CHURCH v. MISSOURI

No. 17-2857.

913 F.3d 736 (2019)

Shondel CHURCH; Randall Lee Dalton; Dorian Samuels; Viola Bowman; Brian Richman Plaintiffs-Appellees v. State of MISSOURI; Michael L. Parson, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Missouri Defendants-Appellants Michael Barrett; H. Riley Bock; Charles R. Jackson; Craig Chval; A. Crista Hogan Defendants

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 10, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants was D. John Sauer, of Jefferson City, MO. The following attorneys appeared on the appellant brief; Michael Martinich-Sauter and Joshua M. Divine of Jefferson City, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees was Matthew R. Shahabian, of Washington, DC. The following attorneys also appeared on the appellee brief; Anthony E. Rothert and Jessie M. Steffan , of Saint Louis, MO., Jason D. Williamson , of New York, NY., Gillian R. Wilcox , of Kansas City, MO., Amy E. Breihan , of Saint Louis, MO., Aaron Scherzer , Robert L. Sills and Camille J. Rosca of New York, NY., Easha Anand , Evan Rose , and Will Melehani of San Francisco, CA., James Maune of Irvine, CA., Marnee R. Rand of Washington, DC., and Anthony Tartaglio and Annie Prasad of Menlo Park, CA.

Before GRUENDER, MELLOY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


This is a class action against the State and governor of Missouri, the director of the Missouri State Public Defender office, and the commissioners of the Missouri State Public Defender Commission. The plaintiffs alleged that the State "has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide indigent defendants with meaningful...

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