The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has revived a former North Carolina prisoner’s lawsuit challenging the way she was treated behind bars during and after her pregnancy in 2019.
State health regulators are asking a judge to pause his consideration of class action status for a lawsuit targeting mental health services provided to North Carolina jail inmates.
A federal judge will allow a lawsuit to proceed against a North Carolina state agency over mental health services provided to jail inmates.
A lawsuit targeting mental health services available to inmates in North Carolina’s county jails could move forward as a class-action complaint.
A federal magistrate judge recommends denying an injunction in a lawsuit blaming state government for delays in providing mental health services to county jail inmates. The judge issued an opinion Thursday that would allow portions of the lawsuit to move forward.
The state Department of Health and Human Services opposes an injunction in a federal lawsuit targeting mental health services for inmates in county jails. The suit labels the situation a “statewide crisis.”
A new federal lawsuit contends that people with mental health issues sit in North Carolina’s county jails for months before getting required services. The suit blames the state Department of Health and Human Services.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will allow a deaf man to proceed with a lawsuit against a Huntersville hospital. The suit claims the hospital failed to provide necessary interpretive services in 2017 while the man’s wife was dealing with childbirth. The unanimous decision Tuesday reverses a trial court, which had ruled in favor of Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center and dismissed the case.
RALEIGH — The College Board has decided to stop “flagging” the results of Scholastic Assessment Tests taken with special accommodations in their reports to colleges. Disability advocates generally applaud this move, but removing the asterisk from the scores that appear on student transcripts may compromise the ability of admissions officers to make informed decisions about college applicants, particularly those who through reasons of disability qualify for the special accommodations, such as extra time to take the test.
RALEIGH — The latest changes in test reporting from the College Board are gathering both approval and protest from education policy analysts and test takers. The College Board has decided to stop “flagging” the results of Scholastic Assessment Tests taken with special accommodations in their reports to colleges. Disability advocates generally applaud this move, but some say removing the asterisk from the scores that appear on transcripts compromises the ability of admissions officers to make informed decisions. In North Carolina, the state’s SAT Report 2003 makes no mention of the number or percentage of students taking an SAT test with accommodations.
