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JAIL CONDITIONS
Vanke v. Block

2:98-cv-04111 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 1, 1998

Closed Date: 2004

On July 1, 1998, pretrial detainees filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the Los Angeles County Sheriff and the County of Los Angeles claiming that the county maintained an unconstitutional policy of holding pretrial detainees who were eligible for release in order to check for warrants, wants, and holds. The court (Judge Dean D. Pregerson) certified the class and granted the plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injuncti…
JAIL CONDITIONS
R.W.T. v. Dalton

4:78-00930 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 1978

A class of juveniles represented by Legal Services of Eastern Missouri filed a lawsuit in 1978 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, against state judges, state juvenile officers, and county sheriffs, alleging unconstitutional conditions of confinement in the St. Charles, Pike, and Lincoln County jails and denial of their constitutional rights when they were confined without probable cause hearings. The issue of conditions of confinement was se…
JAIL CONDITIONS
L.Z. v. Parrish

6:77-cv-03277 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Filed Date: June 28, 1977

Closed Date: 1984

A complaint was filed against various state and county judges and officials in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri challenging the incarceration of a juvenile in the Laclede County Jail in Lebanon, Missouri. Evidence established that a new juvenile detention facility had been built, that juveniles were no longer kept in Laclede County Jail, and that the Missouri Supreme Court had amended the challenged rules regarding juvenile detention and detention hearings.…
JAIL CONDITIONS
Alkire v. Irving

5:96-cv-02687 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Dec. 16, 1996

Closed Date: 2003

On December 16, 1996, an inmate at the Holmes County Jail in Ohio filed a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the representatives of the jail and the Holmes County Court in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The plaintiff asked the district court for declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as damages, alleging that his constitutional rights had been violated through a denial of due process and equal protection of the court system during sentencing. The specific co…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Baumgartner v. City of Long Beach

C54-7482 | California state trial court

Filed Date: May 14, 1985

On May 14, 1985, a resident of the City of Long Beach and the County of Los Angeles, filed suit under California State Law alleging violations of the 8th and 14th Amendments, in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles. The suit was filed against the City of Long Beach, the Mayor, Chief of Police, several City Councilors, and the County of Los Angeles as well as its Board of Supervisors, Director of Public Social Services, and Director of Children's Services. …
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Hunt v. County of Los Angeles

C-5474-83 | California state trial court

Filed Date: May 4, 1985

On May 4, 1985, a taxpayer in Los Angeles County, California filed a lawsuit pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure § 526(a) against the County of Los Angeles in the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles. The plaintiff, who was represented by the Public Justice Foundation and the Youth Law Center, asked for injunctive relief, alleging that the detainment of minors in a Los Angeles adult jail facilities violated the guarantee of due process and the prohibition of cru…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
Florida D.J.J. v. C.A

97-3505 | Florida state appellate court

Filed Date: 1997

Closed Date: 1998

This case involves several consolidated cases in Florida State Court by juveniles who were adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. Following orders adjudicating them delinquent, each of the plaintiffs was placed at the Pahokee Youth Development Center, which was designated as a moderate risk facility, and filed motions to modify their commitment orders. The juveniles, who were represented by the Florida Public Defender, sought a modification of the di…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
M.M.B. v. Bonneville County

4:86-04244 | U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Filed Date: Dec. 9, 1986

Closed Date: 1986

On December 9, 1986, a class action lawsuit was filed against Bonneville County, Idaho, in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho on behalf of all past, present, and future juveniles jailed at the Bonneville County Jail in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The plaintiffs, who were represented by the National Center for Youth Law and the Youth Law Center, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1988, and 5601 et seq., alleging that jail conditions and policies violated their constitutional…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
E.B. v. Young

85-00011 | Vermont state trial court

Filed Date: 1985

Closed Date: May 3, 1985

Sometime before April 1985, juveniles confined in the Juvenile Detention Unit filed a class action lawsuit in the Washington County Superior Court, State of Vermont, against the director of the Juvenile Detention Unit and the Commissioner of Social and Rehabilitative Services. The class consisted of all juveniles in the custody of the state that were or would be confined in the Juvenile Detention Unit. The plaintiffs sought injunctive relief. Juveniles in Vermont were being placed in the Juveni…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Feliciano v. Parole Board of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

3:79-cv-00004 | U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Filed Date: Jan. 3, 1979

On January 3, 1979, prisoners housed in Puerto Rican prisons filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, against the Administration of Corrections of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The plaintiffs, represented by the Civil Action and Education Corporation, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, alleging that the prison system provided inadequate healthcare. They also alleged that the living conditions in …