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Case Name	Disability Rights Florida v. Crews	PC-FL-0021
Docket / Court	1:14-cv-23323 ( S.D. Fla. )
State/Territory	Florida
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Special Collection	Post-PLRA Jail and Prison Private Settlement Agreements Prison Legal News
Attorney Organization	Legal Services/Legal Aid NDRN/Protection & Advocacy Organizations
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Due Process

Content of Injunction

Auditing

Hire

Monitoring

Other requirements regarding hiring, promotion, retention

Recordkeeping

Reporting

Training

Defendant-type

Corrections

Disability

Mental impairment

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

General

Assault/abuse by staff

Bathing and hygiene

Classification / placement

Conditions of confinement

Counseling

Failure to supervise

Incident/accident reporting & investigations

Restraints : physical

Sanitation / living conditions

Torture

Medical/Mental Health

Mental health care, general

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.
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (PAIMI) Act, 42 U.S.C. § 10801
Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. § 701

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Florida Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	Disability Rights Florida is an organization empowered by federal law to, among other things, file suit to protect the rights of individuals with mental illness who are in the custody of the state.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Legal Services/Legal Aid NDRN/Protection & Advocacy Organizations
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Attorneys fees Damages Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement
Order Duration	2015 - 2017
Filing Year	2014
Case Closing Year	2018
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources

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	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 ]
	Prison Legal News Homepage Prison Legal News By: Prison Legal News [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

1:14-cv-23323 (S.D. Fla.)
PC-FL-0021-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 06/07/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Private Settlement Agreement PC-FL-0021-0010.pdf \| Detail Date:
Complaint For Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1] PC-FL-0021-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/09/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Amended Complaint and Jury Demand [ECF# 34] PC-FL-0021-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/18/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Last Amended Complaint [ECF# 46] PC-FL-0021-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/23/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Joint Motion for Administrative Closure of Case [ECF# 59] PC-FL-0021-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/10/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Administratively Closing Case Upon Notice of Settlement [ECF# 61] (S.D. Fla.) PC-FL-0021-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/15/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Omnibus Order on Motions to Dismiss [ECF# 145] (S.D. Fla.) PC-FL-0021-0006.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/28/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order of Dismissal of the Disability Rights Case Only [ECF# 232] (S.D. Fla.) PC-FL-0021-0007.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/08/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Mediation Report [ECF# 241] PC-FL-0021-0008.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/17/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order Administratively Closing Case Upon Notice of Settlement [ECF# 242] (S.D. Fla.) PC-FL-0021-0009.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/17/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Otazo-Reyes, Alicia M. Court not on record [Magistrate] PC-FL-0021-9000 Scola, Robert Nichols Jr. (S.D. Fla.) PC-FL-0021-0004 \| PC-FL-0021-0006 \| PC-FL-0021-0007 \| PC-FL-0021-0009 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Boyer, David Allen (Florida) PC-FL-0021-0001 \| PC-FL-0021-0002 \| PC-FL-0021-0003 \| PC-FL-0021-0005 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
	Lentz, Kristen Cooley (Florida) PC-FL-0021-0002 \| PC-FL-0021-0005 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
	Paris, Molly Jean (Florida) PC-FL-0021-0001 \| PC-FL-0021-0002 \| PC-FL-0021-0003 \| PC-FL-0021-0005 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
	Schulz, George E. Jr. (Florida) PC-FL-0021-0001 \| PC-FL-0021-0002 \| PC-FL-0021-0003 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
	Sleasman, Peter P. (Florida) PC-FL-0021-0001 \| PC-FL-0021-0002 \| PC-FL-0021-0003 \| PC-FL-0021-0005 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Bondi, Pamela Jo (Florida) PC-FL-0021-0003
	Desai, Devang B (Florida) PC-FL-0021-0003 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
	Maher, Susan Adams (Florida) PC-FL-0021-0003 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
	Marrero, Oscar Edmund (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
	Marsh, J. Lee (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Neff, Lance Eric (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Sheeran, Andrew T (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Stinson, Monica Galindo (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Tietig, Lisa Kuhlman (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Toomey, Gregg Alan (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
	Weissenborn, Sheridan K. (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Wydler, Lourdes Espino (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000 \| PC-FL-0021-9000
Other Lawyers	Commons, Linda Bellomio (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Grimes, Milton C. (California) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Hoffman, Paul L. (California) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Jackson, Iverson Matthew (California) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Newman, Annette (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Price, Max Richard (Florida) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Sarmiento, Vicki I. (California) PC-FL-0021-9000
	Sweetser, Catherine Elizabeth (California) PC-FL-0021-9000

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