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- Baltimore City Detention Center, Maryland
Findings Letter (2002) | MOU (2007) | MOA (2012) - Cook County Jail, Illinois
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2008) | Settlement (2010) - Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Findings Letter (1998) | Complaint (1999) | Settlement (1999) - Dallas County Jail, Texas
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2006) |
Complaint (2007) | Settlement (2007) | MOU (2012) - Delaware Correctional Center, Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, Sussex Correctional Institution, John L. Webb Correctional Facility, and Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution
Findings Letter (2006) | MOA (2006) | Amended MOA (2009) - Erie County Holding Center and the Erie County Correctional Facility, New York
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) |
Amended Complaint (2010) | Settlement Agreement (2010, limited to suicide prevention and related mental health issues) |
Settlement Agreement (2011) - Golden Grove Adult Correctional and Detention Facility, Virgin Islands
Consent Decree (1986) |
Order Granting U.S. Motion for Contempt (2006) |
Motion for Appointment of a Receiver and Memo in Support (2011) - Grant County Detention Center, Kentucky
Findings Letter (2005) - Harris County Jail, Texas
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) - King County Correctional Facility, Washington
Findings Letter (2007) | Complaint (2009) | Settlement (2009) - Lake County Jail, Indiana
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) |
Complaint (2010) | Settlement (2010) - Los Angeles County Jail, California
MOA (2002) - Miami-Dade County Jail, Florida
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2011) - Mobile County Metro Jail, Alabama
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) - Muscogee County Jail, Georgia
Complaint (1999) | Settlement (1999) - Oahu Community Correctional Center, Hawaii
Findings Letter (2007) | Complaint (2008) | Settlement (2008) - Oklahoma County Jail and Jail Annex, Oklahoma
Findings Letter (2008) | MOU (2009) - Orleans Parish Prison System, Louisiana
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) |
Update to Findings Letter (2012) - Piedmont Regional Jail, Virginia
Findings Letter (2012) - Robertson County Jail, Tennessee
Findings Letter (2011) - Sebastian County Adult Detention Center, Arkansas
Findings Letter (2006) | MOA (2008) - Shreve v. Franklin County, Ohio
Case Summary | Complaint in Intervention (2010) | Settlement (2011) - St. Tammany Parish Jail, Louisiana
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2012) - Taycheedah Correctional Institution, Wisconsin
Findings Letter (2006) | Complaint (2008) | Settlement (2008) - Terrell County Jail, Georgia
Order on Summary Judgment (2006) |
Proposed Remedial Order (2007) | Remedial Order (2007) - Topeka Correctional Facility, Kansas
Findings Letter (2012) - Westchester County Jail, New York
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2009) - Wilson County Jail, Tennessee
Findings Letter (2007) | MOA (2008) - Worcester County Jail and House of Correction, Massachusetts
Findings Letter (2008)
- Indiana Juvenile Facilities, Indianapolis and Pendleton, Indiana
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2010, Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility) | Findings Letter (2012, Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility) - Lansing Residential Center, Louis Gossett, Jr. Residential Center, Tryon Residential Center, and Tryon Girls Center, New York
Findings Letter (2009) | Settlement Agreement (2010) - LeFlore County Juvenile Detention Center, Mississippi
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2011) - Los Angeles County Juvenile Probation Camps, California
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2008) | MOA (2008) |
First Amendment to MOA (2010) - Lauderdale County Youth Court, Meridian Police Department, and Mississippi Division of Youth Services, Mississippi
Findings Letter (2012) - Oakley and Columbia Training Schools, Mississippi
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2003) | Complaint (2003) | MOA (2005, mental health, rehabilitation, education, and special education) | Settlement (2005, protection from harm and medical care) - Puerto Rico Juvenile Facilities
Case Summary | Findings Letter (1994) - Scioto and Marion Juvenile Correctional Facilities, Ohio
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2007, Scioto) |
Findings Letter (2007, Marion) | Complaint (2008) |
Amended Consent Decree (2009) |
First Compliance Report (2010) |
Second Compliance Report (2011) |
Addendum to the Second Compliance Report (2011) |
Third Compliance Report (2011) |
Amended Consent Decree (2011) - Shelby County Juvenile Court, Tennessee
Findings Cover Letter (2012) | Findings Report (2012) - Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention Center, Louisiana
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2011) |
Settlement Agreement (2011) | Order Entering Settlement (2011) - Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility in Walnut Grove, Mississippi
Findings Letter (2012)
- Publications
Olmstead Question and Answer - Arkansas Human Development Centers
Case Summary | Complaint (2010, ADA) - Arlington Developmental Center, Tennessee
Case Summary - Beatrice State Developmental Center, Nebraska
Findings Letter (2008) | Settlement (2008) - Benjamin v. Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Case Summary | Brief as Amicus Curiae (2010) | Statement of Support for Settlement (2011) | Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellees and Urging Affirmance (2012) - California State Hospitals (Metropolitan, Napa, Patton, and Alascadero State Hospitals)
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2003, Metropolitan) |
Findings Letter (2004, Metropolitan) |
Findings Letter (2005, Napa) |
Findings Letter (2006, Patton) |
Findings Letter (2006, Alascadero) | Complaint (2006) |
Settlement (2006) - Clover Bottom, Greene Valley, and Nat T. Winston Developmental Centers, Tennessee
Case Summary | Complaint (1996) | Settlement (1996) - Connecticut Valley Hospital, Connecticut
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2007) |
Complaint (2009) | Settlement (2009) - Conway Human Development Center, Arkansas
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2004) |
Complaint (2009) |
Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Memo in Support (2010) - Delaware Mental Health System
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2010) |
Complaint (2011) | Settlement Agreement (2011) - Disability Rights New Jersey, Inc. v. Velez
Brief as Amicus Curiae (2010) - Evans & United States v. Williams, Washington, D.C.
Case Summary |
Order Appointing Independent Court Monitor (2000) |
Quality Trust Order (2001) - Georgia Psychiatric Hospitals
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2008, Georgia Regional) |
Findings Letter (2009, Northwest Georgia Regional) |
Settlement (2009, CRIPA) | Findings Letter (2009, ADA) |
Amended Complaint (2010, CRIPA) |
Motion for Immediate Relief and Memo in Support (2010, CRIPA) |
Complaint (2010, ADA) | Settlement (2010, ADA) |
Order Entering Settlement (2010, ADA) |
First Independent Reviewer Report (2011) - Kings County Hospital Center, New York
Case Summary | First Immediacy Letter (2008) | Second Immediacy Letter (2008) | Third Immediacy Letter (2008) |
Findings Letter (2009) | Complaint (2010) | Settlement (2010) - Lanterman Developmental Center, California
Findings Letter (2006) - Maple Lawn Nursing Home, Missouri
Findings Letter (2011) - Mississippi Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Systems
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2011) - Missouri Developmental Disability Services
Findings Letter (2007, Bellefontaine Habilitation Center) |
Findings Letter (2008, Northwest Habilitation Center) - New Hampshire Mental Health System
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2011) |
Motion to Intervene, Memo in Support, and Proposed Order (2012) |
Complaint in Intervention (2012) - North Carolina Public Mental Health Hospitals (Dorothea Dix, Broughton, Cherry, and John Umstead Hospitals)
Findings Letter (2004) - Oregon State Hospital, Oregon
Findings Letter (2008) - Puerto Rico Mental Retardation Facilities
Findings Letter (1997, CIS) | Findings Letter (2007) |
Complaint (1999) | Interim Settlement (1999) | Supplemental Interim Settlement (2000) |
Community-Based Service Plan (2001) |
Transition Order (2008) | Compliance Order (2009) - St. Elizabeths Hospital, District of Columbia
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2006) |
Complaint (2007) | Settlement (2007) - Texas State Schools
Findings Letter (2006, Lubbock State School) |
Findings Letter (2008, Statewide) | Complaint (2009) |
Settlement (2009) - Virginia System for Serving People with Developmental Disabilities
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2011) | Complaint (2012) | Settlement (2012) | Settlement Fact Sheet (2012) | Order Approving Consent Decree (2012) - W.A. Howe and Clyde L. Choate Developmental Centers, Illinois
Findings Letter (2009, Howe) | Findings Letter (2009, Choate) - W.F. Green State Veterans' Homes, Alabama
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2008) |
Settlement Agreement (2011)
- Publications
Addressing Police Misconduct brochure | Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Other Important Documents
Letter to Alabama Law Enforcement Agencies About H.B. 56 Immigration Enforcement - Alamance County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina
Rule 4.2 Complaint (2011) - Beacon Police Department, New York
Technical Assistance Letter (2005) | Settlement (2010) - Detroit Police Department, Michigan
Technical Assistance Letter (2002) | Settlement (2003) - East Haven Police Department, Connecticut
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2011, English) |
Findings Letter (2011, Spanish) - Easton Police Department, Pennsylvania
Technical Assistance Letter (2007) - Escambia County Sheriff's Office, Florida
Technical Assistance Letter (2012) - Harvey Police Department, Illinois
Technical Assistance Report (2012) | Closing Letter (2012) - Inglewood Police Department, California
Technical Assistance Letter (2009) - Lorain Police Department, Ohio
Technical Assistance Report (2012) | Closing Letter (2012) - Los Angeles Police Department, California
Technical Assistance Letter (2000) | Settlement (2001) |
Transition Agreement Order (2009) - Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Arizona
Case Summary | Title VI Complaint (2010) |
Title VI Agreement (2011) | Findings Letter (2011, English) |
Findings Letter (2011, Spanish) | Complaint (2012) - Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia
Findings Letter (2001) | Press Conference (2001) |
MOA (2001) | Summary of Agreement (2001) |
1st Modification to MOA (2002) | 4th Modification to MOA (2007) - New Orleans Police Department, Louisiana
Case Summary | Findings Report (2011) |
Letter to Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu (2011, English) |
Letter to Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu (2011, Spanish) |
Letter to Mayor Mitchell J. Landrieu (2011, Vietnamese) |
Complaint (2012) | Consent Decree (2012) |
Joint Motion for Entry of the Consent Decree (2012) |
Request for Proposal for Consent Decree Monitor (2012) |
Order regarding Request for Proposal (2012) - Orange County Sheriff's Office, Florida
Technical Assistance Letter (2008) | Settlement (2010) - Portland Police Bureau, Oregon
Findings Letter (2012) | Statement of Intent (2012) - Puerto Rico Police Department
Case Summary | Findings Letter (2011, English) |
Findings Letter (2011, Spanish) - Schenectady Police Department, New York
Technical Assistance Letter (2003) - Seattle Police Department, Washington
Case Summary |
Technical Assistance Letter on Garrity issues (2011) |
Findings Letter (2011) |
Complaint (2012) | Settlement Agreement (2012) |
Memorandum of Understanding (2012) |
Joint Motion for Entry of the Agreement (2012) - Sharp v. Baltimore City Police Department
Statement of Interest (2012) | Letter to Parties (2012) - Suffolk County Police Department, New York
Technical Assistance Letter (2011) - United States v. Town of Colorado City (D. Ariz.)
Complaint (2012) - Virgin Islands Police Department
Technical Assistance Letter (2005) | Complaint (2008) |
Settlement (2009) - Warren Police Department, Ohio
Technical Assistance Letter (2006) | Settlement (2012) - Yonkers Police Department, New York
Technical Assistance Letter (2009)
- United States v. Retta
Complaint (2011) - United States v. Scott
Complaint (2011) - United States v. Dillard
Complaint (2011) - Holder v. Hamilton
Complaint (2011) - Holder v. Pine
Complaint (2010) - United States v. Kroack
Complaint (2011) | Consent Judgment and Order of Approval (2011) - Holder v. Gaona
Complaint (2010) | Consent Judgment and Order of Approval (2011) - United States v. Alaw
Complaint (1998) - United States v. Charles Roy McMillan, Mississippi
Settlement (2008) - 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)
- United States v. Burke
District Court Decision Reported at 15 F.Supp.2d 1090 (D.Kan. 1998) - United States v. Smith
Court of Appeals Decision Reported at 134 F.3d 373 (6th Cir. 1997)
- Publications
Statement on the Institutionalized Persons Provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act - Ali v. Thaler
Statement of Interest (2012) - Prison Legal News v. Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, et al.
Complaint in Intervention (2011) | Brief in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (2011) | Consent Injunction (2012) - Basra v. Cate, et al.
Complaint in Intervention (2011) | Brief in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (2011) - Limbaugh, et. al v. Alabama Dept. of Correction
Statement of Interest (2011) - Moussazadeh v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice
Statement of Interest (2011) - Native American Council of Tribes v. Douglas Weber
Statement of Interest (2012) - United States v. Florida Department of Corrections
Complaint (2012) - Willis v. Indiana Dept. of Correction
Statement of Interest (2011) | Order Denying Motion to Stay (2011)
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Jonathan M. Smith |
Chief |
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Special Litigation Section
(202) 514-6255toll-free at (877) 218-5228 |
