Source: http://www.kmbllaw.com/civil-rights/class-actions/
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 10:18:18+00:00

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Amador v. Baca, No. 10-1649 SVW (RC) (C.D. Calif) pending class action for group strip searches of women arrestees without probable cause or individualized suspicion; estimated number of class members is 80,000- 100,000; 23 b)(2) class certified; renewed 23(b)(3) class certification motion pending.
Nozzi v. Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, CV 07-00380 GW (C.D. Calif.) class action against the Housing Authority for violations of 6 due process and federal regulations by failing to provide proper notice of Section 8 rent increase affecting approximately 22,000 tenants; case dismissed on sj for defendants; reversed by Ninth Circuit; dismissed again; second appeal pending.
Roy v. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Case No. CV 12-9012 RGK (FFMx) recently filed class action for injunctive relief and damages; class size unknown, but is estimated at potentially 40,000; discussions under way regarding possibility of pre-litigation settlement.
Chua et al. v. City of Los Angeles, et al. Case No.: CV-00237-JAK-GJS(x) (C.D. Calif.) (pending class action for injunctive relief and damages for arrests and related actions regarding Ferguson related protests at 6th & Hope and Beverly & Alvarado; estimated class size is 170; class certification granted; settlement discussions pending).
Williams v. Block, Case No.: CV-97-03826-CW (Central District of California) and related cases (a series of county jail over detention and strip search cases, settled for $27 Million and a complete revamp of jail procedures.
Bynum v. District of Columbia, Case No.: 02-956 (RCL) (D.D.C.) class action against the District of Columbia for overdetentions and blanket strip searches of persons ordered released from custody; final approval of $12,000,000 settlement occurred January 2006; estimated number of overdetention class members is 6000-7000.
Francis, et al. v. California Department of Corrections, et al., Case No: BC302856 class action against the CDC(R) for the failure to reimburse inmates assigned to the restitution centers in Los Angeles for their obligations as ordered by the court. Case was successful in bringing about the restructuring of the CDCR’s inmate accounting systems, and in the payment of restitution settlement in the amount of $325,000.
Jones v. Murphy, Case No. CCB 05 CV 1287 (D. Maryland) class action challenging overdetentions and illegal strip searches in Central Booking in Baltimore, MD; class certification granted in part and denied in part; postFlorence summary judgment for defendants largely granted; appeal pending.
Johnson v. District of Columbia, Case No. 02-2364 (RMC) (D.D.C.) class action against the District of Columbia and United States Marshals for blanket strip searches of arrestees without reasonable suspicion and not involved in drug or violent activity; summary judgment granted defendants; order upheld on appeal and now pending petition for rehearing en banc.
Gail Marie Harrington-Wisely, et al. v. State of California, et al., Superior Court Case No.: BC 227373 a case involving searches of visitors to California prisons utilizing backscatter x-ray methods without reasonable suspicion; stipulated injunction entered; appeal on damages and attorneys’ fees pending.
Ofoma v. Biggers, Case No.: 715400 (Complex Litigation Panel) (Orange County Superior Court)(family discrimination class action settled in 1996 5 for damages for the individual plaintiffs and the class of residents, a consent decree and an award of attorney’s fees).

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