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JAIL CONDITIONS
Berch v. Stahl

3:72-00053 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: March 27, 1972

Closed Date: March 25, 1974

In 1972, inmates of the Mecklenburg County Jail in Charlotte, North Carolina sued the County, the Sheriff, and other jail officials in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging conditions and practices in the jail as unconstitutional under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The inmates alleged they were put in solitary confinement and exposed to unsanitary conditions for weeks at a time without justification. Also, the inma…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Thomas v. Kidd

3:90-cv-00104 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: April 3, 1990

Closed Date: Oct. 3, 1994

Plaintiff inmates, represented by the ACLU National Prison Project, filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina against officials at the Mecklenburg County, NC Jail ("Jail") on April 3, 1990 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that a variety of conditions violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. The parties negotiated a consent decree, which was approved by the court (Judge Robert D. Potter) on November 13, 1990.The consent decree ordere…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Parnell v. Waldrep

8:79-00136 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: April 16, 1979

On April 16, 1979, an inmate at Gaston County Jail filed a pro se lawsuit in the United States District Court, Western District of North Carolina under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the sheriff of Gaston County, North Carolina, and the jail sergeant at Gaston County Jail. The complaint alleged that while the plaintiff was incarcerated at the Gaston County Jail, the jail sergeant had refused to allow him to receive paperback books and magazines. On August 22, 1979, North Carolina Prisoner Legal Serv…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Law v. Britt

5:94-ct-00581 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 17, 1993

Closed Date: 1998

On May 17, 1993, juveniles detained in North Carolina detention centers filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against the Secretary of Human Resources and the various regional detention centers. The class consisted of all juveniles who were confined in the detention centers. Private counsel represented the class. The plaintiffs sought injunctive relief and damages, alleging that the conditions at the juvenile de…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Willie M. v. Hunt

3:79-cv-00294 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 5, 1979

Closed Date: 1998

On October 5, 1979, a class action lawsuit was filed against the State of North Carolina in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina on behalf of all institutionalized children who were both assaultive or violent and emotionally or behaviorally disturbed. The plaintiffs were represented by Carolina Legal Assistance for Mental Health, the Juvenile Justice Legal Advocacy Project, and private counsel. The plaintiffs sought injunctive and declaratory relief purs…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Thomas S. v. Flaherty

3:82-cv-00418 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: July 7, 1982

Closed Date: 1998

On July 7, 1982, a mentally disabled ward of the state of North Carolina, filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State of North Carolina in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants violated his constitutional rights by denying him treatment of his mental disabilities (intellectual disabilities and schizophrenia) in a less restrictive, more community-based setting. On May 26, 1983, the parties agreed to a special …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Epps v. Martin

1:86-00162 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

Filed Date: May 29, 1986

In 1986, inmates at Craggy Prison in Asheville, North Carolina, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the North Carolina Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by the conditions of their confinement.On August 28, 1987, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, which provided for lowering of the…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Small v. Martin

5:85-cv-00987 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: July 8, 1985

Closed Date: 1997

On July 8, 1985, a group of individuals incarcerated in North Carolina state prisons filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The plaintiffs, represented by North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services and private counsel, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the State's Department of Corrections and Division of Prisons. The plaintiffs sought relief from living conditions alleged to be unconstitutional at forty-nine minimum a…
PRISON CONDITIONS
U.S. v. Woodard

5:82-cv-01546 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 29, 1982

Closed Date: 1983

On December 29, 1982, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] filed a civil rights enforcement action against the North Carolina Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, alleging racial segregation and other unconstitutional and discriminatory practices within the North Carolina prison system. The DOJ sought declaratory and injunctive relief in the form of a permanent injunction compelling the North Carolina Depa…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Smith v. Bounds

5:72-ct-03052 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: 1972

This litigation, to vindicate prisoners' rights to meaningful access to the courts, began in the early 1970s as three separate lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The court consolidated Smith v. Bounds, No. 3052, Morgan v. Turner, No. 4277, and Harrington v. Holshouser, No. 709. The plaintiffs, represented by private and court-appointed counsel, sought injunctive relief against North Carolina, its Department of Corrections, and correc…