DIXON v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS

No. 19-2251, No. 19-2254.

950 F.3d 1052 (2020)

David DIXON; Jeffrey Rozelle, Jr.; Aaron Thurman; Richard Robards, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS Defendant-Appellant Vernon Betts, Sheriff; Robin Ransom, Judge, in her official capacity as presiding judge; Rex Burlison, in his official capacity as interim Presiding Judge; David Roither, Judge, in his official capacity as Division 25 Judge and Duty Judge; Elizabeth B. Hogan, Judge, in her official capacity as Division 16 Judge and Duty Judge; Thomas McCarthy, Judge, in his official capacity as Division 26 Judge Defendants Dale Glass, Commissioner, in his official capacity as St. Louis Commissioner of Corrections Defendant-Appellant Texas Public Policy Foundation; Right on Crime; National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies; Pretrial Justice Institute; National Association for Public Defense; American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Southern Poverty Law Center Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s) David Dixon; Jeffrey Rozelle, Jr.; Aaron Thurman; Richard Robards, On behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated Plaintiffs-Appellees v. City of St. Louis; Vernon Betts, Sheriff; Robin Ransom, Judge, in her official capacity as presiding judge Defendants Rex Burlison, in his official capacity as interim Presiding Judge; Elizabeth B. Hogan, Judge, in her official capacity as Division 16 Judge and Duty Judge; David Roither, Judge, in his official capacity as Division 25 Judge and Duty Judge; Thomas McCarthy, Judge, in his official capacity as Division 26 Judge Defendants-Appellants Dale Glass, Commissioner, in his official capacity as St. Louis Commissioner of Corrections Defendant Texas Public Policy Foundation; Right on Crime; National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies; Pretrial Justice Institute; National Association for Public Defense; American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Southern Poverty Law Center Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sima Atri , Jacqueline Marie Kutnik-Bauder , Jacki Janelle Langum , Blake A. Strode , Michael-John Voss , John McCann Waldron , ARCH CITY DEFENDERS, Saint Louis, MO, Jonathan Backer , Robert D. Friedman , Mary McCord , Nicolas Y. Riley , Seth T. Wayne , INSTITUTE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL ADVOCACY & PROTECTION, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, Elizabeth Bewley , WILMER & CUTLER, Boston, MA, Arpit Kumar Garg , Daniel Volchok , WILMER & CUTLER, Washington, DC, Thomas B. Harvey , ADVANCEMENT PROJECT, Washington, DC, Alexander G. Karakatsanis , CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Megan K. B. Bruyns , Robert Henry Dierker, Jr. , CITY COUNSELOR'S OFFICE, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellants City of St. Louis, Dale Glass.

Thomas Christian Albus , Michael Pritchett , Assistant Attorneys General, Dean John Sauer , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Jefferson City, MO, Robert J. Isaacson , Assistant Attorney General, Peter T. Reed , ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Saint Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellants Rex Burlison, Elizabeth B. Hogan, David Roither, Thomas McCarthy.

Jeffrey T. Green , Tobias Samuel Loss-Eaton , David W. McAloon , Carter G. Phillips , SIDLEY & AUSTIN, Washington, DC, Robert Henneke , TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION, Austin, TX, for Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s) Texas Public Policy Foundation, Right on Crime.

Alicia N. Netterville , BRADLEY & ARANT, Jackson, MS, J. Bradley Robertson , BRADLEY & ARANT, Birmingham, AL, for Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s) National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies, Pretrial Justice Institute, National Association for Public Defense.

Brandon Buskey , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, ACLU of New York, New York, NY, Jon M. Greenbaum , Leah Watson , LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, Washington, DC, Anthony E. Rothert , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI, Saint Louis, MO, Micah West , SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER, Montgomery, AL, Andrea Woods , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, New York, NY, for Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s) American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Southern Poverty Law Center.

Before ERICKSON, MELLOY, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


On January 28, 2018, the Plaintiffs, a group of pretrial arrestees who were detained in St. Louis jails, filed this suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They challenge the constitutionality of the procedures by which defendants, state and city officials, set money bail. By allegedly failing to consider non-monetary conditions...

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