Ronald Moss, Etc., and Sarah Sermons, Etc. v. Sidney Weaver, Donald Stone, Dixie Chastain, William Gladstone, Etc., and Richard E. Gerstein, Etc.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Ronald Moss filed this class action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the judges of the Juvenile and Family Division of the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida, and against the state attorney for that county. The suit challenges the juvenile court judges’ practice of imposing pretrial detention upon accused juvenile delinquents without determining whether there is probable cause to believe that the accused has committed an offense. The District Court found the practice unconstitutional and ordered that no accused delinquent could be held in custody…