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JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Desrosiers v. Androscoggin Co.

2:85-cv-00091 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: April 5, 1985

Closed Date: 1986

On April 5, 1985, a juvenile detained at the Androscoggin County jail filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine against Androscoggin County, the sheriff, the county commissioners, and two district court judges. The plaintiffs, who were represented in part by the Youth Law Center, asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that the conditions, policies and practices at the Androscoggin County jail violated the guarantee of due p…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Eric P. v. Cumberland County

2:86-cv-00265 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Aug. 25, 1986

On August 25, 1986, juvenile plaintiffs filed this § 1983 civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (Portland), challenging their conditions of confinement at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland, Maine. The Complaint sought for declaratory and injunctive relief, damages and class action status. Plaintiffs were represented by attorneys for the Youth Law Center.By order dated November 23, 1987, the District Court (Gene Carter) certified the case as a class act…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Bates v. Duby

Civ.A. CV-89-088 | Maine state trial court

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 1989

On February 27, 1989, patients at the Augusta Mental Health Institute (AMHI) filed a class action lawsuit under state law against the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services (the "Department"), the Department of Human Services (DHS), the Commissioner of DHS and the Superintendent of AMHI, in the Superior Court of Maine. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging violations of rights resulting from inappropriate trea…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Wuori v. Concannon

1:75-cv-00080 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 3, 1975

On July 3, 1975, seven residents of Pineland Center, a state institution for individuals with mental disabilities, filed this putativeclass action lawsuit in the Southern District of Maine on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated—a class defined as “all present and future residents of Pineland whose needs for care, education, training and therapy in a humane and healthful physical and psychological environment are unmet.” The plaintiffs sued the Pineland Center under 42 U.S.C. 198…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Brown v. Mckernan

2:90-cv-00246 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 1990

Closed Date: 1991

On October 15, 1990, inmates confined in the protective custody units of the Maine State Prison in Thomaston, Maine, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Maine Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. The plaintiffs, represented by the Maine Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU National Prison Project, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by ov…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Lovell v. Brennan

2:79-cv-00076 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: March 23, 1979

Closed Date: June 22, 1983

Three consolidated class action lawsuits were brought by inmates at the Maine State Prison (MSP) in Thomaston, Maine. Represented by the ACLU National Prison Project, inmates challenged conditions of restraint cells in administrative segregation units. Lovell v. Brennan, filed on March 23, 1979, was consolidated with two other cases, Maine State Prison et al v. Mental Health & Corr., No. 79-8, brought on behalf of all inmates in protective custody and Inmates of the Maine State Prison v. Zitnay…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Inmates of the Maine State Prison v. Zitnay

2:78-cv-00090 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: May 5, 1978

Closed Date: July 23, 1984

This case represents three consolidated class actions challenging conditions and policies at the Maine State Prison (MSP), Maine's only maximum security correctional facility for men. Represented by the ACLU National Prison Project and Pine Tree Legal Assistance with the help of private counsel, inmates of the Maine State Prison brought the initial civil rights suit, No. 78-90 in federal court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 on May 5, 1978. This case was brought on behalf of all MSP inmates who…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of the Portland, Maine Police Department

No Court Case | No Court

In January 2002, Police Chief Michael Chitwood requested that the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] review the polices, practices and procedures of the Portland, Maine Police Department. The DOJ conducted an investigation pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 14141 and issued a technical assistance letter to the department on March 21, 2003. In the letter, the DOJ made specific recommendations regarding changes to the department's policies in the following areas: use of force, us…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Bath Iron Works Corp. and Fortis Benefits Insurance Corp.

2:97-cv-00355 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Nov. 6, 1997

Closed Date: Sept. 30, 1999

The New York District Office of the EEOC brought this suit against Bath Iron Works Corporation, a ship builder, and Fortis Benefits Insurance Corporation, its insurer, in November 1997 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. The complaint is unavailable, but a district court ruling indicates that the complaint alleged a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act because the defendants' health insurance contained a limitation for mental disabilities. The complainant intervene…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Nilsen v. York County

2:02-cv-00212 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2002

Closed Date: 2006

On October 15, 2002, a man and woman represented by attorneys David G. Webbert of Augusta, Maine, and Howard Friedman of Boston, Massachusetts, filed a class action civil rights lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for Maine. The lawsuit challenged the blanket policy of conducting routine, suspicionless strip searches of all pre-arraignment detainees entering the York County (Maine) Jail. Plaintiffs maintained that with every pre-trial detainee strip searche…