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POLICING
State of California v. City of Vallejo

CU23-04676 | California state trial court

Filed Date: Oct. 16, 2023

This case involved alleged incidents of police misconduct by officers in the Vallejo Police Department (“VPD”). On October 16, 2023, the California Attorney General filed suit to further reform the VPD following the department’s failure to fully comply with an earlier agreement. Brought in the County of Solano Superior Court, the lawsuit named the VPD and the City of Vallejo (“City”) as defendants. Under California state law, the Attorney General was empowered to sue police departments that all…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Heyer v. United States Bureau of Prisons

5:11-ct-03118 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: June 20, 2011

Closed Date: April 26, 2022

This case is about access to communication and auxiliary aids for deaf people in federal prison. On June 20, 2011, two deaf prisoners filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Represented by private counsel and the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, the plaintiffs filed their lawsuit under Bivens and claimed violations of the Rehabilitation Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration …
POLICING
Baerga v. City of New York

1:21-cv-05762 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: July 5, 2021

This is a case about how the New York City Police Department (NYPD) must treat people who face mental health challenges. On July 5, 2021, an individual with mental disabilities filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against New York City and several New York City officials and police officers. Judge Alison Nathan presided at the time of filing. On December 29, 2021, the individual was joined by three additional individual plaintiffs and three non-prof…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Coleman v. Brown

2:90-cv-00520 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Filed Date: April 23, 1990

NOTE: All the documents in this case relating to the prison overcrowding proceedings, which led to imposition of a statewide prison population cap, affirmed by the Supreme Court, are presented in a related case record, Plata v. Newsom. On April 23, 1990, incarcerated persons with mental illnesses in California state prisons filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The plaintiffs sued California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitatio…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Judge Rotenburg Center v. Food and Drug Administration

20-01087 | U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Filed Date: March 27, 2020

This case concerns the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ability to ban the use of electrical stimulation devices to treat self-injurious or aggressive behavior. The petitioners are the Judge Rotenburg Center (“the Center”), a facility in Massachusetts that provides treatment and education to people with serious mental disabilities, like autism, and a group of parents of patients at the Center. The Center is the only place in the country where electrical stimulation is used to prevent self-h…
INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY (FACILITY)
Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Department of Mental Retardation

86E-0018-G1 | Massachusetts state trial court

Filed Date: 1986

The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center (JRC), formerly known as the Behavioral Research Institute, is a Massachusetts-based residential care facility for children and young adults with severe autism, mental impairments, and mental illnesses associated with behavioral problems. JRC is known for its use of aversive treatments, especially electric shock therapies, to disincentivize undesirable behaviors. As a result of its use of aversive treatments, JRC has been controversial and the subject of s…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Braggs v. Dunn

2:14-cv-00601 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: June 17, 2014

This case concerns alleged systemic failures to provide mental and physical healthcare in Alabama prisons. On June 17, 2014, prisoners and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (“ADAP”) filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The plaintiffs sued the Alabama Department of Corrections (“ADOC”) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Represented by the Southern Poverty Law C…
IMMIGRATION AND/OR THE BORDER
Oldaker v. Giles

7:20-cv-00224 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

Filed Date: Nov. 9, 2020

This federal class action lawsuit sought injunctive, declaratory, and monetary relief for over 60 immigrant women who were detained in ICE custody at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia. The plaintiffs claimed that they were subjected to medical abuse while in ICE custody including nonconsensual hysterectomies, overly aggressive gynecological care, and medically unnecessary procedures. In addition to the medical abuse itself, the plaintiffs sought relief against federal officia…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Bella Health and Wellness v. Weiser

1:23-cv-00939 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: April 14, 2023

On April 14, 2023, plaintiffs — a Catholic medical center and its founders and healthcare practitioners — filed a complaint against the Attorney General of Colorado, the Colorado Medical Board, the State Board of Nursing, and various District Attorneys in the state in the U.S. District Court for Colorado. The complaint took issue with a Colorado law, SB 23-190, that aimed to stop deceptive trade practices and unprofessional conduct with respect to the provision of abortion services and medicati…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Relf v. Weinberger

73-cv-01557 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 17, 1973

Closed Date: Sept. 13, 1977

On July 17, 1973, a group of private plaintiffs who were victims of sterilization abuse, represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, brought a class action lawsuit against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services), and the Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, took issue with sterilization abuse against women that was fun…