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Case Name	Kennedy v. City of Biloxi	CJ-MS-0004
Docket / Court	1:15-cv-00348 ( S.D. Miss. )
State/Territory	Mississippi
Case Type(s)	Criminal Justice (Other)
Special Collection	Fines/Fees/Bail Reform (Criminalization of poverty)
Attorney Organization	ACLU Chapters (any)
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

Equal Protection

Content of Injunction

Training

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

General

Pattern or Practice

Placement in detention facilities

Poverty/homelessness

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	City of Biloxi, MI
Plaintiff Description	Persons incarcerated for unpaid fines and fees stemming from traffic violations and misdemeanors.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any)
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Yes
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	Plaintiff
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	Damages Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief	Settlement
Form of Settlement	Private Settlement Agreement
Order Duration	2016 - 2019
Filing Year	2015
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources

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It's All About the Money, Money, Money: Criminalizing Poverty
https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/directories/pro_bono_clearinghouse/ejc_2016_68.pdf
Date: Nov. 19, 2018
By: Nusrat J. Choudhury, Lisa Foster, Danielle Elyce Hirsch (American Bar Association)
Citation: It's All About the Money, Money, Money: Criminalizing Poverty, American Bar Association, (March 8, 2016), https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/directories/pro_bono_clearinghouse/ejc_2016_68.pdf
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Documents

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Docket(s)

1:15-cv-00348-HSO-JCG (S.D. Miss.)
CJ-MS-0004-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 09/13/2016
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1] CJ-MS-0004-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/21/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Final Stipulated Settlement Agreement CJ-MS-0004-0003.pdf \| External Link \| Detail Date: 03/15/2016 Source: ACLU
Status Report on Stipulated Settlement Agreement [ECF# 30] CJ-MS-0004-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/13/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Gargiulo, John C. Court not on record [Magistrate] CJ-MS-0004-9000 Ozerden, Halil Suleyman (S.D. Miss.) CJ-MS-0004-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Choudhury, Nusrat Jahan (New York) CJ-MS-0004-0001 \| CJ-MS-0004-0003 \| CJ-MS-0004-9000
	Irvin, Charles Baron (Mississippi) CJ-MS-0004-0001 \| CJ-MS-0004-9000
	Parker, Dennis D. (New York) CJ-MS-0004-9000
	Simon, Anthony R (Mississippi) CJ-MS-0004-0001 \| CJ-MS-0004-9000
	Teeuwissen, Pieter (Mississippi) CJ-MS-0004-0001 \| CJ-MS-0004-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Blessey, Gerlad H. (Mississippi) CJ-MS-0004-0002 \| CJ-MS-0004-0003 \| CJ-MS-0004-9000
	Gunn, Corban (Mississippi) CJ-MS-0004-0003 \| CJ-MS-0004-9000
	Jackson, Michael Leon (Alabama) CJ-MS-0004-9000
	Logsdon, Larry Stephen (Alabama) CJ-MS-0004-9000
	McKnight, Thomas A. Jr. (Alabama) CJ-MS-0004-9000
	Steel, Tere R. (Mississippi) CJ-MS-0004-9000

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