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JAIL CONDITIONS
Capel v. McCarthy

2:77-cv-00118 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: July 15, 1977

Closed Date: 1987

On July 15, 1977, inmates of the Clark County Jail in Las Vegas, Nevada, filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. The plaintiffs, represented by the federal public defender, alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by confinement in conditions that were oppressive, barbaric, degrading, and dangerous to their lives, health, and safety. On August 11, 1977, the …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Tetzlaff v. Swinney

3:87-cv-00202 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: April 29, 1987

Closed Date: Aug. 29, 1989

In 1987, plaintiff filed a section 1983 pro se complaint against the Sheriff of Washoe County, Nevada. Plaintiff sought declaratory and injunctive relief and monetary damages for violations of his constitutional rights. In 1987, the district court for the District of Nevada (Chief Judge Edward C. Reed, Jr.) granted defendant's motion to dismiss in part because res judicata barred plaintiff's claim for declaratory and injunctive relief based on a prior class action concerning jail conditions t…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Craig v. Hocker

3:72-cv-02662 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 1, 1972

In 1972, inmates at the Nevada State Prison filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of Nevada, pro se, against officials of the Nevada State Prisons. Plaintiffs alleged that defendants violated the Fourteenth Amendments' due process clause be denying them the right to call witnesses, produce evidence or obtain legal counsel during disciplinary proceedings within the prison. Plaintiffs also complained of denial of adequate medical care, mail privileges, and visiting privileges. …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Dillard v. Nevada Department of Prisons

3:89-cv-00094 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Feb. 15, 1989

Closed Date: 1993

On 2/15/1989, female inmates housed within the Nevada Department of Prisons filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of Nevada, against officials of the Nevada Department of Prisons. Plaintiffs complained of inadequate vocational programs and maintenance at Nevada Department of Prisons institutions. Plaintiffs were represented by apparently private counsel.In February 1993, the parties submitted a stipulated settlement agreement that required defendants to encourage the entities…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ilick v. Miller

3:94-00314 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: May 15, 1994

Closed Date: 2000

On 5/15/1994, inmates at Ely State Prison, represented by the ACLU National Prison Project, filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of Nevada, against officials of the Nevada Department of Prisons. Plaintiffs claimed that Defendants deliberately subjected them to injury and risk of injury from a ""shoot to injure"" policy enforced in non-threatening situations. Plaintiffs also complained of inadequate medical and mental health care, denial of meaningful access to the court, and…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Shapley v. O'Callaghan

3:77-cv-00221 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Nov. 23, 1977

On 11/23/1977, inmates at the Nevada State Prison filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of Nevada, against officials of the Nevada State Prisons. Plaintiffs alleged violations of the First, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. In addition to overcrowding, plaintiffs complained of inadequate educational, vocational, work, and recreational opportunities; living conditions; and medical and psychiatric care. Plaintiffs had counsel from Washoe Legal Services and the AC…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Taylor v. Wolff

3:79-cv-00162 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: July 27, 1979

Closed Date: 1994

In 1979, inmates of the Nevada State Prison system filed a Section 1983 class action suit in the District of Nevada, against officials of the Nevada Department of Prisons. Plaintiffs alleged violations of the First, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that the medical and mental health services were inadequate. Plaintiffs had counsel from Washoe Legal Services and the ACLU National Prison Project.In November 1983, the parties submitted a stipulated sett…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Prison Legal News v. Crawford

3:00-cv-00373 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: July 11, 2000

Closed Date: 2016

On 07/11/2000, Prison Legal News filed this suit in the District of Nevada. PLN sued the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) under 42 U.S.C. §1983. PLN, represented by the ACLU National Prison Project, asked the court for declaratory and permanent injunctive relief, prohibiting NDOC from engaging in further unlawful censorship of books, magazines and other correspondence from PRISON LEGAL NEWS, as well as damages. PLN claimed that NDOC’s censorship of PLN’s speech violated the First and Fou…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Ybarra v. Nevada Bd. of Prison Comm'rs

3:80-00040 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Feb. 20, 1980

In 1980, Bernard Ybarra applied, pro se, for a preliminary injunction in the District of Nevada to forbid officials of Nevada State Prison from enforcing its informal regulation requiring frisk searches of contact visitors against his girlfriend. In a March 1981 order, the District Court (Judge Edward C. Reed) stated that Ybarra was entitled to a preliminary injunction because the regulation (1) had not been put into writing and posted at the Prison, (2) was in conflict with a duly adopted exi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Vadar v. Angelone

3:93-cv-00070 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 1993

Closed Date: 1997

On 12/17/1993, Michael Vader, an inmate in the Nevada State Prison, filed a Section 1983 lawsuit in the District of Nevada, against officials of the Nevada Department of Prisons. Plaintiff claimed that defendants violated his due process rights by failing to post money to his prison trust account in a timely manner and by failing to credit his prison trust account with interest. In March 1994, defendants moved for summary judgment. In June 1994, plaintiff filed a cross-motion for summary jud…