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BURFORD v. DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided December 20, 2019No. 2:19-cv-00577Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA TONY BURFORD, : : Case No. 19-cv-0577-JMY Plaintiff : : v. : : DELAWARE COUNTY, : PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL., : : Defendants : MEMORANDUM YOUNGE, J. DECEMBER 20, 2019 In this

42 U.S.C. § 1983

action, Plaintiff Tony Burford, a state criminal defendant who was found not guilty, complains that local county policies and procedures associated with the retention of bail money to support court costs are unconstitutional, and that his Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated through such retention. Plaintiff seeks to represent…

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