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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Gray v. St. Louis City Board of Elections

4:16-cv-01548 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 13, 2016

This case is about absentee voting accommodations for voters with visual impairments.   On September 30, 2016, two blind voters filed a federal complaint in the Eastern District of Missouri.  The plaintiffs sued the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners (“Election Board”) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.  Represented by the Saint Louis University Legal Clinic and the Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services, the plaintiffs sought a …
JAIL CONDITIONS
Murray v. Santa Barbara

2:17-cv-08805 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2017

On December 6, 2017, several prisoners of the Santa Barbara County Jail (SBCJ) in pre-trial detention filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs sued the County of Santa Barbara and the Sheriff's Office under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq., Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29…

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DISABILITY RIGHTS
United States v. MedStar Health, Inc.

1:24-cv-00302 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Jan. 30, 2024

On January 30, 2024. the United States of America filed this lawsuit against MedStar Health, Inc. (“MedStar”) in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The United States alleged that during the COVID-19 pandemic, MedStar, the largest healthcare provider in Maryland and Washington, D.C., repeatedly denied non-patient support persons for people with disabilities access to their hospitals. The United States sought injunctive relief in the form of MedStar modifying its polic…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Skyline Wesleyan Church v. California Department of Managed Health Care

3:16-cv-00501 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 26, 2016

Closed Date: May 11, 2023

This is a case about insurance coverage for abortion. Skyline Wesleyan Church, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), brought this lawsuit against the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) in the San Diego County Superior Court on February 4, 2016, challenging a California mandate that group health insurance plans provide coverage for all legal abortions. Plaintiff, a non-profit Christian church offering health insurance to employees, objected on religious grounds to…

Settled: Case Closed

DISABILITY RIGHTS
Denny v. City & County of Denver

2016CV030247 | Colorado state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 25, 2016

Closed Date: Sept. 9, 2016

This was a class action settlement between the City of Denver and an individual plaintiff who used a wheelchair for mobility; she filed suit on behalf of similarly situated individuals with mobility disabilities. A Colorado state court formally approved the settlement agreement. Background: Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (the “ADA”) requires state and local governments to provide equal access to programs, services, and activities for individuals with disabilities; publi…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Trivette v. Tennessee Department of Correction

3:20-cv-00276 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: March 31, 2020

On March 31, 2020, a deaf man in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT), the state protection and advocacy entity, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The plaintiffs sued TDOC alleging violations of Title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act for failure to provide effective communication accommodations. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged inmates incarcerated at TDOC f…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Smith v. Fitzpatrick

1:18-cv-00288 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: July 26, 2018

Closed Date: Oct. 30, 2018

This case concerns the treatment of opioid addiction for incarcerated people. On July 26, 2018, the named plaintiff, represented by the ACLU of Maine, filed suit against the Commissioner of Maine Department of Corrections and the Chief Deputy and Acting Aroostook County Sheriff in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. The plaintiff, an incoming inmate at the Aroostook County Jail, alleged that despite the medical consensus that medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the standard of…

Settled: Case Closed

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ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United Spinal Association v. Board of Elections in the City of New York

1:10-cv-05653 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 26, 2010

Closed Date: Jan. 10, 2020

On July 26, 2010, the United Spinal Association and Disabled in Action represented by Disabled Rights Advocates filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Board of Elections in the City of New York under the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.) and the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794). They sought declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the defendants knowingly failed to fix deficiencies in accessibility at pollin…
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 …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Brown v. Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

1:16-cv-00945 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 30, 2016

Closed Date: June 6, 2019

Nine current and former inmates at Roxbury Correctional Institute who are blind brought a discrimination lawsuit against the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. One individual inmate filed his complaint on March 30, 2016, and five days later this case was consolidated with eight other cases. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Federation of the Blind and Prisoner Rights Information System of Maryland, alleged tha…