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Case Name	J.W. v. Roper	PN-AL-0004
Docket / Court	2:10-cv-03314-AKK ( N.D. Ala. )
Additional Docket(s)	12-90035 [ 12-90035 ] 12-15551 [ 12-15551 ]
State/Territory	Alabama
Case Type(s)	Policing
Attorney Organization	Southern Poverty Law Center
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Unreasonable search and seizure

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

Law-enforcement

General

Aggressive behavior

Assault/abuse by staff

Excessive force

Failure to train

Juveniles

Pepper/OC spray

Restraints : chemical

Plaintiff Type

City/County Plaintiff

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
State law

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	Birmingham Board of Education Birmingham Police Department
Plaintiff Description	The class includes all current and future high school students in the Birmingham City Schools. A few current high school students also filed individual claims.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Southern Poverty Law Center
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Mixed
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Damages
Source of Relief	Litigation Settlement
Filing Year	2010
Case Closing Year	2018
Case Ongoing	No

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Documents

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Docket(s)

2:10-cv-03314 (N.D. Ala.)
PN-AL-0004-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 12/14/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] PN-AL-0004-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/01/2010 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion [ECF# 48] (N.D. Ala.) PN-AL-0004-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/20/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order [ECF# 50] (N.D. Ala.) PN-AL-0004-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 07/20/2011 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum and Opinion Order [ECF# 187] (2012 WL 3849032 / 2012 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 124183) (N.D. Ala.) PN-AL-0004-0005.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 08/31/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Corrected Third Amended Complaint [ECF# 188] PN-AL-0004-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/10/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion and Order [ECF# 196] (N.D. Ala.) PN-AL-0004-0006.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/03/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Per Curiam Opinion [Ct. of App. ECF# 212-1] (541 Fed.Appx. 937) PN-AL-0004-0007.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 09/19/2013 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law [ECF# 282] PN-AL-0004-0008.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/30/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama [Ct. of App. ECF# 316-1] PN-AL-0004-0009.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/27/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Black, Susan Harrell (M.D. Fla., Eleventh Circuit) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-0007 Edenfield, Berry Avant (S.D. Ga.) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-0007 Kallon, Abdul K. [Karim] (N.D. Ala.) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-0003 \| PN-AL-0004-0004 \| PN-AL-0004-0005 \| PN-AL-0004-0006 \| PN-AL-0004-0008 \| PN-AL-0004-9000 Martin, Beverly Baldwin (N.D. Ga., Eleventh Circuit) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-0007
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Bauer, Mary C. (Virginia) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-0001 \| PN-AL-0004-0002 \| PN-AL-0004-9000 Graunke, Kristi L. (Georgia) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Howard, Ebony G. (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-0001 \| PN-AL-0004-0002 \| PN-AL-0004-9000 Johnson, Jadine (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-0002 \| PN-AL-0004-9000 Katzerman, Jerri (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Menschel, Brooke (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Morris, Maria V. (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-0002 \| PN-AL-0004-9000 Nong, Dominique (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Bentley, Thomas III (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Boardman, Mark S. (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Carr, Clay Richard (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Choy, Michael K K (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Fullerton, Frederic L II (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 King, Nicole E. (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Latta, Forrest S. (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Lawson, Mark M. (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Patton, Javan J. (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Ramey, Edward T. (Colorado) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Relfe, Julien Mitchell (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Rutherford, Robert H. Jr. (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000 Shirley, Elizabeth Bosquet (Alabama) show/hide docs PN-AL-0004-9000

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