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Mitchell v. City of Montgomery

2:14-cv-00186 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 18, 2014

Closed Date: 2015

On March 8th, 2014, several citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, who had been imprisoned for failing to pay traffic fines, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, under 42 U.S.C. §1983, against the City of Montgomery, Alabama. The plaintiffs, represented by Equal Justice Under Law and private counsel, asked the court for a declaratory judgment that the plaintiffs' rights were violated, compensation for the damages caused by the city's conduct, and attorneys' f…
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McGuire v. Murphy

2:11-cv-01027 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Dec. 2, 2011

On December 2, 2011, a private individual filed this lawsuit in the Middle District of Alabama, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law, against the City of Montgomery Police Department, the Chief of Police, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department, and the Alabama Department of Public Safety. Represented by Equal Justice Under Law and local private counsel, the plaintiff alleged that the application of Alabama's sex offender registration law violated his Fourteenth Amendment right to due proce…
POLICING
Lane v. District of Columbia

1:14-cv-01316 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2014

Closed Date: May 1, 2017

On August 4, 2014, a 71-year old grandmother living in Washington, DC filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the District of Columbia. The plaintiff, represented by the non-profit organization Equal Justice Under Law, sought compensatory damages, punitive damages, costs, and reasonable attorneys' fees, claiming that her constitutional rights were violated. Specifically, the plaintiff claimed that the police verbally and ph…
POLICING
S.H. v. District of Columbia

1:14-cv-01317 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2014

Closed Date: 2018

On August 4, 2014, a mother of three minor daughters, those minor daughters (ages 7, 11, and 13 at the time of the incident), and her brother filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs, represented by a public interest attorney, sought compensatory relief, claiming that their Fourth Amendment rights were violated during a "violent nighttime home invasion" by the Metropolitan Police Depa…
POLICING
Pitts v. District of Columbia

1:14-cv-01319 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 4, 2014

Closed Date: 2017

On August 4, 2014, a 57-year-old disabled African-American woman and her 37-year-old son who lives with her filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The plaintiffs sued the District of Columbia under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiffs, represented by Equal Justice Under the Law, asked the court for compensatory damages, punitive damages, and attorney's fees. The plaintiffs claimed that they were subjected to a baseless, illegal and embarrassing home raid c…
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Fant v. City of Ferguson

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

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2015

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 …
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Jenkins v. City of Jennings

4:15-cv-00252 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: Feb. 8, 2015

Closed Date: Feb. 13, 2017

On February 8th, 2015, a class of around 2,000 mostly black, impoverished residents of Jennings, Missouri filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiffs sued the City of Jennings under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 18 U.S.C. § 1595, and 28 U.S.C. § 2201, as well as the First, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from Equal Justice Under Law, the ArchCity Defenders, and the St. Louis Univers…
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Varden v. City of Clanton

2:15-cv-00034 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: Jan. 15, 2015

Closed Date: Sept. 14, 2018

On January 15, 2015, an arrested individual who was unable to pay her bail filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. Represented by the non-profit Equal Justice Under Law and by private counsel, the plaintiff sued the City of Clanton under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Her complaint alleged that she was jailed because she was too poor to pay a small amount of bail money as automatically required by the City's bail schedule. Those able to pay the amount…
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Pierce v. City of Velda City

4:15-cv-00570 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Filed Date: April 2, 2015

Closed Date: 2015

On April 2, 2015, a pretrial detainee imprisoned in Velda City, Missouri because she could not afford to post bail filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The plaintiff sued Velda City under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, represented by Equal Justice Under Law and ArchCity Defenders, sought declaratory, injunctive, and compensatory relief. The plaintiff claimed that the City's fixed “bail schedule” was unconstitutional. Specifically, th…
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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

Closed Date: May 4, 2020

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…