Erik Mickelson v. County of Ramsey

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Ramsey County, Minnesota collects all of a detained arrestee’s cash upon booking. From this cash, the county automatically deducts a $25 booking fee. The county later returns the arrestee’s remaining funds in the form of a prepaid debit card. Erik Mickelson and Corey Statham, two men previously arrested in Ramsey County, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action contending that the policies underlying these practices violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court 2 granted the defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings. We affirm.

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Under Minnesota law, a…