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The following are selected settlements reached, and court decisions issued, in the past fiscal year (October 1, 1998 – September 30, 2007) and selected additional documents from prior years. Additional historical documents will be added in the future, as well as more recent documents as they become publicly available.
Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act Settlements and Court Decisions
Jails and Prisons Settlements and Court Decisions
- Amended Memorandum of Agreement between the United States Department of Justice and the State of Delaware Regarding the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, and the Sussex Correctional Institution (12/30/2009)
- Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Oklahoma County, Oklahoma regarding the Oklahoma County Jail (11/12/2009)
- United States v. King County, Washington, King County Correctional Facility (01/14/2009)
- United States v. The State of Hawaii, the Oahu Community Correctional Center (12/30/2009)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the Department of Justice and Sebastian County, Arkansas, Regarding Sebastian County Adult Detention Center (10/10/2008)
- United States v. Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin; Rick Raemisch, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Corrections; and Cathy Jess, Warden, Taycheedah Correctional Institution (09/05/08)
- Wilson County Jail (Settlement Agreement), Tennessee (07/21/08)
- Memorandum of Agreement regarding the Garfield County Jail, Oklahoma (04/30/08)
- United States v. Santa Fe County Adult Detention Center (Settlement Agreement) See also, U.S. v. Santa Fe County (Complaint) (02/28/08)
- United States v. Terrell County, Georgia (Order) (12/29/07) See also, U.S. v. Terrell County (Proposed Order)
- United States v. Dallas County (11/06/07)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the Department of Justice and The State of Maryland Regarding the Baltimore City Detention Center (01/16/07)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and the State of Delaware Regarding the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution, the Delaware Correctional Center, the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, and the Sussex Correctional Institution (12/29/06)
- United States v. Terrell County, Georgia (9/29/06)
- Santa Fe County Adult Dentention Center (New Mexico) (11/01/2004)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and McPherson and Grimes Correctional Units (Arkansas) (08/27/2004)
- Settlement Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Justice and Wicomico County, Maryland Regarding the Wicomico County Detention Center (07/16/2004)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and Los Angeles County, Regarding Mental Health Services at the Los Angeles County Jail (12/19/02)
- Settlement Agreement Between the United States of America and Shelby County, Tennessee (08/15/02)
- Settlement Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and Nassau County Sheriff’s Department (04/22/02)
- United States v. State of Wyoming (04/15/02)
- United States v. Muscogee County, Georgia (09/29/99)
- Correctional Facilities of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (02/23/99)
Juvenile Correctional Facilities Settlements and Court Decisions
- United States v. State of Texas, Evins Regional Juvenile Center (Compliance Report) (11/05/2008)
- Los Angeles Probation Camps (L.A. Camps) (10/31/2008)
- United States v. State of Oklahoma, L.A. Rader Center (09/09/08)
- United States v. State of Maryland (Second Amended Settlement Agreement Regarding Conditions at Three Juvenile Justice Facilities) (06/23/08)
- United States v. State of Ohio (Ohio Juveniles) (06/24/08)
- Settlement Agreement between the United States Department of Justice and the Marion Superior Court Concerning the Marion Superior Court Juvenile Detention Center (4/09/08) See also, Complaint (4/09/08)
- United States v. State of Texas, Evins Regional Juvenile Center (Order) See also, U.S. v. State of Texas (Evins Complaint) (2/01/08)
- First Amendment to Memorandum of Agreement between the United States of America and the County of Los Angeles, and Los Angeles County Office of Education (L.A. Halls) (8/01/07)
- United States v. The State of Maryland, the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center and U.S. v. The State of Maryland (Complaint) (5/22/07)
- United States v. State of Indiana, the Logansport Intake/Diagnostic Facility and the South Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility (02/08/06)
- United States v. State of Hawai’i, the Hawai’i Youth Correctional Facility (Memorandun of Agreement) (02/07/06)
- United States v. State of Maryland (Rule 41 Settlement Agreement concerning the Cheltenham and Hickey Youth Facilities) (06/29/05)
- United States v. Mississippi (Consent Decree concerning the Oakley and Columbia Training Schools) (05/04/2005)
- United States v. Mississippi (Rule 41 Settlement Agreement concerning the Oakley and Columbia Training Schools) (05/04/2005)
- Memorandun of Understanding between the State of Michigan (W.J. Maxey Training School) and the United States Department of Justice (01/05/2005)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and the State of Arizona Concerning Adobe Mountain School, Black Canyon School, and Catalina Mountain School (09/15/2004)
- Agreement Between the United States, Los Angeles County and The Los Angeles County Office of Education (L.A. Halls) (08/24/2004)
- Memorandum of Understanding by and between the United States and the State of Nevada (02/23/04)
- United States v. Louisiana (2004 Agreement) (12/31/03)
- United States v. State of Arkansas, the Arkansas Division of Youth Services, and the Arkansas Department of Human Services and U.S. v. Arkansas (Complaint)
- United States v. Louisiana (2003 Agreement) (01/17/03)
- United States v. Louisiana (Jena Agreement) (04/13/00) (Closed 02/12/01)
- United States v. Georgia (03/18/98)
Mental Health Facilities Settlements and Court Decisions
- United States v. City of New York, Kings County Hospital Center (Consent Judgment) (01/07/2010)
- United States v. State of Connecticut, Connecticut Valley Hospital (07/08/2009)
- United States v. The District of Columbia, the St. Elizabeths Hospital (05/11/2007)
- United States v. The State of Vermont, Vermont State Hospital (Settlement Agreement) (07/21/2006)
- United States v. State of California, the Metropolitan State Hospital and the Napa State Hospital (Consent Judgment) (05/02/2006)
Developmental Disability and Mental Retardation Facilities Settlements and Court Decisions
- United States v. State of Texas (Texas State Schools) (Settlement Agreement) (06/26/2009) and (Complaint)
- United States v. State of Nebraska, Beatrice State Developmental Center (07/02/08)
- United States v. The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Communities of Oakwood (Settlement Agreement) (08/31/2006)
- United States v. State of New Jersey, the Woodbridge Development Center (Settlement Agreement) (11/09/05) and (Complaint)
- Agreement Between the United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky Regarding the Communities of Oakwood (09/21/2004)
- United States v. The State of Iowa (Woodward State Resource Center & Glenwood State Resource Center) (11/24/2004)
- United States v. State of New Jersey Settlement Agreement (08/02/2004)
- United States v. State of Louisiana (01/21/04)
- United States v. Wisconsin (04/08/97)
Nursing Home and Other Settlements and Court Decisions
- United States v. State of South Carolina, C.M. Tucker, Jr. Nursing Care Center (02/13/09)
- United States v. State of Tennessee (Settlement) (01/20/09) See also, Memorandum of Agreement
- Settlement Agreement between the United States Department of Justice and City and County of San Francisco Regarding the Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, California (06/13/08)
- United States v. State of New Mexico, the Fort Bayard Medical Center (“Ft. Bayard”) (5/16/07) and U.S. v. State of New Mexico (Complaint) (5/14/07)
- Memorandum of Understanding (“Agreement”) A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility (“Patterson”), New York (01/27/2006)
- United States v. Mercer County, New Jersey (02/17/2005)
- Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States and Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center and Nursing Home, Commerce, Georgia (06/16/2004)
- United States v. New Mexico (05/28/99)
Conduct of Law Enforcement Agencies Settlements and Court Decisions
- United States v. City of Los Angeles (LAPD) (Order Re: Transition Agreement)(07/17/2009)
- United States v. Territory of the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Police Department See also, Complaint (03/23/2009)
- Agreement to Conclude DOJ’s Investigation of the Cleveland Division of Police’s Use of Deadly Force (02/12/04)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and the City of Villa Rica, Georgia (12/23/03)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States and the Village of Mt. Prospect, Illinois (01/22/03)
- United States of America v. City of Detroit, Michigan and the Detroit Police Department (06/12/03)
- AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT Between the United States Department of Justice and the City of Buffalo, New York and the Buffalo Police Department, and the Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (7/09/07)
- Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and Buffalo City Police Department, Et al., (New York) (9/19/02)
- Joint Amendment to the April 12, 2002 Memorandum of Agreement between the United States Department of Justice and The City of Cincinnati, Ohio and The Cincinnati Police Department (07/25/2006)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and the City of Cincinnati, Ohio and Cincinnati Police Department (4/12/02)
- JOINT MODIFICATION NO. 4 TO JUNE 13, 2001 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT Between the United States Department of Justice and the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (11/26/07)
- JOINT MODIFICATION NO. 1 TO JUNE 13, 2001 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT Between the United States Department of Justice and the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (09/30/02)
- Memorandum of Agreement Between the United States Department of Justice and the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, June 13, 2001
- United States v. City of Los Angeles (6/15/2001)
- United States v. State of New Jersey (12/30/99)
- United States v. City of Steubenville, Ohio (09/03/97)
Access to Reproductive Health Clinics and Places of Worship Settlements and Court Decisions
- United States v. Charles Roy McMillan, Mississippi (04/29/08)
- United States v. Scott (Court of Appeals Decision) (08/04/99) — Reported at — F.3d –, 1999 WL 570473 (2nd Cir. 1999)
- United States v. Burke (District Court Decision) (07/31/98) — Reported at 15 F.Supp.2d 1090 (D.Kan. 1998)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Contempt Decision) (06/25/98) — Reported at 1998 WL 386483 (D.Conn.)
- United States v. Brock (District Court Decision) (04/30/98) — Reported at 2 F.Supp.2d 1172 (E.D. Wis. 1998)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Modification of Injunction) (03/16/98) — Reported at 1998 WL 241755 (D.Conn.)
- United States v. Smith (Court of Appeals Decision) (12/30/97) — Reported at 134 F.3d 373 (6th Cir. 1997)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Contempt Decision) (08/01/97) — Reported at 1997 WL 889513 (D.Conn.)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Ruling on Motion to Reconsider) (06/12/97) — Reported at 975 F.Supp. 428 (D. Conn. 1997)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Decision) (04/02/97) —Reported at 958 F.Supp. 761 (D. Conn. 1997)
- United States v. Scott (District Court Motion to Dismiss Decision) (03/18/96) — Reported at 919 F.Supp. 76 (D. Conn. 1996)
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