena Unified School District

2:19-cv-07965 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 13, 2019

Closed Date: Nov. 17, 2021

A student with disabilities sued the Pasadena School District in federal district court, Central District of California, for denial of a free appropriate public education under the IDEA, appealing the decision of a hearing officer that had ruled in the school's favor.  The case was assigned to Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald.  Per the complaint, the school was slow in ordering a special education evaluation, did not assess her in all areas of suspected disability, and failed to provide transition s…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Beverly Hills Police Department

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The DOJ opened one of its first “pattern-or-practice” investigations on August 12, 1996, to investigate the Beverly Hills Police Department. It closed this investigation November 11, 2000, without a consent decree or other agreement and without publishing any specific findings. The DOJ stated that it found no constitutional violations while investigating. News media made a public records request for information related to the investigation, but the DOJ said that it could not produce any documen…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired of San Francisco v. Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

4:20-cv-09020 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 2020

Case Ongoing

On September 17, 2020, the Disability Rights Advocates filed this lawsuit in the San Francisco County Superior Court on behalf of LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired—a non-profit organization that advocates on behalf of persons who are blind or have low vision—and two of its employees. The plaintiffs filed this lawsuit against Automatic Data Processing (“ADP”), a payroll processing and human resources corporation. The complaint alleged that ADP failed to make their products and servi…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Vargas v. Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc.

2:19-cv-08108 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2019

Case Ongoing

This is a case about whether touchscreen kiosk check-in procedures are discriminatory against blind and visually impaired persons. On September 18, 2019, two visually impaired individuals that relied on auxiliary aids and services brought a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories ("Quest") and ten unknown Quest employees for discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) a…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Torres v. Milusnic

2:20-cv-04450 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: May 16, 2020

Closed Date: Oct. 14, 2022

COVID-19 Summary: This is a class action originally brought by five individuals held at Lompoc, a low-security prison facing one of the largest outbreaks of COVID-19 among U.S. federal prisons. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to undertake reasonable preventative measures, which allowed the virus to spread to 60% of those in custody. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief for improved conditions of confinement, as well as a writ of habeas corpus for release. On…
NURSING HOME CONDITIONS
Eidler v. Brookdale Senior Living

4:17-cv-03962 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 13, 2017

Case Ongoing

On July 13, 2017, elderly and dependent residents with physical or cognitive impairments who lived in assisted living facilities, represented by private counsel, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the US District Court of the Northern District of California under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and California state law against the corporation that owned the facilities. The plaintiffs claimed that the defendant's California facilities and services failed to meet access…
EDUCATION
Black Parallel School Board v. Sacramento City Unified School District

2:19-cv-01768 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 5, 2019

Case Ongoing

On September 5, 2019, the Black Parallel School Board and three students in the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) filed this putative class action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The plaintiffs sued SCUSD and a selection of its officers under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), and state law. Represente…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Mental Health & Wellness Coalition v. Stanford University

5:18-cv-02895 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 17, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 29, 2019

On May 17, 2018, three Stanford University students and the Mental Health & Wellness Coalition, an organization focused on advocating for administrative changes related to student mental health, filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiffs sued Stanford University and its Board of Trustees under 42 U.S.C. § 12182 (Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act), 28 U.S.C. § 794 (Section 504 of the Rehabili…