Michael Platt v. Dorothy Brown

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Michael Platt, individually and on behalf of a putative class, challenges Illinois’s imposition of a mandatory 1% bail bond processing fee pursuant to 725 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 5/110-7. He argues this fee violates his and similarly situated plaintiffs’ due process and equal protection rights under the United States and Illinois Constitutions. Appellant also alleges this practice violates the uniformity clause of the Illinois Constitution and constitutes unjust enrichment under Illinois common law. The district court dismissed his complaint for failure to state a…