Disability Rights
S.R. v. Kenton County Sheriff's Office

S.R. v. Kenton County Sheriff's Office
Disability Rights
Status: Settled
A deputy sheriff shackled two elementary school children who have disabilities, causing them pain and trauma, according to a federal lawsuit filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Children's Law Center, and Dinsmore & Shohl.
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Apr 28, 2022


Apr 28, 2022
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.
Disability Rights
Status: Decided
Whether civil rights statutes that prohibit federal financial recipients from discriminating on the basis of disability, race, and sex allow plaintiffs to be compensated for emotional distress injuries where they show that they were victims of discrimination.
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Feb 28, 2022

Feb 28, 2022
Young v. Georgia
Disability Rights
Status: Cert Denied
Whether Georgia violated due process or the Eighth Amendment when it required capital defendant Rodney Young to prove that he is intellectually disabled beyond a reasonable doubt in order to be protected from the death penalty.
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Dec 07, 2021


Dec 07, 2021
California v. Texas
Disability Rights
Status: Decided
Whether Congress’s zeroing out of the tax assessment in the Affordable Care Act for people who fail to obtain health insurance renders the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional?
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Nov 12, 2021


Nov 12, 2021
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Doe
Disability Rights
Status: Voluntarily Dismissed
Whether Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act creates a private cause of action for disparate impact claims.
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Aug 27, 2021


Aug 27, 2021
J.W. v. Paley
Disability Rights
It is critical that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals clarify that the Fourth Amendment applies to the use of force against schoolchildren. J.W. v. Paley involves Fourteenth and Fourth Amendment claims stemming from a police officer tasing a high school student with disabilities who was attempting to exit the school building to calm down following an incident with another student. The district court dismissed the Fourteenth Amendment claim based on precedent, but allowed the Fourth Amendment claim to proceed, denying qualified immunity to the officer. The Fifth Circuit, however, reversed the lower court’s decision regarding the Fourth Amendment claim, ultimately leaving schoolchildren without any constitutional protection from excessive force by law enforcement in the Fifth Circuit.
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