Keith Lane, by His Next Friend and Mother, Judith Basden, Etc., Plaintiffs v. F. L. Correll, City Clerk of the City of Miami, Florida

BELL, Circuit Judge :

This is a class action instituted by indigent persons to attack a City of Miami ordinance which requires a fee for the issuance of an arrest warrant. They seek declaratory and injunctive relief. Jurisdiction is premised on 28 USCA, § 1343(3) and 42 USCA, § 1983. The district court denied relief. We vacate and remand with direction.

Keith Lane is the minor son of plaintiff Basden. After being assaulted on the streets of Miami, he and his mother sought an arrest warrant in the warrant section of the City of Miami police department. They were informed that no warrant could be…