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Case Name	Reynolds v. Sielaff	PC-NY-0045
Docket / Court	1:81-cv-00107-PNL ( S.D.N.Y. )
State/Territory	New York
Case Type(s)	Disability Rights-Pub. Accom. Jail Conditions
Attorney Organization	Legal Services/Legal Aid
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

Content of Injunction

Develop anti-discrimination policy

Goals and Timekeeping

Monitoring

Crowding

Crowding / caseload

Defendant-type

Corrections

Disability

Mental impairment

Discrimination-basis

Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations)

General

Administrative segregation

Classification / placement

Disciplinary procedures

Fire safety

Informed consent/involuntary medication

Law library access

Loss or damage to property

Mail

Phone

Recreation / Exercise

Rehabilitation

Religious programs / policies

Restraints : chemical

Restraints : physical

Staff (number, training, qualifications, wages)

Totality of conditions

Medical/Mental Health

Medical care, general

Mental health care, general

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Type of Facility

Government-run

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Bellevue Hospital Department of Correction of the City of New York Elmhurst Hospital
Plaintiff Description	Pretrial detainees confined in the jail medical and psychiatric wards operated by the New York City Department of Corrections.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Legal Services/Legal Aid
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	Unknown
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	1990 - 2013
Filing Year	1981
Case Closing Year	2013
Case Ongoing	No

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 ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

81-107 (S.D.N.Y.)
PC-NY-0045-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 05/28/2013
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Stipulation and Order of Settlement (S.D.N.Y.) PC-NY-0045-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/01/1990
Order and Consent Judgment Approving Class Action Settlement (S.D.N.Y.) PC-NY-0045-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/01/1990
Stipulation and Order of Settlement [ECF# 154] PC-NY-0045-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/23/2010
Partial Extension of Stipulation and Order of Settlement [ECF# 155] PC-NY-0045-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 05/28/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Leval, Pierre Nelson (S.D.N.Y., Second Circuit) PC-NY-0045-0002 \| PC-NY-0045-9000 Sullivan, Richard Joseph (S.D.N.Y., Second Circuit) PC-NY-0045-0003 \| PC-NY-0045-0004
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Chasan, Jonathan S. (New York) PC-NY-0045-0001 \| PC-NY-0045-0002 \| PC-NY-0045-0003 \| PC-NY-0045-0004
	Frackman, Andrew J. (New York) PC-NY-0045-0003
	Katz, Theodore H. (New York) PC-NY-0045-0001
	Lewis, Dori A. (New York) PC-NY-0045-0001 \| PC-NY-0045-0004
	Weinstein, Philip L. (New York) PC-NY-0045-0001 \| PC-NY-0045-0002
Defendant's Lawyers	Buhta, John Michael (New York) PC-NY-0045-0004
	Cardozo, Michael A. (New York) PC-NY-0045-0004
	Gantz, Toni (New York) PC-NY-0045-0003
	Kovner, Victor A. (New York) PC-NY-0045-0001 \| PC-NY-0045-0002
	Pestana, Georgia (New York) PC-NY-0045-0002
	Trachtenberg, Robert (New York) PC-NY-0045-0001 \| PC-NY-0045-0002

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