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Case Name	Henderson v. Thomas	PC-AL-0033
Docket / Court	2:11-cv-00224-MHT-WC ( M.D. Ala. )
State/Territory	Alabama
Case Type(s)	Disability Rights-Pub. Accom. Prison Conditions
Special Collection	Post-PLRA enforceable consent decrees Post-PLRA Jail and Prison Private Settlement Agreements Post-WalMart decisions on class certification
Attorney Organization	ACLU Chapters (any) ACLU National (all projects) ACLU National Prison Project
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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Affected Gender

Female

Male

Content of Injunction

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Discrimination Prohibition

Follow recruitment, hiring, or promotion protocols

Implement complaint/dispute resolution process

Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention

Reasonable Accommodation

Reporting

Defendant-type

Corrections

Discrimination-area

Testing

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

General

Classification / placement

Confidentiality

Disparate Treatment

Pattern or Practice

Placement in detention facilities

Testing

Work release or work assignments

Medical/Mental Health

HIV/AIDS

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. § 701

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Alabama Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	The class of all current and future prisoners under supervision of the Alabama Department of Corrections who have tested positive for HIV.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any) ACLU National (all projects) ACLU National Prison Project
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Declaratory Judgment Attorneys fees Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree Private Settlement Agreement
Order Duration	2013 - 2016
Filing Year	2011
Case Closing Year	2016
Case Ongoing	No

Additional Resources

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	See this case at CourtListener.com (May provide additional documents and, for active cases, real-time alerts)
	Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders N.Y.U. Law Review Date: May 2006 By: Margo Schlanger (Washington University Faculty) Citation: 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 550 (2006) [ Detail ] [ PDF ] [ External Link ]
	Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons Book Date: Jan. 1, 1998 By: Malcolm M. Feeley & Edward Rubin (UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law & Vanderbilt School of Law Faculty Faculty) Citation: (1998) [ Detail ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

2:11-cv-00224-MHT-WC (M.D. Ala.)
PC-AL-0033-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 04/08/2016
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1] PC-AL-0033-0009.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/28/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Amended Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 31] PC-AL-0033-0010.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/11/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Second Amended Class Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 61] PC-AL-0033-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/29/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion and Order [ECF# 188] (289 F.R.D. 506) (M.D. Ala.) PC-AL-0033-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 08/30/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion and Order [ECF# 199] (891 F.Supp.2d 1296) (M.D. Ala.) PC-AL-0033-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 09/05/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Motion to Appeal Magistrate Judge's Order [ECF# 201] PC-AL-0033-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/05/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Urgent Motion for Ruling from District Judge Myron H. Thompson on Plaintiffs’ Appeal of Magistrate Judge’s Order (DOC. NO. 201) [ECF# 205] PC-AL-0033-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/06/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Plaintiffs’ Objections to Defendants’ Witness and Exhibit List [ECF# 221] PC-AL-0033-0007.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/11/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 223] (M.D. Ala.) PC-AL-0033-0006.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/14/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion and Order (2012 WL 6681773) (M.D. Ala.) PC-AL-0033-0008.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 12/21/2012 Source: District Court
Judgment [ECF# 250] (M.D. Ala.) PC-AL-0033-0011.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/21/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Preliminarily Approving Parties' Proposed Settlement Agreement [ECF# 287] (2013 WL 11318845) (M.D. Ala.) PC-AL-0033-0012.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 08/06/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion [ECF# 305] (2013 WL 5493197) (M.D. Ala.) PC-AL-0033-0015.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 09/30/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Stipulated Order [ECF# 306] (M.D. Ala.) PC-AL-0033-0016.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/30/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Fairness Hearing [ECF# 312] PC-AL-0033-0013.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/02/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Evidentiary Hearing [ECF# 313] PC-AL-0033-0014.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/12/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Capel, Wallace Jr. (M.D. Ala.) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 Thompson, Myron Herbert (N.D. Ala., M.D. Ala.) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-0002 \| PC-AL-0033-0003 \| PC-AL-0033-0006 \| PC-AL-0033-0008 \| PC-AL-0033-0011 \| PC-AL-0033-0012 \| PC-AL-0033-0015 \| PC-AL-0033-0016 \| PC-AL-0033-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Eber, Gabriel B. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 Goad, Amanda C. (New York) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-0004 \| PC-AL-0033-0005 \| PC-AL-0033-0007 \| PC-AL-0033-9000 Marshall, Randall C. (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 Neal, Allison Eichenfeld (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-0001 \| PC-AL-0033-0009 \| PC-AL-0033-0010 \| PC-AL-0033-9000 Saxe, Rose A. (New York) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-0001 \| PC-AL-0033-0004 \| PC-AL-0033-0005 \| PC-AL-0033-0007 \| PC-AL-0033-0009 \| PC-AL-0033-0010 \| PC-AL-0033-9000 Segall, Robert D. (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-0001 \| PC-AL-0033-0004 \| PC-AL-0033-0005 \| PC-AL-0033-0007 \| PC-AL-0033-0009 \| PC-AL-0033-0010 \| PC-AL-0033-9000 Shapiro, David M. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-0005 \| PC-AL-0033-0007 \| PC-AL-0033-9000 Takei, Carl (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-0001 \| PC-AL-0033-0004 \| PC-AL-0033-0005 \| PC-AL-0033-0007 \| PC-AL-0033-0009 \| PC-AL-0033-0010 \| PC-AL-0033-9000 Wedekind, Jennifer A. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 Winter, Margaret (District of Columbia) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-0001 \| PC-AL-0033-0004 \| PC-AL-0033-0005 \| PC-AL-0033-0007 \| PC-AL-0033-0009 \| PC-AL-0033-0010 \| PC-AL-0033-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Block, David B. (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 Greggs, Mitchell D. (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 Hill, Anne A. (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 Lunsford, William R. (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 McKinnon, Janine A. (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 Rouse, Scott Lee (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 Sees, Elizabeth A. (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000 Shah, Mitesh (Alabama) show/hide docs PC-AL-0033-9000

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