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JAIL CONDITIONS
Kersh v. Board of County Commissioners

2:89-01027 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: May 18, 1989

Closed Date: March 7, 1994

In 1989, plaintiffs filed suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from unconstitutional conditions of confinement in the Natrona County Jail. In 1990, the district court for the District of Wyoming (Judge Alan B. Johnson) entered a consent decree, enjoining defendants from violating inmates' rights under the Eighth Amendment with respect to overcrowding, staffing, and recreation. In 1992, plaintiffs filed a motion seeking to hold the county in contempt of the consent decree, which resu…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Ginest v. Board of County Commissioners

2:86-cv-00310 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Sept. 2, 1986

In 1986, inmates at the Carbon County Jail in Wyoming filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all present and future inmates of the Carbon County Jail in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. The plaintiffs alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by inadequacies in the areas of medical care and mental health care. In 1987, the court (Judge Alan B. Johnson) certified the class and entered a consent decree on behalf of plaintiffs that required defendants to c…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Bustos v. Herschler

2:76-cv-00143 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Aug. 13, 1976

Closed Date: Jan. 25, 1982

Prisoners at the Wyoming State Penitentiary filed this class action lawsuit against the Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDOC) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. Represented by the ACLU, the plaintiffs alleged that WDOC had violated their due process rights by imprisoning them in poor conditions. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that WDOC’s facilities were overcrowded, unsanitary, and unsafe; that WDOC provided inadequate medical care; and that WDOC staff behaved unco…
PRISON CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Wyoming State Department of Corrections

2:02-cv-00068 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: April 15, 2002

Closed Date: 2003

On June 29, 1999, the United States issued a findings letter concluding its investigation of the Wyoming State Penitentiary pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997 (CRIPA), in which it found that certain conditions violated the constitutional rights of the inmates. Wyoming denied that any conditions at the facility violated the rights of the inmates, however it agreed to enter into a settlement agreement to implement the recommendations of the United St…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Skinner v. Uphoff

2:02-cv-00033 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 2002

On February 15, 2002, inmates at Wyoming State Prison filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming against the director of the Wyoming Department of Correction and prison officers and administrators. The class consisted of all those who were or would be inmates at the Wyoming State Prison. The ACLU and private counsel represented the class. The plaintiffs sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that the policies and practic…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. M & N Equipment, Inc., LLC

2:03-cv-00201 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2003

Closed Date: April 2, 2004

In September 2003, the EEOC district office of Cheyenne, Wyoming brought this suit against M&N Equipment, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. The complaint, brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, alleged that the defendant retaliated against a male employee for reporting that his co-workers were sexually harassing a female employee. The EEOC attempted to consolidate the suit with another case, but the motion was denied. In April 2004, the EEOC dropped the suit…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. COWBOY DODGE, INC. a Wyoming Corporation

2:97-cv-00073 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: April 3, 1997

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 1999

The Denver office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming, against Cowboy Dodge, Inc. The complaint was filed in April 1997 and in December 1997 the parties entered into a consent decree. The case was later dismissed in December 1999. The only document that we have for this case is the docket.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. CUNDY ASPHALT PAVING CONSTRUCTION INC

2:01-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: March 15, 2001

Closed Date: Sept. 18, 2004

In March 2001, the EEOC district office in Denver, Colorado brought this suit against Cundy Asphalt Paving Construction, Inc., a general paving firm, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. The complaint alleged that the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by firing an employee who became pregnant and was therefore temporarily unable to do any heavy lifting. The parties settled the case and a consent decree was entered in September 2001. The defendant…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. KENNECOTT ENERGY & COAL COMPANY (d/b/a ANTELOPE COAL COMPANY)

2:99-cv-00210 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 1999

Closed Date: Aug. 6, 2001

The Denver Field Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Kennecott Energy and Goal Company, doing business as Antelope Coal Company, in September of 1999, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. The only document available from PACER is the court docket, which limits the facts of the case and outcome. The first major event to occur on the docket is a motion by the defendant Kennecott Energy to substitute a party in their place and on March 13, 2000, Antelope Coal Company …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Pevar v. Lampert

2:07-cv-00193 | U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Filed Date: Aug. 28, 2007

Closed Date: 2007

On August 28, 2007, Stephen Pevar, an ACLU attorney, filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court District of Wyoming, challenging the interrogation practices at the Wyoming State Penitentiary. Pevar alleged that state prison investigators interrogated inmates about the substance of confidential attorney-client communications. Specifically, Pevar, who presented inmates in a separate class action lawsuit Skinner v. Lambert [PC-WY-3], alleged that prison …