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JAIL CONDITIONS
Alberti v. Klevenhagen

4:72-cv-01094 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 1972

In 1972, plaintiffs filed a class action suit against the Harris County Commissioners Court and the County Sheriff's Department in district court for the Southern District of Texas, alleging unconstitutional jail conditions resulting from overcrowding. In 1975, the court (Judge Carl O. Bue, Jr.) entered a consent decree and instructed defendants to take remedial action to alleviate overcrowding in the jail, to address sanitation problems, and to submit reports to court of its progress. Alberti …
JAIL CONDITIONS
DeVonish v. Garza

5:73-00059 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: March 9, 1973

In 1973, an inmate filed an action against officials at the Bexar County Jail in Texas alleging unconstitutional jail conditions. After several other inmates filed similar actions, the district court for the Western District of Texas (Chief Judge William Steele Sessions) consolidated the cases, directed the United States to appear as a litigating Amicus Curiae, and certified plaintiffs' class. In 1980, defendants moved to dismiss the United States or to require compliance with the Civil Right…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Taylor v. Sterrett

1:71-05220 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 26, 1971

Closed Date: 1979

In 1971, four inmates of the Dallas County Jail filed a class action suit under section 1983 against jail officials alleging that they were being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. In 1972, after a trial on the merits, the district court for the Northern District of Texas (Judge Sarah Tilghman Hughes) enjoined defendants from violating Texas state law, censoring inmates' mail, allowing overcrowded conditions, using inmates as corridor bosses, and destroying reading materials and instru…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Vest v. Lubbock County

5:76-00053 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: May 14, 1976

Closed Date: Oct. 28, 1980

In 1976, plaintiff filed a class action suit under section 1983 against the Lubbock County commissioner's court, county commissioners, county judge, county sheriff, and the Texan Commission on Jail Standards. The district court for the Northern District of Texas (Chief Judge Halbert Woodward) consolidated several similar cases and certified plaintiffs' class. Before litigation began, the United States intervened. In 1977, the court held that defendants' actions violated inmates' constitution…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Castillo v. Cameron County, TX

1:93-cv-00260 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: Dec. 10, 1993

Closed Date: 2002

In 1993, plaintiffs in Cameron County Jail brought a section 1983 class action suit against the county alleging that the overcrowded conditions in the jail amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. The district court for the Southern District of Texas (Judge John William Black) certified plaintiffs' class and allowed the county to implead the State of Texas as a third-party defendant because the state failed to transfer ""paper ready"" inmates to state correctional facilities. In 1994, the co…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Lamar v. Kern

4:72-00539 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: April 21, 1972

Plaintiffs filed a class action suit against the Harris County Sheriff in the district court for the Southern District of Texas, challenging segregation in the jail and mail censorship. In 1972, the court (Judge John Singleton) ordered defendants to halt segregation immediately and enjoined defendants from censoring inmates' mail. Lamar v. Kern, 349 F. Supp. 222 (S.D. Tex. 1972). The docket for this case is not available on PACER, and therefore our information ends with the last reported dec…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Cruz v. Hauck

5:70-00182 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Filed Date: March 2, 1972

In 1970, plaintiffs filed a class action pro se seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the enforcement of jail regulations restricting inmates' use and possession of legal materials in Bexar County Jail. Over the next several years, litigation continued and plaintiffs appealed several decisions of the district court for the Western District of Texas. In 1977, the district court (Judge Adrian A. Spears) refused to grant class certification and determined that the entire case was moo…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Escamilla v. Santos

5:74-cv-00029 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: July 29, 1974

In 1974, inmates at the Webb County jail filed a section 1983 action against Webb County officials, alleging intolerable living conditions at the jail. After two years of litigation, the district court for the Southern District of Texas (Judge Robert O'Connor) entered a consent decree but denied plaintiffs' motion for attorney's fees. A few months later, Congress passed the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act, and plaintiffs moved for reconsideration of their request for attorney's fees. …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Morales v. Turman

4:71-cv-01948 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Filed Date: Feb. 12, 1971

In 1971, the plaintiffs, a class of all juveniles past, present, or future adjudicated delinquent and involuntarily committed to the custody of the Texas Youth Council (TYC), filed suit against the TYC challenging conditions of confinement. The plaintiffs were supported by amici curiae from the United States Department of Justice and the American Orthopsychiatric Association. The action was brought against the Executive Director of the TYC, members of the TYC, and various employees of the TYC. …
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Lelsz v. Kavanaugh

3:85-cv-02462 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 1974

Closed Date: 1995

On November 27, 1974, the named plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, challenging the adequacy of conditions, care, and habilitation at the Austin, Denton and Fort Worth, Texas state schools for individuals with intellectual disabilities.Plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to provide less restrictive community alternatives for residents, thereby effectively forcing them into large institution…