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JAIL CONDITIONS
Webb v. Ada County

1:91-cv-00204 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: May 21, 1991

Closed Date: Aug. 19, 2003

Plaintiff Webb, represented by private counsel, filed a class action suit on May 21, 1991 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging overcrowding conditions at the Ada County Jail. Through various court orders and a partial consent decree, Webb prevailed on several issues. The District Court (Judge Edward J. Lodge) awarded Webb $224,308 in attorney's fees, only a percentage of his requested post-judgment attorney's fees.The plaintiffs appealed the a…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Makinson v. Bonneville County

4:97-cv-00190 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: April 30, 1997

Closed Date: 2000

On April 30, 1997, incarcerated individuals at the Bonneville County Jail, represented by the ACLU, filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, challenging conditions of confinement at the jail.Simultaneously with the filing of the complaint, the parties lodged a proposed Consent Decree, Order and Judgment which settled the disputed issues as to inmate confinement, pending the completion of construction of a new Bonneville Coun…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Loya v. Board of County Commissioners

4:91-cv-00216 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 3, 1991

Closed Date: 1993

On June 3, 1991, inmates of the Bannock County Jail in Pocatello, Idaho, representing all present and future inmates, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, against jail and county officials, alleging that the conditions at the jail violated the First, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The inmates were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. The inmates moved for partial summary judgment on the issues of over…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Danny O. v. Bowman

1:84-01272 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Aug. 17, 1984

Closed Date: 1985

On August 17, 1984, minor children held for treatment at the Idaho State Youth Services Center (YSC) submitted their First Amended Class Action Complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against those State officials who had authority relative to YSC, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The plaintiffs, represented by Idaho Legal Aid, the Youth Law Center, and the National Center for Youth Law (both of San Francisco, California), asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, al…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Doe v. Minidoka County

1:87-cv-01356 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 1987

Closed Date: 1991

On December 11, 1987, a juvenile confined in the Minidoka and Cassia County Jail system filed a class action lawsuit, through his guardian, on behalf of all juveniles who are, have been, or would in the future be confined in Minidoka County and Cassia County Jails. The plaintiff brought his lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the sheriff and county commissioners of Minidoka and Cassia counties in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Represented by counsel from the Yout…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
M.M.B. v. Bonneville County

4:86-04244 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 1986

Closed Date: 1986

On December 9, 1986, a class action lawsuit was filed against Bonneville County, Idaho, in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho on behalf of all past, present, and future juveniles jailed at the Bonneville County Jail in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the National Center for Youth Law and the Youth Law Center, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988, and 5601 et seq., alleging that jail conditions and policies violated their constitutional…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Yellen v. Ada County

1:83-01026 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 1983

In May 1983, juvenile inmates of the Ada County Jail in Boise, Idaho filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all present and future juveniles incarcerated there against the sheriff and commissioners of Ada County, the deputies and guards at the Ada County Jail, and the juvenile court judge. The plaintiffs filed the suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.The plaintiffs, who were represented by the Youth Law Center and private counsel, alleged that the…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Cornett v. Donovan

4:91-cv-00231 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: June 14, 1991

Closed Date: 1995

On June 14, 1991, present and former involuntarily committed residents of State Hospital South in Blackfoot, Idaho (SHS) filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against SHS in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Pocatello Division. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the court for declaratory relief, alleging that they were denied their constitutional right of access to the courts in violation of the First Amendment. Specifically, the plainti…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Carberry v. Murphy

1:87-cv-01249 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Aug. 20, 1987

Closed Date: 1990

On August 20, 1987, several inmates of the Idaho State Correctional Facility, represented by a private attorney and the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho, filed a consolidated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. The lawsuit challenged the Idaho Department of Corrections' "no beard" rule as violating plaintiffs' right to free exercise of religion under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. They sought declaratory and injunc…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Witke v. Crowl

3:82-cv-03078 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Sept. 9, 1982

Closed Date: 1997

On September 9, 1982, female inmates at the North Idaho Correctional Institution (NICI) in Cottonwood, Idaho, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Idaho Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. The plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union National Prison Project and Idaho Legal Aid Services, alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by gender discrimination in the areas of work-release, stud…