Cody v. City of St. Louis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION JAMES CODY, et al. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:17-CV-2707 AGF ) CITY OF ST. LOUIS, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiffs claim that they endured inhumane conditions, in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, while detained either pretrial or post-conviction in the City of St. Louis’s (the “City”) Medium Security Institution (“MSI”). They filed suit against the City under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting six claims: cruel and unusual conditions in violation of the Fourteenth and Eighth…