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JAIL CONDITIONS
Jones v. City of St. Louis

4:21-cv-00600 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: May 24, 2021

Case Ongoing

This case involves allegations of excessive force and conditions of confinement amounting to punishment, experienced by four pre-trial detainees. The original complaint was filed on May 24, 2021, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by three pre-trial detainees at City Justice Center (“CJC”). (A final amended complaint, naming all four plaintiffs, was filed on June 10, 2022.) All plaintiffs were detained at the CJC. The defendants in this lawsuit included the City of …

Case Is Ongoing

Appeal Pending

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Dixon v. City of St. Louis

4:19-cv-00112 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Jan. 28, 2019

Closed Date: Oct. 8, 2021

On January 28, 2019, several arrestees from St. Louis filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. None of the four named plaintiffs could afford to pay their monetary release conditions, which ranged from $10,000 to $30,000, and were thus incarcerated at one of the City’s two detention centers without access to showers or medical care and forced to endure allegedly unconscionable conditions, including extreme heat and cold, rat and cockroach …

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Baker v. Florissant

4:16-cv-01693 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Oct. 31, 2016

Case Ongoing

In this case, a Missouri city settled for $2.9 million over allegations that it had jailed plaintiffs for being unable to pay fines. On October 31st, 2016, a group of plaintiffs who had allegedly been jailed for their inability to pay fines owed to the City of Florissant, Missouri for traffic tickets or other minor municipal offenses sued the City for due process violations in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiffs were represented by the Advancement Projec…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Fant v. City of Ferguson

4:15-cv-00253 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2015

Case Ongoing

On February 8, 2015, persons jailed for failing to pay fines imposed by the City of Ferguson that they could not afford filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. They alleged that (1) the City failed to conduct an inquiry into whether the plaintiffs were able to pay their fines before jailing them, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses; (2) the City failed to provide the plaintiffs with legal counsel during …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Thomas v. City of Edmundson

4:18-cv-02071 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2018

Closed Date: June 12, 2023

On December 12, 2018, a group of individuals who were placed in jail because of an inability to pay fines, penalties, and other charges, filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiffs sued thirteen St. Louis County municipalities under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 2201. The plaintiffs, represented by ArchCity Defenders and private counsel, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and compensatory relief, claiming violations of the Four…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Reed v. City of Ferguson

14SL-CC04195 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 2014

Closed Date: May 6, 2020

On December 8, 2014, a class of citizens of Missouri who had been assessed warrant fees by the City of Ferguson filed this lawsuit in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County in the State of Missouri. The plaintiffs sued the defendant, the City of Ferguson, under state law. The plaintiffs, represented by ArchCity Defenders, sought declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, disgorgement, and attorneys' fees. The plaintiffs alleged that the City of Ferguson violat…
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Powell v. City of St. Ann

4:15-cv-00840 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: May 27, 2015

Case Ongoing

On May 27, 2015, this lawsuit was brought in the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri by a person arrested by the City of St. Ann (the City), Missouri, who was jailed for a prolonged period after he was unable to pay the fee demanded for his release under the city’s “secured bail” policy. Under that policy, persons arrested for ordinance violations were required to post a bail from $150-350 or spend upwards of 3 days in jail, without any consideration of the person’s ability to pa…
POLICING
Furlow v. Belmar

4:16-cv-00254 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 2, 2016

Case Ongoing

On February 2, 2016, a class of St. Louis County residents, primarily impoverished and African-American, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiffs sued St. Louis County and the St. Louis County Police Department under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming violations of their Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the ArchCity Defenders and the Center for Constitutional Rights, asked the court for…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
Lampkin v. City of Jennings

14SL-CC04207 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 2014

Closed Date: 2016

On December 8, 2014, a Missouri resident filed this class action lawsuit against the City of Jennings in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, under state law. The plaintiff, represented by the Archcity Defenders, sought injunctive and monetary relief, arguing the City charged a fee for each warrant issued through its municipal court, without authorization by Missouri law and in violation of a state statute that allegedly prohibited the charging of such fee. The plaintiff alleged he …
CRIMINAL JUSTICE (OTHER)
White v. City of Pine Lawn

14SL-CC04194 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 2014

Closed Date: 2015

On December 8, 2014, an individual assessed a warrant recall fee by the City of Pine Line, Missouri filed this class action on behalf of herself and all others similarly situation in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County. The plaintiffs sued the City of Pine Lawn under state law. The plaintiffs, represented by ArchCity Defenders, sought declaratory relief, injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, disgorgement, and attorneys' fees. The plaintiffs alleged that the City of Pine L…