Beatty v. Lamont

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT TERESA BEATTY et al., Plaintiffs, v. No. 3:22-cv-00380 (JAM) MICHELLE GILMAN et al., Defendants. ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS Does requiring a convicted prisoner to pay for their costs of imprisonment violate the prisoner’s right to be free from an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment? That is the main question in this case. The case involves Connecticut’s “pay-to-stay” law—a law that allows the State of Connecticut to seek reimbursement from convicted state prisoners for the costs of their…