Errett v. Rasmussen

HANSON, District Judge.

This lawsuit involves a constitutional challenge to Rule 337 of the Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure, which requires judgment debtors in Iowa to obtain a bond in the amount of 125 percent of the judgment against them, guaranteeing full payment of that judgment, in order to prevent levy and seizure upon their non-exempt assets pending appeal. Plaintiffs assert that this supersedeas bond requirement violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. They seek a declaratory judgment to that effect, pursuant to…