RBGG pursues several active class actions. Below are links to the most recent class notices and other information in several matters.
A federal class action lawsuit accusing Brookdale Senior Living, the largest provider of assisted living for senior citizens and persons with disabilities in the U.S., of financial abuse and widespread violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The Babu case is a federal class action lawsuit challenging the adequacy of mental health care and treatment at Santa Rita Jail; suicide prevention and the use of safety cells; overuse of isolation and adequacy of out-of-cell time; and other areas.
Judge Claudia Wilken issued two orders intended to stop officers in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) from abusing and discriminating against people with disabilities.
A list of questions that are often asked by our clients in the Coleman case, along with answers to those questions.
Eight survivors of staff sexual abuse and retaliation at Federal Correctional Institution Dublin–a federal women’s prison in Dublin, California–and the California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) filed a class action lawsuit against the Bureau of Prisons, FCI Dublin officials, and several individual officers.
In 2013, RBGG and co-counsel sued the County of Monterey and its for-profit medical provider, California Medical Group, Inc. (“CFMG,” also known as “Wellpath”), challenging dangerous and unconstitutional conditions in the County’s Jail. The case settled in 2015 and the Court approved remedial Implementation Plans in 2016.
This federal lawsuit pending challenges the County of San Diego, San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, and San Diego County Probation Department for their collective failure to provide adequate, accessible and safe living conditions, and medical, mental health or dental care for people incarcerated in county jails.
In 1976, Plaintiffs filed this action alleging that the Jail subjected prisoners to cruel and unusual punishment and violated rights secured by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.