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INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Messier v. Southbury Training School

3:94-cv-01706 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1994

Closed Date: March 13, 2019

On October 4, 1994, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut against Connecticut's Departments of Mental Retardation (DMR), Social Services (DSS), and Public Health (DPH) and Southbury Training School, an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities (ICF/MR) in Southbury, Connecticut. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sought injunctive relief on behalf of both current and future Southbury residents.…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry

204-8-265 | No Court

This investigation concerns allegations of discrimination against incarcerated persons with vision disabilities by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR). On July 19, 2023, the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) issued the findings of its investigation under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in a letter to the General Counsel of the ADCRR. The DOJ’s inquiry was sparked by …
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Day v. District of Columbia

1:10-cv-02250 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Dec. 23, 2010

The plaintiffs, institutionalized individuals in the District of Columbia with disabilities, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on December 23, 2010. The complaint alleged that the District of Columbia had policies and procedures that force the unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities who could live in the community with appropriate services. The plaintiffs claimed that these policies, which erected barriers to receiving long-term care…
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 …
CHILD WELFARE
L.J. v. Massinga

1:84-cv-04409 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: Dec. 5, 1984

This case challenged the actions of twenty-one state and city officials, caseworkers, and supervisors who administered Maryland's federally-funded foster care program in Baltimore City, Maryland. The class action, filed on December 5, 1984, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (Baltimore), alleged that the defendants' administration of the foster program subjected the plaintiffs to physical and sexual abuse as well as medical neglect. They sought broad interim and permanent i…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Affirmed

CHILD WELFARE
Charlie and Nadine H. v. Corzine

2:99-cv-03678 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 1999

Closed Date: April 25, 2023

On August 4, 1999, a group of children in the legal and/or physical custody of the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) filed this lawsuit against the State of New Jersey and DYFS in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Represented in part by Children's Rights, Inc., the plaintiffs alleged that DYFS failed to protect them from abuse, failed to provide them with services such as medical care, and failed to provide DYFS caseworkers with adequate resources and…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

CHILD WELFARE
Dwayne B. v. Snyder

2:06-cv-13548 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 8, 2006

A class of children in foster care custody in Michigan, represented by Children's Rights, filed this class action suit against the state of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on August 8, 2006. They alleged violations of the U.S. Constitution's First, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments; federal law including the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 670 et seq.; and state law. The compla…
EDUCATION
Lopez v. Metro. Gov’t of Nashville & Davidson Cnty.

3:07-cv-00799 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: July 30, 2007

Closed Date: Aug. 14, 2017

In July 2007, a special education student who was sexually assaulted and harassed by other students sued the Board of Education for the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools ("MNPS") in Tennessee state court. The plaintiff later added Genesis Learning Center, the school he attended, as a defendant. The plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the court for punitive damages and attorneys' fees, claiming that the defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Tennessee state law due to their de…
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…
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…