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Case Name	Dade v. City of Sherwood	CJ-AR-0004
Docket / Court	4:16-cv-00602-JM ( E.D. Ark. )
State/Territory	Arkansas
Case Type(s)	Criminal Justice (Other)
Special Collection	Fines/Fees/Bail Reform (Criminalization of poverty)
Attorney Organization	Lawyers Comm. for Civil Rights Under Law
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Equal Protection

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

General

Courts

Over/Unlawful Detention

Poverty/homelessness

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201

Case Details


Defendant(s)	City of Sherwood
Plaintiff Description	Debtors who were held or will be sentenced to be held in the custody of Sherwood and/or Pulaski county as a result of their inability to cover the cost of bounced checks, as well as debt for court costs, fines, and fees despite their inability to pay.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Lawyers Comm. for Civil Rights Under Law
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Pending
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Case Closing Year	2017
Case Ongoing	No

Documents

Docket(s)

4:16-cv-00602-JM (E.D. Ark.)
CJ-AR-0004-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 01/04/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint - Class Action [ECF# 1] CJ-AR-0004-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 08/23/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Amended Complaint - Class Action [ECF# 13] CJ-AR-0004-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/30/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Proposed Findings and Recommendations Instructions [ECF# 59] CJ-AR-0004-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/24/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Stipulation Regarding Settlement [ECF# 112] CJ-AR-0004-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/14/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Moody, James Maxwell Jr. (E.D. Ark.) CJ-AR-0004-9000 Volpe, Joe J (E.D. Ark.) [Magistrate] CJ-AR-0004-0003
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Braden, Myesha (District of Columbia) CJ-AR-0004-0004 \| CJ-AR-0004-9000
	Brownstein, Bettina E. (Arkansas) CJ-AR-0004-0001 \| CJ-AR-0004-0002 \| CJ-AR-0004-0004 \| CJ-AR-0004-9000
	Cohen, Jayson L. (New York) CJ-AR-0004-0004 \| CJ-AR-0004-9000
	Koch, Reggie (Arkansas) CJ-AR-0004-0001 \| CJ-AR-0004-0002 \| CJ-AR-0004-0004 \| CJ-AR-0004-9000
	Lawrence, J. Alexander (New York) CJ-AR-0004-0001 \| CJ-AR-0004-0002 \| CJ-AR-0004-0004 \| CJ-AR-0004-9000
	Ryan, Hallie (District of Columbia) CJ-AR-0004-0001 \| CJ-AR-0004-0002 \| CJ-AR-0004-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Depper, Margaret Diane (Arkansas) CJ-AR-0004-9000
	Fuqua, David M. (Arkansas) CJ-AR-0004-0004 \| CJ-AR-0004-9000
	Hall, John Wesley Jr. (Arkansas) CJ-AR-0004-9000
	Hollingsworth, Patrick E. (Arkansas) CJ-AR-0004-0004 \| CJ-AR-0004-9000
	Mosley, Michael Allen (Arkansas) CJ-AR-0004-0004 \| CJ-AR-0004-9000
	Spivey, Patrick L. (Arkansas) CJ-AR-0004-9000