Doe v. Fife Municipal Court

John Doe, Jane Roe, John Roe, and Jane Doe (Does)1 appeal an order of the Pierce County Superior Court granting summary judgment to various courts of limited jurisdiction and governmental entities (Limited Courts), dismissing the Does’ claims against the Limited Courts for recovery of "court costs” the Does paid as a condition of deferred prosecution. We affirm.

The Does were charged in various Pierce County courts of limited jurisdiction with alcohol related criminal offenses.2 The Does separately petitioned the courts in which they were charged for consideration for a deferred prosecution…