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DOJ ADA Investigation of Vermont Department of Corrections

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The Disability Rights Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (“DOJ”) initiated an investigation into the Vermont Department of Corrections (“VDOC”) following complaints that VDOC failed to provide accessible facilities for incarcerated individuals with mobility disabilities and did not ensure effective communication for individuals with hearing disabilities, contrary to the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with mobilit…
PRISON CONDITIONS
West v. Gobeille

2:19-cv-00081 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: May 21, 2019

Case Ongoing

On May 21, 2019, incarcerated individuals in Vermont with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, and Judge William K. Sessions III presided. The plaintiffs alleged that the Vermont Department of Corrections, its leadership, and its medical contractors violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution by withholding treatment from incarcerated individuals wit…
PRISON CONDITIONS
McGee v. Pallito

5:04-cv-00335 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 2004

Closed Date: July 14, 2017

On December 9, 2004, an inmate in the Vermont Department of Corrections filed this lawsuit pro se in the U.S. District Court District of Vermont. The plaintiff sued the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Corrections and the Superintendents of Southern State Correctional Facility and Northern State Correctional Facility under 42 U.S.C. §1983. The pro se plaintiff sought declaratory relief stating the defendants’ actions were unlawful and violated the plaintiff’s rights, along with an inju…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Migrant Justice v. Nielsen

5:18-cv-00192 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Nov. 14, 2018

Case Ongoing

On November 14, 2018, Migrant Justice, Inc. and four individual members of the organization filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont. The plaintiffs sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and the United States under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908). The plaintiffs, represented by the various public interest organiz…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
National Federation of the Blind v. Scribd, Inc.

2:14-cv-00162 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: July 29, 2014

Closed Date: 2015

On July 29, 2014, the National Federation of the Blind, a national organization representing the interests of blind and visually-impaired Americans, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Vermont. The plaintiffs sued the online eBook company Scribd under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Represented by private counsel and Disability Rights Advocates, the plaintiff asserted that Scribd discriminated against blind persons in violation of the ADA by failing to pro…
EDUCATION
Upper Valley Ass'n for Handicapped Citizens v. Mills

2:94-cv-00320 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Nov. 1, 1994

Closed Date: July 28, 1997

This matter involved two related cases--a class action seeking substantive relief, and a second lawsuit seeking attorneys fees for the underlying administrative matter.On March 22, 1993, the Upper Valley Association for Handicapped Citizens, on behalf of thirty-six of its members, wrote to the Board of Directors of the Blue Mountain Union School District alleging 15 violations of the IDEA and Vermont special education regulations, including failure to implement appropriate individualized educat…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Prisoner A v. State of Vermont

2:15-cv-00221 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Oct. 15, 2015

On October 15, 2015, a prisoner in the state of Vermont filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Vermont. The plaintiff sued the state of Vermont, the Agency of Human Services, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Aging and Independent Living under 42 U.S.C. § 12182. The plaintiff, represented by Disability Rights Vermont, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, compensatory, and punitive relief. The plaintiff claimed that his cont…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Baker v. Vermont

97-01009 | Vermont state trial court

Filed Date: 1997

Closed Date: 1999

In 1997, three same-sex couples filed suit against the state of Vermont and their respective town governments after they attempted to obtain marriage licenses and were denied based on the fact that they were not of different sexes than their partners. They alleged violations of the state constitution, ch. 1 art. 7, the Common Benefits clause, which predates by nearly a century but is substantially similar in content to the federal Equal Protection clause, although more expansive. The trial cour…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Jimmo v. Sebelius

5:11-cv-00017 | U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2011

Case Ongoing

This case concerns the "Improvement Standard," a rule of thumb that required many beneficiaries to show a likelihood of medical or functional improvement before Medicare would pay for skilled nursing and therapy services. As a result, some people are forced into nursing homes or suffer other adverse medical outcomes. The complaint, with five beneficiary plaintiffs and five national organization plaintiffs, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, along with a motion f…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Carpenter v. Pallito

13-05319 | Vermont state trial court

Filed Date: 2013

Closed Date: 2014

Plaintiff, a prisoner in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections and housed in Kentucky, filed suit against the Department of Corrections (DOC), arguing that his out-of-state incarceration violated the Common Benefits Clause of the state constitution and the Equal Protection Clause. Plaintiff sought declaratory relief and an order returning him to an in-state prison.When plaintiff was first incarcerated, he had regular visits with his children. Plaintiff was then transferred from a…