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CHILD WELFARE
Odeneal v. Quin

3:25-cv-00566 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

Filed Date: May 19, 2025

On May 17th, 2025, 13 next-of-friends, on behalf of foster children in the state of Tennessee, filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, the Deputy Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, and the Deputy Commissioner of Child Programs of Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. The plaintiffs filed this class action suit on behalf of over …

Case Is Ongoing

CHILD WELFARE
Katie A. v. Bonta

2:02-cv-05662 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: July 18, 2002

This lawsuit was filed in the Central District of California on July 18, 2002, by the class of children and young adults who (a) are in the custody of Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; (b) have a behavioral, emotional, or psychiatric impairment; and (c) need individualized mental health services. The suit is against County and State agencies for neglecting their responsibilities to provide mental health care services to foster children in California. Plaintiffs soug…
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…
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. § …
PRISON CONDITIONS
Minnis v. Johnson

1:10-cv-00096 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Filed Date: Jan. 29, 2010

Closed Date: March 30, 2016

On January 29, 2010, prisoners in the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) who were deaf or hard of hearing filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000, and Virginia state law against Virginia state agencies, departments, and employees thereof. The plaintiffs, represented by the Washington Lawyers Committee a…
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)

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…

Injunction Granted

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…
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…