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INDIGENT DEFENSE
CODING IN PROCESS
In re Petition of Knox County Public Defender

174552-L | Tennessee state trial court

Filed Date: 2008

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) In this case, the Knox County (Tennessee) Public Defender, Mark Stevens, filed a petition in the misdemeanor division of the general sessions court, complaining that too-high caseloads rendered the Public Defender's office unable to offer ethical representation. In an unusual trial, the case was heard by all of the General Sessions Judges in Knox County, sitting en banc; they decided against the petitioner. He appealed the decision to the…
INDIGENT DEFENSE
CODING IN PROCESS
In the Matter of the Recorder’s Court Bar Association v. Wayne Circuit Court

Michigan state supreme court

Filed Date: May 5, 1989

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INDIGENT DEFENSE
CODING IN PROCESS
DeWolfe v. Richmond

24-CM06-009911 | Maryland state trial court

Filed Date: Nov. 13, 2006

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INDIGENT DEFENSE
In re: Missouri State Public Defender

18-00129 | Missouri state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 18, 2018

Case Ongoing

This case was filed on January 18, 2018 by Missouri public defender Stephen Reynolds in St. Louis County Circuit Court in Missouri. The case was filed in the form of a "Motion Requesting Conference to Discuss Caseload Issues," pursuant to a Missouri statute that allowed individual public defenders to notify the court of excessive caseloads. However, the motion was unusual in that it concerned the caseload of the entire St. Louis County public defender's office. The filing followed approximately…
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Stone v. Tom Green County

6:19-cv-00061 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2019

Case Ongoing

On October 1, 2019, a criminal defense lawyer practicing in Texas filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The plaintiff sued Tom Green County and its two elected District Attorneys under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff claimed violations of her First Amendment rights. In June 2018, plaintiff was serving as appellate counsel in a criminal case. In her arguments, plaintiff challenged the constitutionality of the plea bargain system on the grounds that…
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Bairefoot v. Beaufort

9:17-cv-02759 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: Oct. 11, 2017

Case Ongoing

On October 11, 2017, three indigent defendants convicted and sentenced to incarceration without the assistance of counsel filed this putative class action, in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Beaufort and the Town of Bluffton. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants’ policy, practice, and custom of denying counsel to indigent defendants in municipal courts violated their rights to counsel, equal protection, and procedural …
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Willey v. Ewing

3:18-cv-00081 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Filed Date: March 19, 2018

Closed Date: April 22, 2019

On March 19, 2018, a criminal defense attorney in Galveston, Texas, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He sued a Galveston County Court judge under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff, represented by the Civil Rights Corps, requested declaratory and injunctive relief together with attorney's fees. He claimed that the defendant judge had retaliated against him for speaking out against abusive practices in the Galveston County criminal justice system in …
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Harris v. Champion

4:90-cv-00448 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: May 22, 1990

Closed Date: 1997

This action arose from a habeas petition filed on May 22, 1990 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. After he was convicted of forcible sodomy, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and sentenced to 15 years in state prison, the petitioner invoked his right to appeal and requested counsel on September 29, 1988. Due to understaffing/ underfunding, the Oklahoma Appellate Public Defender did not immediately file that appeal. Instead, on May 11, 1989, the public …
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Green v. Washington

1:93-cv-07300 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 3, 1993

Closed Date: 1997

This class action arose from a habeas petition filed on December 3, 1993 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Only limited information about this case is available on PACER. Information for this summary came from several federal court opinions and the docket. The petitioner sought a remedy for the state's delay in adjudicating his criminal appeal. Represented by the MacArthur Justice Center, the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, and private counsel, the petitioner brought th…
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Remick v. Utah

2:16-cv-00789 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: June 21, 2016

Closed Date: 2018

On June 21, 2016, plaintiffs, six indigent adults incarcerated in Utah jails and detention centers, brought this class action lawsuit in the Third Judicial District Court in and for Salt Lake County, Utah. The plaintiffs sued the State of Utah and the Attorney General of Utah under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Utah state law. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel and the ACLU of Utah, sought injunctive and monetary relief claiming violations of their Sixth Amendment rights, including plaintiff…