Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Cofield
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 14, 2017No. CASE NO. 3:17-CV-321-WKWPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
W. Keith Watkins, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff brought this lawsuit against four state officials who each play a role in Randolph County’s alleged unconstitutional pretrial detention scheme — “one in which indigent arrestees are jailed because of their inability to make bond, while well-. to-do arrestees are able to quickly purchase their release.” (Doc. # 9, at 2.) One of the four officials, Defendant Sheriff David Cofield, filed a Motion to Dismiss on the ground that he “has no authority over setting bond as a matter of law.” (Doc.…
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