Dett v. State

In the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Evelyn Y. Dett sued the State of Maryland, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (“Department”), the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services (“DPDS”), the Baltimore City Detention Center (“the Detention Center”), the Central Booking and Intake Center (“Central Booking”), and the Division of Parole and Probation (“DP & P”), the appellees, for false imprisonment and violation of her state constitutional right to due process. The court granted summary judgment in favor of the appellees.

Dett challenges that ruling in two questions…