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The Special Litigation Section is an office within the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, charged with enforcing federal civil rights statutes in four major areas; Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons, Conduct of Law Enforcement Agencies, Access to Reproductive Health Clinics and places of Religious Worship, and Religious Exercise of Institutionalized Persons. The Section undertakes investigations and litigation through the United States and its territories. Overview of the work of the Section.

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United States v. State of Georgia (ADA Complaint) (01/28/2010)
United States v. State of Georgia (Amended CRIPA Complaint & Motion for Immediate Relief) (01/28/2010)
United States v. City of New York (Kings County Hospital Center) (Complaint) and Consent Judgment (01/07/2010)
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)
Investigation of the Inglewood Police Department in Inglewood, CA (12/28/09)
Investigation of the Lake County Indiana Jail (12/17/2009)
Investigation of the State Psychiatric Hospitals in Georgia (12/09/2009)
Investigation of Westchester County Jail, in Valhalla, New York (11/30/2009)
Investigation of W.A. Howe Developmental Center, in Tinley Park, Illinois (11/19/2009)
Investigation of Clyde L. Choate Developmental Center, in Anna, Illinois (11/19/2009)
Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Oklahoma County, Oklahoma regarding the Oklahoma County Jail (11/12/2009)
Investigation of the Rosewood Center, Owings Mills, Maryland (10/19/2009)
United States v. Erie County, New York (Erie County Holding Center and Erie County Correctional Facility) (Complaint),
and Exhibits A and B (10/01/2009)
Investigation of the Orleans Parish Prison System, New Orleans, Louisiana (09/11/2009)
Investigation of the Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Winslow, New Jersey (08/31/2009)
Investigation of the Lansing Residential Center, Louis Gossett, Jr. Residential Center, Tryon Residential Center, and Tryon Girls Center (New York) (08/24/2009)
Investigation of the Erie County Holding Center and the Erie County Correctional Facility, Buffalo, New York (07/15/2009)
United States v. State of Connecticut (Connecticut Valley Hospital) (Settlement) and Complaint (07/08/2009)
United States v. City of Los Angeles (LAPD) (Order Re: Transition Agreement) (07/17/2009)

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Updated February 4, 2010