Ligas v. Maram [now Ligas v. Hamos] | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

Issues

Benefit Source

Medicaid

Content of Injunction

Implement complaint/dispute resolution process

Monitor/Master

Monitoring

Preliminary relief granted

Recordkeeping

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

Disability

disability, unspecified

Integrated setting

Mental impairment

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

General

Classification / placement

Deinstitutionalization/decarceration

Housing

Housing assistance

Individualized planning

Payment for care

Placement in mental health facilities

Public benefits (includes, e.g., in-state tuition, govt. jobs)

Reassessment and care planning

Record-keeping

Wait lists

Medical/Mental Health

Intellectual/Developmental Disability

Mental health care, general

Mental Disability

Developmental disability without intellectual disability

Intellectual/developmental disability, unspecified

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. § 701
Medicaid, 42 U.S.C §1396 (Title XIX of the Social Security Act)


Defendant(s)	Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Illinois Department of Human Services Illinois Department of Public Health
Plaintiff Description	Nine individuals with developmental disabilities who are eligible for long term care through state administered Medicaid Services who are forced to reside in large congregrate care institutions as a condition of receiving that care.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any) NDRN/Protection & Advocacy Organizations
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Attorneys fees Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Litigation Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	2011 - n/a
Filing Year	2005
Case Ongoing	Yes


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Docket(s)

06-1327 (U.S. Court of Appeals) PB-IL-0004-9001.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/19/2007 Source: Westlaw
1:05−cv−04331 (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-9000.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/02/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

PLAINTIFFS' RENEWED MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION PB-IL-0004-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/10/2006 Source: LexisNexis
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING CLASS CERTIFICATION (2006 WL 644474) (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 03/07/2006 Source: Westlaw
First Amended Complaint PB-IL-0004-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/26/2006 Source: LexisNexis
Opinion (Affirming the order of the district court to deny intervention) (478 F.3d 771) PB-IL-0004-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| External Link \| Detail Date: 02/15/2007
[PROPOSED] CONSENT DECREE PB-IL-0004-0011.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 11/08/2008
Order Decertifying Ligas Class [ECF# 420] (2009 WL 9057733) (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0008.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 07/07/2009
SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF [ECF# 436] PB-IL-0004-0007.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 08/31/2009 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
STATEMENT OF INTEREST OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [ECF# 458] PB-IL-0004-0006.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 01/26/2010 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion and Order (Granting Motion to Intervene) (2010 WL 1418583 / 2010 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 34122) (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0005.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| External Link \| Detail Date: 04/07/2010
CONSENT DECREE PB-IL-0004-0012.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 01/11/2011
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF JOINT MOTION FOR SETTLEMENT CLASS CERTIFICATION, PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF CONSENT DECREE, AND APPROVAL OF NOTICE PLAN [ECF# 522-1] PB-IL-0004-0009.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 01/11/2011
NOTICE OF PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT AND HEARING [ECF# 527] PB-IL-0004-0010.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 01/13/2011
Consent Decree [ECF# 549] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0016.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/15/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Judgment Order [ECF# 555] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0013.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/05/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Implementation Plan [ECF# 559] PB-IL-0004-0017.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/15/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 564] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0014.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/15/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Annual Report of the Monitor [ECF# 565] PB-IL-0004-0019.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/27/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Ligas Implementation Plan 2013 Revisions [ECF# 566-1] PB-IL-0004-0018.pdf \| Detail Date: 02/15/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 569] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0015.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/05/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Second Annual Report of the Monitor [ECF# 571] PB-IL-0004-0020.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/01/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Third Annual Report of the Monitor [ECF# 583] PB-IL-0004-0021.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/01/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order of the Executive Committee [ECF# 590] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0022.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/17/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Agreed Order to Maintain Compliance with Consent Decree [ECF# 597] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0023.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/30/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 610] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0024.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/18/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 624] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0025.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/01/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Fourth Annual Report of the Monitor [ECF# 627] PB-IL-0004-0026.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/08/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Agreed Order to Maintain Compliance with Consent Decree [ECF# 637] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0027.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/28/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Ligas Implementation Plan 2016 Revisions [ECF# 642] PB-IL-0004-0028.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/17/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Fifth Annual Report of the Monitor [ECF# 646] PB-IL-0004-0029.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/20/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Agreed Order to Maintain Compliance with Consent Decree [ECF# 680] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0030.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/21/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 695] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0031.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/11/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 710] (N.D. Ill.) PB-IL-0004-0032.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/06/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

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Judges	Ashman, Martin C. (N.D. Ill.) [Magistrate] show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0011 Castillo, Rubén (N.D. Ill.) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0022 Cole, Jeffrey N. (N.D. Ill.) [Magistrate] show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-0014 \| PB-IL-0004-0016 Coleman, Sharon Johnson (N.D. Ill.) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0023 \| PB-IL-0004-0024 \| PB-IL-0004-0025 \| PB-IL-0004-0027 \| PB-IL-0004-0031 \| PB-IL-0004-0032 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Easterbrook, Frank Hoover (Seventh Circuit) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0004 Holderman, James F. (N.D. Ill.) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0002 \| PB-IL-0004-0005 \| PB-IL-0004-0008 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-0011 \| PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-0013 \| PB-IL-0004-0014 \| PB-IL-0004-0015 \| PB-IL-0004-0016 \| PB-IL-0004-9001 Kanne, Michael Stephen (N.D. Ind., Seventh Circuit) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0004 Williams, Ann Claire (N.D. Ill., Seventh Circuit) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0004 Wood, Andrea Robin (N.D. Ill.) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0030
Monitors/Masters	Cohn, Ronnie (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0026 \| PB-IL-0004-0029 Records, Tony (Maryland) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0019 \| PB-IL-0004-0020 \| PB-IL-0004-0021
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Anderson, Erik Joseph (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Antholt, Amanda C. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Baker, Warren Von C. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Burke, Kevin Francis (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Crain, William P. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Ducayet, James Wallace (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 \| PB-IL-0004-9001 Enerson, Wendy N. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Gallagher, Daniel Francis (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Gran, Judith A. (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0001 \| PB-IL-0004-0003 \| PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Grossbart, John I. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0001 \| PB-IL-0004-0003 \| PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Haley, Colin M. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Hartman, Kendra Kekelis (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0001 \| PB-IL-0004-0003 \| PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Lapertosa, Max (Pennsylvania) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0001 \| PB-IL-0004-0003 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 \| PB-IL-0004-9001 Linsenmaier, Samuel Phillip (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Lowy, Barry G. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0001 \| PB-IL-0004-0003 \| PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Lundy, Jason T. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Miller, Laura J. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0001 \| PB-IL-0004-0003 \| PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Mullen, Edward B. III (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Murer, Matthew Joseph (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Shapiro, Corey M. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Stalmack, Kathryn M. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 Taylor, Barry Charlton (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0001 \| PB-IL-0004-0003 \| PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-0011 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 \| PB-IL-0004-9001 Thomas, Melissa A. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Walden, Kenneth M. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0001 \| PB-IL-0004-0003 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Werner, Patricia A. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Whitcomb, John W. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0001 \| PB-IL-0004-0003 \| PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Wolf, Benjamin S. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0001 \| PB-IL-0004-0003 \| PB-IL-0004-0007 \| PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0010 \| PB-IL-0004-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Flahaven, Kathleen K. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Gange, Christopher (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Gangemi, Columbus R. Jr. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Huston, John E. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Ioppolo, Thomas A. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Konieczny, Karen (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Stratton, Brent Douglas (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0009 \| PB-IL-0004-0011 \| PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Welsh, Mary E. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9001
Other Lawyers	Airdo, Michael Anthony (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Arden, James Daniel (New York) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Bingle, Robert J. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Breen, Philip L. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0006 Brown, Burton A. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Choslovsky, William (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Johnson, Patrick Walter (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0006 Kiser, Thomas J. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Laser, Joan (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0006 Lynn, Nicholas James (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Mahoney, Patrick E. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Maisels, Amanda (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0006 Marks, Jason Michael (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Mendel, Scott M. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Monberg, Jeffrey Mark (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 O'Malley, Richard Francis (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Rato, Michael (New York) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 \| PB-IL-0004-9001 Relias, Alexandra Catherine (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Riley, Barbara A. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 Schriver, John T. (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Sherwin, Judith Schwartz (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0012 \| PB-IL-0004-9000 Walker, Eric Emerson (Illinois) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-9000 Wodatch, John L. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0006 Wohlenhaus, Renee M. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PB-IL-0004-0006