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JAIL CONDITIONS
Martinez Rodriguez v. Jimenez

3:75-00893 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 1975

In 1975 inmates at the San Juan District Jail in Puerto Rico filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of the Fourteenth Amendment on the part of the jail administrators due to inadequate conditions of the jail. The Court consolidated the case into a class action shortly thereafter. Plaintiffs, who were represented by private counsel, sought permanent and injunctive relief. After conducting its own investiga…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Benitez v. Collazo

3:77-00662 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: May 22, 1977

On May 22, 1977, juveniles who were committed to the custody of the Department of Social Services filed a class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico against the Secretary of the Department of Social Services. Benitez v. Collazo and Ramirez v. Collazo were consolidated for the purpose of this lawsuit. The class consisted of non-delinquent juveniles who could be cared for adequately in settings less restrictive of their liberty than inst…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Santana v. Collazo

3:75-cv-01466 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Oct. 10, 1975

On October 10, 1975, October 24, 1975, and December 12, 1975, juveniles confined in an industrial school and juvenile camp in Puerto Rico filed three, later consolidated, lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Mayaguez Industrial School and Maricao Juvenile Camp in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The plaintiffs, represented by P.R. Legal Services and the National Juvenile Law Center, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that juveniles confin…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
United States v. Puerto Rico

3:94-cv-02080 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Aug. 10, 1994

On August 10, 1994, after conducting a comprehensive investigation, the United States filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The U.S. sued the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the governor, various executive officials, and the directors of several juvenile facilities under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997 et seq. The U.S., represented by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Attorney'…
MENTAL HEALTH (FACILITY)
Navarro-Ayala v. Hernandez-Colon

3:74-cv-01301 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Nov. 25, 1974

Closed Date: 2017

On November 25, 1974, patients at the Rio Piedras Psychiatric Hospital (RPPH) in San Juan, Puerto Rico filed a class action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The plaintiffs, represented by Puerto Rico Legal Services and the Civil Action and Education Corporation, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief. They alleged that their constitutional rights had been violated by overcrowding, inadequaci…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
U.S. v. Puerto Rico

3:99-cv-01435 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: April 21, 1999

On May 15, 1996, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent notice to the Governor of Puerto Rico that it was conducting an investigation into the conditions of confinement at Integral Services ("CIS") in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, pursuant to its authority under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ("CRIPA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997. CIS was one of six state-operated residential facilities serving persons with developmental disabilities in Puerto Rico. The DO…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Feliciano v. Parole Board of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

3:79-cv-00004 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Jan. 3, 1979

On January 3, 1979, prisoners housed in Puerto Rican prisons filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, against the Administration of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The plaintiffs, represented by the Civil Action and Education Corporation, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the prison system provided inadequate healthcare. They also alleged that the living conditions in …
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. Lausell

3:06-cv-01977 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2006

Closed Date: 2011

The Miami district office of the EEOC brought this suit against Lausell, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation, in September 2006, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The complaint alleged that Lausell had refused to make reasonable accommodations for an employee's diabetes, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and that Lausell fired the employee due to this disability. In February 2008, the parties settled the case by entry of a consent decree.The decree con…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. ITT FEDERAL SERVICES

3:99-cv-02097 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 1999

Closed Date: Jan. 19, 2001

The New York Office of the EEOC filed this action in the District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The Defendant was ITT Federal Services, a manufacturer of electronic components for government contracts. The controversy involved an alleged violation of the ADEA for failure to hire the complainant. The lawsuit was filed in September of 1999 and was eventually resolved by consent decree in January of 2001. The complainant, who did not intervene in the case, was awarded $50,000. In addit…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. LA CRUZ AZUL DE PUERTO RICO

3:99-cv-01410 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: April 14, 1999

Closed Date: Nov. 29, 2000

In April 1999, the New York office of the EEOC and the U.S. Attorney's Office of San Juan brought this ADA suit against La Cruz Azul (Blue Cross) de Puerto Rico in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The complaint alleged that the defendant, an insurance company, discriminated against the claimant by implementing, maintaining, administering a health care plan with limited coverage for HIV and AIDS carriers. The case settled by entry of a consent decree in November 2000. Th…