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Case Name	Ligons v. Minnesota Department of Corrections	PC-MN-0003
Docket / Court	0:15-cv-2210 ( D. Minn. )
State/Territory	Minnesota
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Due Process

Defendant-type

Corrections

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

General

Conditions of confinement

Medical/Mental Health

Hepatitis

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.

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Minnesota Department of Corrections
Plaintiff Description	Inmates of Minnesota Department of Corrections suffering from the hepatitis-C virus.
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Pending
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources


	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

Docket(s)

0:15−cv−02210−PJS−BRT (D. Minn.)
PC-MN-0003-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 10/12/2017
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] PC-MN-0003-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/01/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Amended Complaint [ECF# 11] PC-MN-0003-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/03/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Schiltz, Patrick Joseph (D. Minn.) PC-MN-0003-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Ciresi, Michael V. (Minnesota) PC-MN-0003-9000
	Erlinder, Carl Peter (Minnesota) PC-MN-0003-9000
	Lehmann, Katie Crosby (Minnesota) PC-MN-0003-9000
	Mohring, Andrew H (Minnesota) PC-MN-0003-9000
	Nickitas, Peter J. (Minnesota) PC-MN-0003-0001 \| PC-MN-0003-0002 \| PC-MN-0003-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Kemp, Kelly S (Minnesota) PC-MN-0003-9000
	Novak, Anthony James (Minnesota) PC-MN-0003-9000
	Solheim, Mark A (Minnesota) PC-MN-0003-9000
	Strauss, Lindsay (Minnesota) PC-MN-0003-9000