Litigation
Armstrong v. Newsom
A federal class action lawsuit on behalf of people with disabilities, including those with vision, kidney, hearing, mobility, speech, and learning disabilities housed in California state prisons.
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Clark v. California
A federal class action lawsuit on behalf of people with developmental disabilities housed in California state prisons.
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Coleman v. Newsom
A federal class action lawsuit on behalf of every person incarcerated in a California state prison who has a serious mental health condition.
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Plata v. Newsom
A federal class action lawsuit on behalf of every person incarcerated in a California state prison who has a serious medical condition.
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Jensen v. Thornell
A federal class action lawsuit about medical care, mental health care, and conditions in maximum custody isolation units in Arizona state prisons.
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Chavez v. County of Santa Clara
A federal class action lawsuit about restrictive housing, medical care, mental health care, dental care, non-mobility disabilities, and excessive force by staff at the Santa Clara County jails.
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Gomez Ruiz v. ICE
A federal class action lawsuit against ICE on behalf of every person in California City Detention Facility that challenges the Facility's dangerous and excessively punitive conditions, inadequate medical and mental health care, disability discrimination, and interference with access to counsel.
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Gray v. County of Riverside
A federal class action lawsuit about conditions in Riverside County Jail, including unconstitutional medical and mental health care and practices that violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Hall v. County of Fresno
A federal class action lawsuit about conditions in Fresno County Jail, including unconstitutional medical and mental health care, practices that violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and excessive use of solitary confinement.
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Mays v. County of Sacramento
A federal class action lawsuit about conditions in Sacramento County Jail, including unconstitutional medical and mental health care, practices that violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and excessive use of solitary confinement.
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Sandoval v. Riverside County
A lawsuit challenging Riverside’s unconstitutional practice of jailing people pre-arraignment for failure to pay cash bail and the failure to provide arraignments with bail hearings for an unconstitutionally long period following arrest.
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Topete v. County of San Bernardino
A federal class action lawsuit about conditions in the San Bernardino County Jails, challenging the County’s use of solitary confinement, use of force, denial of adequate medical and mental health care, and failure to provide disability accommodations.
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Young v. County of Contra Costa
A federal class action lawsuit about conditions in Contra Costa County Jails, including unconstitutional medical and mental health care and practices that violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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