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Corrections

Alabama

• Alabama's State Prisons for Men - Litigation
  Case Summary   |   CRIPA Notice Letter (2019)   |   Cover Letter to CRIPA Notice (2019)   |   Use of Force CRIPA Notice Letter (2020)   |   Cover Letter to Use of Force CRIPA Notice (2020)   |   Complaint (2020)   |   Amended Complaint (2021)   |   Attachment A to Amended Complaint (2021)   |   Second Amended Complaint (2021)


• Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |    Findings Letter (2014)   |   Complaint (2015)   |   Consent Decree (2015)   


• Mobile County Metro Jail - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2009)     


• Varden, et al. v. City of Clanton - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2015)

Arkansas

• Sebastian County Adult Detention Center - Closed
  Findings Letter (2006)   |   MOA (2008)

California

• Alameda County - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2021)   |   Summary of Findings (2021)


• Coleman v. Brown - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2013)   |   Response to Defendants' Motion to Exclude SOI (2013)   |   Order Denying Motion to Exclude SOI (2013)


• Los Angeles County Jail - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   MOA (2002)   |    Compliance Letter (2014)   |   Complaint (2015)   |    Settlement Agreement (2015)    


• Mitchell v. Cate - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2013)


• Orange County Jail - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Investigatory Results Letter (2014)

 

• San Luis Obispo Jail - Investigations
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2021)

Florida

• Lowell Correctional Institution, Ocala, FL - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   CRIPA Notice (2020)   |   CRIPA Notice Cover Letter (2020)


• Miami-Dade County Jail - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2011)   |   Complaint (2013)   |   Consent Agreement (2013)   |   Memorandum of Agreement (2013) 

Georgia

• Diamond v. Owens - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2015)
   
• Diamond v. Ward - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2021)

• Doe v. Georgia Department of Corrections - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2024)

• Fulton County Jail
  Case Summary    


• Georgia Department of Corrections - Investigation
  Case Summary


• Muscogee County Jail - Closed
  Case Summary   |    Complaint (1999)   |   Settlement (1999)   |   Memorandum of Agreement (2015)    

• South Fulton County Jail
  Case Summary    |    Statement of Interest (2019)

Guam

• Guam Jail and Prisons - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Settlement Agreement (1991)    

Hawaii

• Oahu Community Correctional Center - Closed
  Findings Letter (2007)   |   Complaint (2008)   |   Settlement (2008)

Illinois

• Cook County Jail - Closed
  Case Summary   |    Findings Letter (2008)   |    Settlement (2010)   

Indiana

• Cordellioné v Commissioner, Indiana Department of Corrections - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2024)

• Lake County Jail - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2009)   |   Complaint (2010)   |   Settlement (2010)

Kansas

• Topeka Correctional Facility - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2012)   |   Settlement Agreement (2014)

Kentucky

• Grant County Detention Center - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2005)
   
• Boyd County Detention Center - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   CRIPA Notice Letter (2019)   |   Cover Letter to CRIPA Notice (2019)

Louisiana

• Ball v. LeBlanc - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2013)


• Hacker v. Cain - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2016)

• Louisiana Department of Corrections - Investigations
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2023)   |   Cover Letter (2023)   |   Summary of Findings (2023)


• Orleans Parish Prisons - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2009)   |   Update to Findings Letter (2012)   |   Consent Judgment (English, 2013)   |   Consent Judgment (Spanish, 2013)   


• St. Tammany Parish Jail - Closed
  Case Summary   |    Findings Letter (2012)   |   Memorandum of Agreement (2013)   |   Closing Letter (2017)

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Department of Correction - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   CRIPA Notice (2020)   |   CRIPA Notice Cover Letter (2020)   |   Settlement Agreement (2022)   |   Designated Qualified Expert’s Baseline Report (April 2023)

Maryland

• Baltimore City Detention Center - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2002)   |   MOU (2007)   |   MOA (2012)   | Compliance Letter (2015)

Mississippi

• Hinds County Adult Detention Center - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2015)   |   Complaint (2016)   |   Settlement Agreement (2016) 
    
• Mississippi Department of Corrections - Investigation
  Case Summary   |    Findings Letter (2022)   |   Cover Letter (2022)   |   Summary of Findings (2022)   |   Cover Letter (2024)   |   Findings Report (2024)   |   Finding Report One Pager (2024)

New Jersey

• Cumberland County Jail - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   CRIPA Notice Cover Letter (2021)   |   CRIPA Notice (2021)   |   DOJ Agreement (2023)   |   AG Signed Complaint and Certificate (2023)


• Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   CRIPA Notice Cover Letter (2020)   |   CRIPA Notice (2020)   |   AG Signed Complaint and Certificate (2021)   |   Final Consent Decree (2021)

New York

• Erie County Holding Center and Erie County Correctional Facility - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2009)    |   Amended Complaint (2010)   |   Settlement Agreement (2010)   |   Settlement Agreement (2011)   |   Court Order (2023)


• Westchester County Jail - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2009)   |   Settlement Agreement (2015)

Ohio

• Franklin County Jail - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Complaint in Intervention (2010)   |   Settlement (2011)

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma County Jail and Jail Annex - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2008)   |   MOU (2009)

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2014)   |   Closing Letter (2016)


• State Correctional Institution at Cresson - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2013)     


• State Correctional Institution at Pittsburgh - Closed
  Closing Letter (2014)     

South Carolina

• Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center - Investigation
  Case Summary     

• Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center - Investigation
  Case Summary     

Tennessee

• Robertson County Detention Center - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2011)   |   Complaint (2013)   |   Settlement Agreement (2013)

Texas

• Dallas County Jail - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2006)   |   Complaint (2007)   |   Settlement (2007)   |   MOU (2012)


• Harris County Jail - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2009)     

Virgin Islands

• Golden Grove Adult Correctional and Detention Facility - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Consent Decree (1986)   |   Settlement Agreement (2013)  

Virginia

• Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   CRIPA Notice (2018)   |   Cover Letter to CRIPA Notice (2018)   |   Consent Decree (2020)   |   Complaint (2020)   |   Complaint (accessible) (2020)   |   Order Approving Consent Decree (2020) 
   
• Piedmont Regional Jail - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2012)   |   Complaint (2013)   |   Settlement Agreement (2013)   |   Order Approving Agreement (2013)   
   

Juvenile Justice

• Publications
  Dear Colleague Letter on the Civil Rights of Students in Juvenile Justice Residential Facilities
  
  Disclaimer on Dear Colleague Letter:
  
  The United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Education issued this document on December 8, 2014 to provide informal, non-binding guidance to assist juvenile justice residential facilities in providing education to youth in compliance with federal nondiscrimination laws.  This guidance document is not intended to be a final agency action, has no legally binding effect, and has no force or effect of law.  The document may be rescinded or modified in the Departments’ complete discretion, in accordance with applicable laws.  The Departments’ guidance documents, including this guidance, do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities beyond what is required by the terms of the applicable statutes, regulations, or binding judicial precedent.  For more information, see "Memorandum for All Components: Prohibition of Improper Guidance Documents," from Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions III, November 16, 2017.

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California

• G.F. v. Contra Costa County et al. - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2014)


• Los Angeles County Juvenile Probation Camps - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2008)   |   MOA (2008)   |   First Amendment to MOA (2010)   |   Second Amendment to MOA (2012)

Connecticut

• Manson Youth Institution - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2021)

District of Columbia

• Charles H. v. D.C. - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2021)

Florida

• H.C. v. Bradshaw - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2018)   |   Complaint (2018)   |   Settlement Agreement (2018)

Georgia

• N.P. et al. v. the State of Georgia et al. - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2015)

Indiana

• Indiana Juvenile Facilities, Indianapolis and Pendleton - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2010, Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility)   |   Findings Letter (2012, Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility)   |   Closing Letter (2017, Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility)

Kentucky

• S.R. and L.G. Kenton County, et al. - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2015)   |   Order on Motion to Dismiss (2015)   |   Opinion on Summary Judgement (2017)   |   Final Order (2018)

Louisiana

• Smith v. Edwards - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2023)

Michigan

• Doe v. Michigan Department of Corrections - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2014)

Mississippi

• Lauderdale County Youth Court, Meridian Police Department, and Mississippi Division of Youth Services - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2012)   |   Complaint (2012)   |   City Settlement Agreement (2015)   |   State Settlement Agreement (2015)   |   District Court Order on Motion to Dismiss Youth Court Judges and Lauderdale County (2017)   |   Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision (2019)       
   
• LeFlore County Juvenile Detention Center - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2011)   |   Complaint (2015)   |   Settlement Agreement (2015)   |   Findings Letter (2016)   |   Closing Letter (2019)


• Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility - Closed
  Findings Letter (2012)

Missouri

• St. Louis County Family Court - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Cover Letter (2015)   |    Findings Report (2015)   |   Memorandum of Agreement (2016)   |   Closing Letter (2019)

New York

• New York Juvenile Facilities - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2009)   |    Complaint (2010)   |   Settlement Agreement (2010)   |   Order Dismissing Columbia Girls Secure Center (2014)   |   Order Granting Joint Motion to Dismiss Finger Lakes (2015)
   
• Onondaga County Jail - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (2017)

Ohio

• Scioto and Marion Juvenile Correctional Facilities - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2007, Scioto)   |   Findings Letter (2007, Marion)   |   Complaint (2008)   |   Amended Consent Decree (2009)   |   Order Dismissing Case (2015)    

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico Juvenile Facilities - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (1994)   

South Carolina

• Kenny v. Wilson - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2016)
   

• South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   CRIPA Notice Letter (2020)   |   Findings Report (2022, Use of Force)   |   Complaint (2022)   |   Settlement Agreement (2022)

 

• Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. v. Cannon - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2020)

Tennessee

• Shelby County Juvenile Court - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Cover Letter (2012)   |    Findings Report (2012)   |   Memorandum of Agreement (2012)   |   Closing Letter (2019) 

Texas

• Texas Juvenile Justice Department - Investigation
  Case Summary

Vermont

• Disability Rights Vermont v. State of Vermont - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2019)

Disability Rights Docket

• Publications
  Olmstead Question and Answer

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Alabama

• Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program v. SafetyNet Youth, Inc. et al. - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2014)   |   Order (2014)

Alaska

• Alaska's Use of Institutions to Serve Children with Behavioral Health Disabilities - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2022)   |   Findings Report Cover Letter (2022)


• Jeremiah M. v. Crum - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2022)

Arkansas

• Disability Rights Arkansas v. Graves - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2021)

California

• Alameda County - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2021)   |   Summary of Findings (2021)   |   Settlement Agreement (2023)   |   Settlement Agreement Fact Sheet (2023)


• Lanterman Developmental Center - Closed
  Findings Letter (2006)   |   Closing Letter (2017)
   
• Sonoma Developmental Center - Closed
  Findings Letter (1994)   |   Closing Letter (2019)
   
• Thomas v. Kent - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2016)   |   Supplemental Statement of Interest (2016)  |  Order on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment

Delaware

• Delaware Mental Health System - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2010)   |   Complaint (2011)   |   Settlement Agreement (2011)   |   Order Dismissing Case (2016)

District of Columbia

• Bread for the City v. District of Columbia - Statement of Interest 
  Statement of Interest (2024)  

• Evans v. Bowser - Closed
  Case Summary   

Florida

• Alexander v Mahew - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2019)

Georgia

• Georgia State Hospitals and Georgia Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Systems - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2008, Georgia Regional)   |   Findings Letter (2009, Northwest Georgia Regional)   |   Findings Letter (2009, Five State Hospitals)    |    Settlement (2009, CRIPA)   |    Amended Complaint (2010, CRIPA)   |   Order Terminating 2009 Settlement Agreement (2014, CRIPA)   |   Complaint (2010, ADA)   |   Settlement (2010, ADA)    

• Isaac A. et al v. Carlson - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2024)

Idaho

• Sonnenberg v. Disability Rights Idaho, Inc. - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |    Statement of Interest (2015)   |   Opinion and Judgment (2016)

Iowa

• Glenwood and Woodward Resource Centers - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   Glenwood Findings Report (2020)   |    Glenwood Findings Report Cover Letter (2020)   |   ADA Findings Report (2021)   |   ADA Findings Report Cover Letter (2021)   |   Complaint (2022)   |   Consent Decree (2023)  

Louisiana

• Louisiana Use of Nursing Facilities for People with Mental Health Disabilities - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2016)   |   Complaint (2018)   |   Settlement Agreement (2018)

Mississippi

• Disability Rights Mississippi v. Mississippi Children's Home Services - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2014)
   
• Mississippi Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Systems - Litigation
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2011)   |   Complaint (2016)   |   Order Denying State's Motion for Summary Judgment (2019)   |   Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (2019)   |   Opinion (2019)   |   Order on Remedies (2021)   |   Report of the Special Master Submitted in Response to Court Order ECF 253 (2021)

 

• Disability Rights Mississippi v. Mississippi Department of Health - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2022)

Nebraska

• Beatrice State Developmental Center - Closed
  Findings Letter (2008)   |    Settlement (2008)   |   Joint Motion to Dismiss (2015)   |   Memorandum in Support of Joint Motion (2015)   |   Judgment and Order of Dismissal (2015)

Nevada

• Nevada's Use of Institutions to Serve Children with Behavioral Health Disabilities - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (October 2022)   |   Findings Report Cover Letter (October 2022)

New Hampshire

• Fitzmorris et al. v. New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2022)

• New Hampshire Mental Health System - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |    Findings Letter (2011)   |   Complaint in Intervention (2012)   |   Settlement Agreement (2013)   

New Jersey

• Sciarrillo v. Christie - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   
• New Jersey Veterans Memorial Homes at Menlo Park and Paramus - Investigations
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2023)   |   Cover Letter (2023)     

New York

• Kings County Hospital Center - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2009)   |   Complaint (2010)   |   Settlement (2010) 
• Disability Rights New York v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2020)

North Carolina

• Z.S. v. Durham County - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2021)

Oregon

• Oregon State Hospital and Mental Health System - Investigation
  Case Summary   |    Findings Letter (2008)   |   Letter Agreement (2012)   

Pennsylvania

• Smith v. Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2014)

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico Facilities for People With Intellectual Disabilities - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |    Findings Letter (1997, CIS)   |   Findings Letter (2007)   |   Complaint (1999)   |   Interim Settlement (1999)   |   Supplemental Interim Settlement (2000)

South Dakota

• South Dakota Nursing Facilities - Investigation
  Findings Letter (2016)

South Carolina

• South Carolina's Use of Adult Care Homes to Serve Adults with Serious Mental Illness - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   Cover Letter (July 2023)   |   Findings Report (July 2023)

Tennessee

• Clover Bottom, Greene Valley, and Nat T. Winston Developmental Centers - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (1996)   |   Settlement (1996)   |   Agreed Order and Exit Plan (2015) 

Texas

• Harrison v. Young - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2022)

• Steward v. Perry - Litigation
  Case Summary   |   Complaint in Intervention (2012)   


• Texas State Supported Living Centers - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2006, Lubbock State School)   |   Findings Letter (2008, Statewide)   |   Complaint (2009)   |   Settlement (2009)

Virginia

• Virginia System for Serving People with Developmental Disabilities - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |    Findings Letter (2011)   |   Complaint (2012)   |   Settlement (2012)   |   Order Approving Consent Decree (2012)      

West Virginia

• West Virginia Children's Mental Health System - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2015)   |    Findings Fact Sheet (2015)   |   Settlement Agreement (2019)   |   Settlement Agreement Fact Sheet (2019)

Law Enforcement Agencies

• Publications
  Addressing Police Misconduct brochure   |   Guidance for Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Regarding the Use of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, National Origin, Religion, Sexual Orientation, or Gender Identity   |   Improving Law Enforcement Response to Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence by Identifying and Preventing Gender Bias  


• Other Important Documents
  Letter to Alabama Law Enforcement Agencies About H.B. 56 Immigration Enforcement

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Arizona

• Maricopa County Sheriff's Office - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Title VI Complaint (2010)   |   Title VI Agreement (2011)   |   Findings Letter (2011, English)   |   Findings Letter (2011, Spanish)   |   Complaint (2012)   |   Order Granting Summary Judgment (2015)   |   Partial Settlement Agreement (2015) 
   
• Melendres v. Arpaio - Enforcement
  Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law (2013)   |   Statement of Interest (2013)   |   Supplemental Permanent Injunction (2013)   |   Order to Show Cause Regarding Contempt (2015)   |   Order Granting United States Intervention (2015)   |   Complaint in Intervention (2015)   |   Order Amending First Supplemental Permanent Injunction (2015)   |   Findings of Fact Regarding Contempt (2016)   |   Order Regarding Second Supplemental Permanent Injunction (2016)

• United States v. Town of Colorado City (D. Ariz.) - Enforcement
  Complaint (2012)   |  Order Granting Partial Summary Judgment (2015)   |  Order on Municipal Liability (2016)  |   Jury Verdict (2016)   |  Order Approving Settlement Agreement (2016)

• Phoenix Police Department - Investigation
  Case Summary

California

• Inglewood Police Department - Closed
  Technical Assistance Letter (2009)


• Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Stations in Antelope Valley - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2013)   |   Findings Letter (2013, Spanish)   |   Settlement Agreement (2015)    

• Orange County District Attorney's Office and the Orange County Sheriff's Department
  Findings Report (October 2022)

Connecticut

• East Haven Police Department - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2011, English)   |   Findings Letter (2011, Spanish)   |   Letter of Intent (2012)   |   Complaint (2012)   |   Settlement (2012)   

Florida

• Escambia County Sheriff's Office - Closed
  Technical Assistance Letter (2012)


• City of Miami Police Department - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2013)   |   Findings Letter (Spanish, 2013)   |   Findings Letter (Creole, 2013)   |   Settlement Agreement (2016)   |   First Independent Reviewer's Report (December 2016)   |   Second Independent Reviewer's Report (May 2017)   |   Third Independent Reviewer's Report (June-September 2017)   |   Fourth Independent Reviewer's Report (October 2017-January 2018)   |   Fifth Independent Reviewer's Report (February-May 2018)   |   Sixth Independent Reviewer's Report (June-September (2018)   |   Seventh Independent Reviewer's Report (October 2018-January 2019)   |   Eighth Independent Reviewer's Report (February-May 2019)   |   Tenth Enforcement Report (October 2019-March 2020)   |   Closeout Letter (2021)


• Orange County Sheriff's Office - Investigation
  Technical Assistance Letter (2008)   |   Settlement (2010)

 

• Scott et al. v. City of Daytona Beach - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2023)

Idaho

• Bell et al. v. City of Boise, et al. - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2015)

Illinois

• Chicago Police Department
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2017)   |   Cover Letter to Findings Report (2017)   |   Findings Report Executive Summary (Spanish, 2017)   |   Agreement in Principle (2017)


• Harvey Police Department - Closed
  Technical Assistance Report (2012)   |   Closing Letter (2012)

Kentucky

• S.R. and L.G. v. Kenton County, et al. - Statement of Interest
  Case Summary   |   Statement of Interest (2015)   |   Order on Motion to Dismiss (2015)   |   Opinion on Summary Judgment (2017)   |   Final Order (2018)  

• Louisville Metro Police Department and Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2023)  |   Agreement in Principle (2023)

Louisiana 

• Louisiana State Police - Investigation
  Case Summary   

• New Orleans Police Department - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2011)   |   Complaint (2012)   |    Opinion and Order Entering Consent Decree (2013)   |  Amended and Restated Consent NOPD Decree (2018)   |   Second Amended and Restated Consent Decree (2024)         


• Ville Platte Police Department and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2016)   |   Ville Platte Police Department Settlement Agreement (2018)   |   Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office Settlement Agreement (2018)   |   Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office Compliance Report (2022)  |   EPSO Compliance Report Cover Letter (2022)   |   Ville Platte Police Department Compliance Report (2022)   |   VPPD Compliance Report Cover Letter (2022)  

Maryland

• Baltimore Police Department - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2016)   |   Agreement in Principle (2016)   |   Complaint (2017)   |   Consent Decree (2017)  


• Garcia v. Montgomery County - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2013)


• Sharp v. Baltimore City Police Department - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2012)   |   Letter to Parties (2012)

Massachusetts 

• Springfield Police Department Narcotics Bureau - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Investigation Report (2020)   |   Cover Letter (2020)   |   Complaint (2022)   |   Consent Decree (2022)   |   Request for Compliance Evaluator Qualifications (2022)   |   Parties’ Joint Notice of Compliance Evaluator Deadlines and First-Year Deadlines (2022)   |   Parties’ Joint Notice of Compliance - Appendix A (2022)   |   Andrew Lah and Perry Tarrant (2022)   |   Gomez Oversight Group (2022)   |   O'Toole Associates LLC (2022)   |   Transparency Matters LLC (2022)

• Worcester Police Department - Investigation
  Case Summary   

Michigan

• Detroit Police Department - Closed
  Technical Assistance Letter (2002)   |   Settlement (2003)   |   Transition Agreement (2014)

Minnesota

• Minneapolis Police Department - Investigation
  Case Summary   |   Agreement in Principle (2023)   |   Findings Report (2023)

Mississippi

• City of Lexington and Lexington Police Department
  Case Summary   |   Fines and Fees Letter (2024)   

Missouri

• Ferguson Police Department - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2015)   |   Complaint (2016)   |   Consent Decree (2016)   

Montana

• Missoula County Attorney's Office - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2014)   |   Memorandum of Understanding (2014)   
   
• Missoula Police Department - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2013)   |   Settlement Agreement (2013)      


• University of Montana Office of Public Safety - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2013)   |   Settlement Agreement (2013)  

New Jersey

• Newark Police Department - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Report (2014)   |   Agreement in Principle (2014)   |   Complaint (2016)   |   Consent Decree (2016)      

• Trenton Police Department - Investigation
  Case Summary      

New Mexico

• Albuquerque Police Department - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2014)   |   Settlement Agreement (2014)   

New York

• Beacon Police Department - Closed
  Technical Assistance Letter (2005)   |   Settlement (2010)


• Floyd v. City of New York - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2013)

• Mount Vernon Police Department - Investigation
  Case Summary

• New York Police Department Special Victims Division- Investigation
  Case Summary

• Padilla v. City of New York - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2013)

• Schenectady Police Department - Closed
  Technical Assistance Letter (2003)

• Suffolk County Police Department - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Technical Assistance Letter (2011)   |   Settlement Agreement (2014)   |   Settlement Agreement (Spanish, 2014)    

• Yonkers Police Department - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Technical Assistance Letter (2009)   |   Settlement Agreement (2016)

North Carolina

• Alamance County Sheriff's Office - Enforcement
  Rule 4.2 Complaint (2011)   |   Findings Letter (2012, English)   |   Findings Letter (2012, Spanish)   |    Complaint (2012)   |   Opinion and Order (2015)   |   Settlement Agreement (2016)

Ohio

• Cleveland Division of Police - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2014)   |   Complaint (2015)   |   Consent Decree (2015)   |   Amended Consent Decree (2022)   |   Order Approving Amended Consent Decree (2022)   |   Request for Independent Monitor (2022)   


• Warren Police Department - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Technical Assistance Letter (2006)   |    Settlement (2012)     

Oregon

• Portland Police Bureau - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2012)   |   Complaint (2012)   |   Amended Settlement Agreement (2018)   |   Revised Settlement Agreement (2023)   |   Order Entering Revised Settlement Agreement (2023)   |   Order and Further Amended Settlement Agreement (2024)    

Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico Police Department - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2011, English)   |   Findings Letter (2011, Spanish)   |   Complaint (2012)   |   Settlement Agreement (2013, English)   |   Settlement Agreement (2013, Spanish)  

Tennessee

• Memphis Police Department - Investigation
  Case Summary   

Virgin Islands

• Virgin Islands Police Department - Enforcement
  Technical Assistance Letter (2005)   |   Complaint (2008)   |   Settlement (2009)  

Washington

• Seattle Police Department - Enforcement
  Case Summary   |   Findings Letter (2011)   |   Complaint (2012)   |   Settlement Agreement (2012)   |   Order Modifying and Preliminarily Approving Agreement (2012)   

FACE

Colorado

• United States v. Scott - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2011)   |   Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief (2011)   |   Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (2011)   |   Consent Decree (2011)   |   Opposition to Motion for Permission to Intervene (2011)   |   Opposition to Defendant's Renewed Motion to Dismiss (2011)   |   Reply to Defendant's Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction (2011)   |   Order (2011)   |   Renewed Motion for a Protective Order (2011)   |   Motion to Compel Defendant to Produce Documents (2011)   |   Motion for Adverse Inferences Against Defendant (2012)   |   Motion to Exclude Expert Opinion Testimony (2012)   |   Opposition to Defendant's Motion in Limine (2012)  

Connecticut

• United States v. Scott
  • District Court Motion to Dismiss Decision Reported at 919 F.Supp. 76 (D. Conn. 1996)
  • District Court Decision Reported at 958 F.Supp. 761 (D. Conn. 1997)
  • District Court Ruling on Motion to Reconsider Reported at 975 F.Supp. 428 (D. Conn. 1997)
  • District Court Contempt Decision Reported at 1997 WL 889513 (D.Conn.)
  • District Court Modification of Injunction Reported at 1998 WL 241755 (D.Conn.)
  • District Court Contempt Decision Reported at 1998 WL 386483 (D.Conn.)
  • Court of Appeals Decision Reported at -- F.3d --, 1999 WL 570473 (2nd Cir. 1999)

District of Columbia

• United States v. Alaw
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (1998)   |   Injunction Order (2002)   |   Consent Decree (2002)   |   Injunction Order (Post Appeal 2004)  


• United States v. Retta
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2011)   |   Motion to Dismiss (2011)   |   Consent Judgment (2013)   |   Order Approving Consent Judgment (2013)

Florida

• Holder v. Pine
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2010)   |   Order (2012)   |   Settlement (2012)

Kansas

• United States v. Dillard - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2011)   |   Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief (2011)   |   Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (2011)   |   Motion to Dismiss Defendant's Counterclaims (2012)   |   Opposition to Dismiss Motion for Summary Judgement (2012)   |   Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Amend Counterclaim (2012)   |   Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Reconsideration (2012)   |   Memorandum in Suppport of Motion to Compel (2012)   |   Motion for Privacy Act Protective Order (2012)   |   Response to Defendant's Second Motion to Dismiss (2016)   |   Motion to Exclude Evidence of Victim's Personal Medical History (2016)   |   Motion to Limit the Scope of Testimony (2016)   |   Verdict (2016)  


• United States v. Burke
  District Court Decision Reported at 15 F.Supp.2d 1090 (D.Kan. 1998)

Kentucky

• Holder v. Hamilton - Closed
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2011)   |   Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Strike and Motion to Dismiss (2011)   |   Motion to Strike Defendant's Third Party Complaint (2011)   |   Motion for Summary Judgement (2012)   |   Reply in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgement (2012)   |   Motion to Preclude Witness Testimony (2012)   |   Dismissal (2013)


• United States v. Thomas et al.
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2017)   |   Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction (2017)   |   Order (2017)   |   Motion for Leave to Withhold Patient's Identity and Prevent Disclosure of Identifying Information and Records (2017)   |   Response in Opposition to Motion to Alter Amend or Vacate Denial of Intervention (2017)   |   Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgement (2018)

Mississippi

• United States v. Charles Roy McMillan
  Settlement (2008)

Missouri

• United States v. Dinwiddie
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (1994)   |   Order (1996)

New Jersey

• United States v. Courney
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2022)   |   Consent Decree (2022)

 

• United States v. Gregg, et al.
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2nd Amended 1996)

Ohio

• United States v. Operation Rescue National
  Case Summary   |   Alaw Consent Decree and Order (1998)   |   Anderson Consent Decree (1998)   |   Benhem Consent Decree (1998)   |   Mechanic Consent Decree and Order (1998)   |   Mechanic Consent Decree (1998)   |   Mehaffie Consent Decree and Order (1998)   |   Order MSJ and Permanent Injuction (1998)   |   Thomas Consent Decree (1998)

 

• United States v. Smith
  Case Summary   |   Order (2009)

Pennsylvania

• Gonzales v. Dunkle
  Case Summary   |    Motion Preliminary Junction (2007)

 

• Holder v. Branca
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2009)   |   Order (2009)

 

• Keisler v. Dunkle
  Complaint (2007)   |    Order (2007)   |   Opposition Motion to Dismiss (2007)

 

• United States v. Parente
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2011)   |    Order (2012)

Tennessee

• Femhealth USA, Inc. d/b/a carafem vs. Williams, et al.
  Statement of Interest (2022)

Texas

• Holder v. Gaona
  Complaint (2010)   |   Motion to Strike (2010)   |   Motion to Dismiss First-Amended Counterclaim (2010)   |   Motion to Dismiss Second-Amended Counterclaim (2010)   |   Motion to Dismiss Defendant's Counterclaim (2010)   |   Consent Judgment and Order of Approval (2011)

 

• United States v. Brown
  Case Summary   |   Consent Decree (1997)

 

• United States v. Tomanek
  Order (1998)

Washington

• United States v. Kroack
  Case Summary   |   Complaint (2011)   |   Consent Judgment and Order of Approval (2011)


• United States v. Smith
  Court of Appeals Decision Reported at 134 F.3d 373 (6th Cir. 1997)

Religious Exercise of Institutionalized Persons

• Publications
  Statement on the Institutionalized Persons Provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

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Arkansas

• Holt v. Kelley - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2020)

Alabama

• Limbaugh, et. al v. Alabama Dept. of Correction - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2011)

California

• Basra v. Cate, et al. - Closed
  Complaint in Intervention (2011)   |   Brief in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (2011)

Connecticut

• Connecticut Department of Correction – Enforcement
  Settlement Agreement (2024) 

Florida

• United States v. Florida Department of Corrections - Closed
  Complaint (2012)   |   Order Terminating Injunction (2019)   

Indiana

• Willis v. Indiana Dept. of Correction - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2011)   |   Order Denying Motion to Stay (2011)

Michigan

• Heard v. Finco - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2014)

 

• Michigan Department of Corrections – Enforcement
  Settlement Agreement (2021)

Pennsylvania

• McGill v. Clements - Statement of Interest

     Statement of Interest (2020)

South Carolina

• Prison Legal News v. Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, et al. - Closed
  Complaint in Intervention (2011)   |   Consent Injunction (2012)

South Dakota

• Native American Council of Tribes v. Douglas Weber - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2012)   |   Appellate Brief as Amicus (2013)

Texas

• Ali v. Thaler - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2012)


• Moussazadeh v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2011)

Virginia

• Virginia Department of Corrections - Enforcement
  Settlement Agreement (2019)

Indigent Defense

Alabama

• Varden, et al. v. City of Clanton - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2015)

 

• Coleman, et al.v. Town of Brookside, et al. - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2022)

Georgia

• N.P. et al. v. the State of Georgia et al. - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2015)

New York

• Hurrell-Harring et al. v. State of New York et al. - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2014)

Virginia

• Stinnie v. Holcomb - Statement of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2016)

Washington

• Wilbur v. City of Mount Vernon et al. - State of Interest
  Statement of Interest (2013)   |   Decision (2013)