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Case Name	West v. City of Santa Fe	CJ-TX-0011
Docket / Court	3:16-cv-00309 ( S.D. Tex. )
State/Territory	Texas
Case Type(s)	Criminal Justice (Other) Policing
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

Issues

Constitutional Clause

Assistance of counsel (6th Amendment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Due Process

Equal Protection

Defendant-type

Corrections

Law-enforcement

General

Funding

Over/Unlawful Detention

Pattern or Practice

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983

Case Details


Defendant(s)	City of Santa Fe
Plaintiff Description	Individuals who have been, or fear they will be, jailed for failure to pay their outstanding fines to the City of Santa Fe
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	ACLU Chapters (any)
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Pending
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Filed	11/03/2016
Case Ongoing	Yes

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Documents

Docket(s)

3:16-cv-00309 (S.D. Tex.)
CJ-TX-0011-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 03/19/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Class Action Complaint [ECF# 1] CJ-TX-0011-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 11/03/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Amended Complaint [ECF# 43] CJ-TX-0011-0002.pdf \| Detail Date: 10/23/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People


Judges	Hanks, George Carol Jr. (S.D. Tex.) show/hide docs CJ-TX-0011-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Robertson, Rebecca Lynn (Texas) show/hide docs CJ-TX-0011-0001 \| CJ-TX-0011-9000 Trigilio, Trisha (Texas) show/hide docs CJ-TX-0011-0001 \| CJ-TX-0011-0002 \| CJ-TX-0011-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Giles, Norman Ray (Texas) show/hide docs CJ-TX-0011-9000 Helfand, William Scott (Texas) show/hide docs CJ-TX-0011-9000