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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
E. R. v. McDonnell

1:94-cv-02816 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 1994

Closed Date: 2001

On December 9, 1994, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of all children detained at the Phillip B. Gilliam Youth Services Center (Gilliam) in Denver, Colorado, in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, against the State of Colorado. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the ACLU of Colorado, the Youth Law Center, and private counsel, sought declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
In the Interest of F.N. and F.N. and B.S.

93JD1440 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: 1993

Closed Date: Nov. 24, 1993

On October 8, 1993 a juvenile in Colorado was arrested for possession of a handgun and held without bail. In his defense, he filed a Motion to declare Colorado Revised Statue § 19-2-204(3)(a)(III) unconstitutional in the Juvenile Court. The plaintiff, represented by unknown counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that his detention violated Colorado and Federal law. Specifically, the plaintiff contended that his arrest and detention was punishment for a status…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Weathers v. Traylor

1:80-01238 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 1980

On September 18, 1980, juveniles confined in the Mesa County Jail in Grand Junction, Colorado (MCJ) filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Juvenile Justice Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5601 et seq. (JJA), against the Colorado Department of Institutions (DOI) and Division of Youth Services (DYS) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiff, represented by ACLU of Colorado and the Youth Law Center of San Francisco, California, asked the court for declaratory a…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
United States v. Colorado

1:86-cv-01470 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: July 10, 1986

On July 10, 1986, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the State of Colorado under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The government asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that the conditions of confinement at Wheat Ridge Regional Center, a mental institution in Denver, Colorado, violated the residents' constitutional rights. Specifically, the State failed to provide re…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Diaz v. Romer

1:77-cv-01093 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 1977

On November 30, 1977, an inmate at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City ("Old Max") filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Governor of Colorado, several senators, the Department of Corrections, and administrators of the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. The class consisted of all persons who were or would be incarcerated in a maximum security unit of Old Max. The ACLU and the National Pr…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bowring v. Colorado Department of Corrections

1:95-cv-01878 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: July 27, 1995

On July 27, 1995 Colorado inmates incarcerated at Bowie County Correctional Facility (BCCF) in Texas filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Plaintiffs were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and private attorneys. Plaintiffs' complaint, filed in November of 1995, alleged an abusive, overcrowded, unsanitary, and unhealthful environment at BCCF. It alleged forced idleness, fire danger, deficient medica…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Marquiz v. Romer

1:92-cv-01470 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: July 28, 1992

Closed Date: 1997

On July 28, 1992, sixteen inmates of the Limon Correctional Facility in Colorado filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Colorado Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by overcrowding, inadequate staffing, denial of access to legal services, failure to provide adequate accommodations for disabled persons under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and problematic cla…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Nolasco v. Romer

1:90-cv-00340 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 1990

Closed Date: Nov. 8, 1994

On Feb. 27, 1990, Colorado inmates filed a class action lawsuit under 42 USC 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The inmates, represented by the ACLU of Colorado, the ACLU National Prison Project and private counsel, challenged the conditions of confinement, particularly overcrowding, in three Colorado state prisons. The three prisons were not included in the 1979 decision and remedial measures in Ramos v. Lamm prohibiting overcrowding in three Colorado facilities. The…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ramos v. Lamm

1:77-01093 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 1977

On November 30, 1977, persons incarcerated in the maximum security unit of the Colorado State Penitentiary ("Old Max") at Canon City, Colorado, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against the State of Colorado, the Colorado Department of Corrections, and the maximum security unit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU of Colorado, the National Prison Project, and the Colorado Coalition of Legal Services Pro…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Renalde v. Riveland

84 CV 906 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: 1984

In April 1984, thirteen female inmates at the Colorado Women's Correctional Facility in Fremont County, Colorado, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Colorado Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and Colorado Rural Legal Services, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief as well as monetary damages. They alleged that their constitutional right…