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Summary Judgment Denied in Ohio Jail Booking Fee Challenge
Loaded on June 15, 2002
by Robert Woodman
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2002, page 18
In a case of first impression, an Ohio Federal District Court denied summary judgment to the Hamilton County [Ohio] Sheriff and the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners in a former jail prisoner's challenge to Hamilton County's assessment of "book-in fees" to pre-trial detainees. In its opinion, the court found that ...
Filed under:
Jail Specific,
Civil Procedure,
State Law Claims,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds,
Eleventh Amendment Immunity,
Qualified Immunity,
Municipal Liability.
Location:
Ohio.
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