On May 23, 2018, four individuals who had been ticketed or threatened to be ticketed by the City of Doraville, filed this lawsuit in U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia. The case was assigned to Judge Richard W. Story. Represented by Strickland Brockington Lewis, LLP, and the Institute for Justice, the plaintiffs sued the City of Doraville under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 and the Declaratory Judgments Act. The plaintiffs alleged that the City’s policy and practice of using its law enforcement and municipal court system for revenue generation, violated the plaintiffs' due process rights. The plaintiffs sought declarative and injunctive relief from Doraville’s policy and practice of budgeting to receive revenues from fines and fees.

The case is ongoing. As of January 27, 2019, the defendant has yet to answer the plaintiffs’ complaint.

Michael Beech - 01/27/2019


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