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Case Name	Cooper v. City of Dothan	CJ-AL-0011
Docket / Court	1:15-cv-00425-WKW-TFM ( M.D. Ala. )
State/Territory	Alabama
Case Type(s)	Criminal Justice (Other)
Special Collection	Fines/Fees/Bail Reform (Criminalization of poverty)
Attorney Organization	Equal Justice Under Law
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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Equal Protection

Content of Injunction

Preliminary relief denied

Preliminary relief granted

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

Law-enforcement

General

Conditions of confinement

Courts

Discharge & termination plans

Over/Unlawful Detention

Poverty/homelessness

Timeliness of case assignment

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 Dothan
Plaintiff Description	Recent arrestee who is too poor to pay generically set bail amount.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Equal Justice Under Law
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Pending
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Preliminary injunction / Temp. restraining order Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Order Duration	2016 - 2019
Case Closing Year	2016
Case Ongoing	No

Documents

Docket(s)

1:15-cv-425 (M.D. Ala.)
CJ-AL-0011-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 04/13/2016
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Class Action Complaint (With Exhibit) [ECF# 1] CJ-AL-0011-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/16/2015 Source: Bloomberg Law
Order (Granting Temporary Restraining Order) [ECF# 7] (M.D. Ala.) CJ-AL-0011-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/18/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Motion to Continue or, in the Alternative, to Deny the Preliminary Injunction as Moot (With Exhibits) [ECF# 20] CJ-AL-0011-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/25/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Order (Dissolving Temporary Restraining Order) [ECF# 25] (M.D. Ala.) CJ-AL-0011-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 06/26/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Consent Decree [ECF# 39] (M.D. Ala.) CJ-AL-0011-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/13/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Moorer, Terry F. (M.D. Ala.) CJ-AL-0011-9000 Watkins, William Keith (M.D. Ala.) CJ-AL-0011-0002 \| CJ-AL-0011-0004 \| CJ-AL-0011-0005 \| CJ-AL-0011-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Karakatsanis, Alec (District of Columbia) CJ-AL-0011-0001 \| CJ-AL-0011-9000
	McGuire, Joseph Mitchell (Alabama) CJ-AL-0011-0001 \| CJ-AL-0011-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Copeland, Lee Hall (Alabama) CJ-AL-0011-9000
	Holliday, Shannon L. (Alabama) CJ-AL-0011-0003 \| CJ-AL-0011-9000
	Kelly, Derel Kevan (Alabama) CJ-AL-0011-0003 \| CJ-AL-0011-9000
	White, Freddie Lenton II (Alabama) CJ-AL-0011-0003 \| CJ-AL-0011-9000