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DISABILITY RIGHTS
J.S. v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

1:20-cv-00297 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York

Filed Date: March 11, 2020

Closed Date: Aug. 3, 2023

In August 2016, Plaintiff student, who was incarcerated and 20 years old, prevailed in an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act due process administrative hearing against Defendant New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (“DOCCS”). On March 11, 2020, the plaintiff, represented by Disability Rights New York, New York's Protection and Advocacy Agency, filed a lawsuit against DOCCS under the IDEA to recover $71,542.00 in fees and $988.72 in costs as the IDEA prevai…
PRISON CONDITIONS
X. v. New Jersey Department of Corrections

3:17-cv-00188 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Jan. 11, 2017

On January 11, 2017, three named individuals with disabilities who were incarcerated by New Jersey Department of Corrections (“NJDOC”) and the ACLU of New Jersey filed a class action complaint against NJDOC, New Jersey Department of Education (“NJDOE”), and the commissioners of each Department in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented by the ACLU of New Jersey, Disability Rights Advocates, and Proskauer Rose LLP, plaintiffs brought claims under the Individuals with …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Doe v. State of Ohio

2:91-cv-00464 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: June 10, 1991

This is a case about special education in Ohio's public schools. This lawsuit was brought on May 9, 1991, by a student (through his parent), a teacher, a local Board of Education, and a district superintendent. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and later by the Ohio Legal Rights Service, sued the state of Ohio, the State Board of Education, the state superintendent, and the state Department of Education. The plaintiffs sued under state constitutional and statutory law, 42 U.S.C. § …
EDUCATION
Charles H. v. District of Columbia

1:21-cv-00997 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 9, 2021

This is a case about the District of Columbia's alleged failure to provide special education and related services to incarcerated students during the COVID-19 pandemic.  D.C. Public Schools was the service provider for certain high school students with disabilities and special education needs, who were enrolled in the D.C. Jail's on-site school through the Inspiring Youth Program (IYP).  IYP Classes for were suspended on March 13, 2020.  For over a year, however, IYP students alleged that instr…

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EDUCATION
A.H. v. Hedalen

6:25-cv-00020 | U.S. District Court for the District of Montana

Filed Date: Feb. 27, 2025

This is a case challenging Montana's alleged failure to provide education to students with disabilities aged 19 to 21. On February 27, 2025, two minors by and through their parents filed a putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Montana against the Governor and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Montana. The minor plaintiffs were seventeen and eighteen years old and each had cognitive disabilities. Represented by Disability Rights Montana, the …
EDUCATION
B.H. v. Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

2:24-cv-03966 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2024

This case poses a due process challenge to the absence of procedural safeguards rights of children with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA") at the Warren County Educational Service Center ("WCESC"). On May 31, 2022, prior to the filing of this lawsuit, Disability Rights Ohio filed a systemic state complaint against WCESC with the Department of Education Workforce’s (the "Department") Office for Exceptional Children (the "Office"), alleging a violation of …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
C.W. v. Nevada Department of Education

2:24-cv-01800 | U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Filed Date: Sept. 25, 2024

This is a case about a Nevada school district that allegedly failed to provide sufficient special education. On September 25, 2024, several Nevada students with disabilities filed this putative class action lawsuit in United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Represented by private attorneys and Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), the students sued the State and Clark County School District (CCSD) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Sectio…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1

1:12-cv-02620 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Oct. 2, 2012

Closed Date: May 8, 2018

On October 10, 2012, a child with autism and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and his parents sued the Douglas County School District Re 1 in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. The complaint alleged that the School District’s proposed individualized education program (IEP) violated the Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1401(3), and Colorado’s Exceptional Children’s Educational Act (ECEA), Colo. Rev. Stat. § 22-20-103(5)(a)(I) by fai…
JAIL CONDITIONS
United States v. Fulton County

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Filed Date: Jan. 3, 2025

On January 3, 2025, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Plaintiff brought this suit for declaratory and injunctive relief against Fulton County and the Fulton County Sheriff's Office – responsible for operating the Fulton County Jail – under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997 (CRIPA), Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134 (ADA…
EDUCATION
D.R. ex rel. Richardson v. Michigan Department of Education

5:16-cv-13694 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 18, 2016

On October 18, 2016, families in Flint, Michigan filed this putative class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The case was assigned to Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. The plaintiffs sued the Michigan Department of Education (MDE), Flint Community Schools (FCS), and the Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400, § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Title II of the Americans with…