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Case Name	Aragon v. Raemisch	PC-CO-0027
Docket / Court	1:17-cv-01744 ( D. Colo. )
State/Territory	Colorado
Case Type(s)	Prison Conditions
Attorney Organization	ACLU Chapters (any)
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

Defendant-type

Corrections

Jurisdiction-wide

Medical/Mental Health

Hepatitis

Medical care, general

Medication, administration of

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201

Case Details


Defendant(s)	Colorado Department of Justice
Plaintiff Description	All current and future prisoners in the custody of the Colorado Department of Corrections who have been or who will be diagnosed with chronic Hepatitis C virus, who have at least 24 weeks or more remaining on their sentences and a life expectancy of more than one year, with the exception of prisoners who are already receiving or who have already completed treatment with Direct Acting Anti-Viral medications.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any)
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)

1:17-cv-1744 (D. Colo.)
PC-CO-0027-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 06/18/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Class Action Complaint [ECF# 1] PC-CO-0027-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/19/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Amended Class Action Complaint [ECF# 25] PC-CO-0027-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/11/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Jackson, Richard Brooke (D. Colo.) PC-CO-0027-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Baer, Jacob Jeffrey (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-0001 \| PC-CO-0027-0002 \| PC-CO-0027-9000
	Beall, Christopher P. (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-0001 \| PC-CO-0027-0002 \| PC-CO-0027-9000
	Cohen, Neal Stuart (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-0001 \| PC-CO-0027-0002 \| PC-CO-0027-9000
	Jahanian, Arash (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-0001 \| PC-CO-0027-0002 \| PC-CO-0027-9000
	Katz, Dana Sichel (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-0001 \| PC-CO-0027-0002 \| PC-CO-0027-9000
	Neel, Sara R. (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-0001 \| PC-CO-0027-0002 \| PC-CO-0027-9000
	Rosenthal, Shoshana (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-0001 \| PC-CO-0027-9000
	Silverstein, Mark (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-0001 \| PC-CO-0027-0002 \| PC-CO-0027-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Alber, Christopher Wayne (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-9000
	Gellar, Nicole S. (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-9000
	Kemp, Jennifer Fawn (Colorado) PC-CO-0027-9000