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Case Name	Foster v. City of Alexander City	CJ-AL-0014
Docket / Court	3:15-cv-647-WKW ( M.D. Ala. )
State/Territory	Alabama
Case Type(s)	Criminal Justice (Other)
Special Collection	Fines/Fees/Bail Reform (Criminalization of poverty)
Attorney Organization	Southern Poverty Law Center
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Assistance of counsel (6th Amendment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Due Process

Equal Protection

Establishment Clause

Unreasonable search and seizure

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

Law-enforcement

General

False arrest

Fines/Fees/Bail/Bond

Over/Unlawful Detention

Placement in detention facilities

Poverty/homelessness

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details


Defendant(s)	City of Alexander City
Plaintiff Description	"Declaratory and Injunctive Relief Class": All individuals who in the future will be adjudicated by the Alexander City Municipal Court to owe fines and/or court costs, and who will be jailed on that date of adjudication by the Alexander City Police Department for their failure to pay fines or court costs. "Damages Class": All individuals who, on or after September 8, 2013, were arrested and jailed for their failure to pay fines and court costs by the Alexander City Police Department.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Southern Poverty Law Center
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Pending
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Attorneys fees Damages
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Filing Year	2015
Case Closing Year	2017
Case Ongoing	No

Documents

Docket(s)

3:15-cv-647 (M.D. Ala.)
CJ-AL-0014-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 08/04/2017
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] CJ-AL-0014-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/08/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Plaintiff Underwood's Motion for Temporary Restraining Order or Preliminary Injunction [ECF# 4] CJ-AL-0014-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/08/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Amended Complaint [ECF# 36] CJ-AL-0014-0003.pdf \| Detail Date: 12/01/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Joint Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement Agreement and Notice to Class Members [ECF# 93] CJ-AL-0014-0004.pdf \| Detail Date: 01/17/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Capel, Wallace Jr. (M.D. Ala.) [Magistrate] show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-9000 Lamberth, Royce C. (FISC, D.D.C.) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Brooke, Samuel (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-0001 \| CJ-AL-0014-0002 \| CJ-AL-0014-0003 \| CJ-AL-0014-0004 \| CJ-AL-0014-9000 Cavanaugh, William Francis Jr (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-0003 \| CJ-AL-0014-0004 \| CJ-AL-0014-9000 Millenky, Susan (New York) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-0003 \| CJ-AL-0014-0004 \| CJ-AL-0014-9000 Restrepo, Valentina (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-0001 \| CJ-AL-0014-0002 \| CJ-AL-0014-0003 \| CJ-AL-0014-9000 Vegari, Amy Neda (New York) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-9000 Wang, Ivy (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-0004 \| CJ-AL-0014-9000 Zampierin, Sara (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-0001 \| CJ-AL-0014-0002 \| CJ-AL-0014-0003 \| CJ-AL-0014-0004 \| CJ-AL-0014-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Canupp, David Jonathon (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-0004 \| CJ-AL-0014-9000 Chynoweth, Brad A. (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-0004 \| CJ-AL-0014-9000 Radney, William Larkin III (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-0004 \| CJ-AL-0014-9000
Other Lawyers	Kinney, Richard Warren (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-9000 Pike, James Hillary (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-9000 Porter, James Wallace II (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0014-9000