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Outlaw v. D’Elia

1:75-cv-03487 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 17, 1975

On July 17, 1975, the plaintiffs––persons incarcerated at the Adolescent Reception and Detention Center (ARDC)––filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials at the facility. Alleging a pattern or practice of constitutional violations, the plaintiffs sought to represent a class of similarly situated individuals and requested declaratory and injunctive relief. The case was assig…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Detainees of the Queens House of Detention v. Malcolm

1:73-cv-01364 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1973

The plaintiffs brought this lawsuit on January 29, 1974, challenging conditions of confinement at the Queens House of Detention. They sued the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The case was assigned to Judge John F. Dooling Jr. Most of the litigation documents are unavailable to the Clearinghouse, but the parties eventually settled on April 20, 1979. The settlement contained provisions wide-ra…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Seelig v. Abate

03459/92 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: 1992

This case concerned an appeal from an administrative decision pursuant to Article 78 in New York state court. The appellant, the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, petitioned for review of a judgment favorable to the New York City Department of Corrections. Many of the litigation documents are unavailable to the Clearinghouse, but the parties appeared to have reached an agreement regarding the temporary and permanent repair of various facilities that correctional officers used.
JAIL CONDITIONS
Wilson v. Beame

1:74-cv-00208 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: 1974

In 1974, the plaintiffs in this case––nine individuals formerly or presently held at the Brooklyn House of Detention for Men––filed this case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Suing under 42 U.S.C. §1983, the plaintiffs made a pair of constitutional due process violations regarding their alleged arbitrary placement into administrative segregation and the differentiated treatment they received as persons in administrative segregation compared to other detained pers…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Forts v. Malcolm

1:76-cv-00101 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Jan. 9, 1976

This class action lawsuit concerned conditions at the New York City Correctional Institution for Women (NYCCIFW). The plaintiffs filed this suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the City of New York, its Department of Corrections, and relevant officials. Represented by the Legal Aid Society of New York City, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief as to issues they asserted were common to the entire class of pre-trial detainees at NYCCIFW. The case was as…
POLICING
Clark v. City of New York

1:18-cv-02334 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: March 16, 2018

Case Ongoing

On March 16, 2018, the nonprofit Turning Point for Women and Families and individuals who were forced to remove their religious head coverings for post-arrest photographs while in the custody of the New York Police Department filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the City of New York under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), § 1983 for violations of plaintiffs’ right to freely exercise…
POLICING
R.C. v. City of New York

153739/2018 | New York state trial court

Filed Date: April 24, 2018

Case Ongoing

Under New York law, records must be sealed from cases where the prosecutor declined to pursue charges, the charges were later dismissed, or the allegations were disproven in court. On April 24, 2018, three plaintiffs brought a class action suit in New York state court against the city of New York and New York City Police Department Commissioner challenging the use of the sealed records. The plaintiffs alleged that New York Police Department (NYPD) policy and practice allowed the use of informat…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of New York City Police Department (Southern District)

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On March 17, 1999, the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the Southern District of the New York Police Department after police shot and killed the unarmed Guinean man Amadou Diallo. The state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer also opened an investigation into the NYPD’s stop and frisk practices. The DOJ did not file a complaint and the case was closed on March 31, 2005.
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of New York City Police Department (Eastern District)

No Court

On August 21, 1997, following the highly publicized beating and sexual assault by a police officer of Abner Louima, a Haitian American man, the Department of Justice launched an excessive force investigation of the NYPD.  According to reporting, the NYPD and the DOJ engaged in settlement conversations and the city attorney appealed directly to then Attorney General Janet Reno to avoid a lawsuit. No public settlement is available. The DOJ did not file a complaint against the NYPD, and the case w…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Detainees of Brooklyn House of Detention for Men v. Malcolm

1:73-cv-00261 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 1973

In February of 1973, this class action lawsuit was filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, on behalf of individuals detained at the Brooklyn House of Detention for Men in New York City. The plaintiffs sued New York City and its Commissioner of Correction. The plaintiffs, represented by the Legal Aid Society Prisoners' Rights Society, sought injunctive relief for the conditions of their incarceration. The plaintiffs' alleged violati…