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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION 

 

HARRIET DELORES CLEVELAND, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:13cv732-MHT 

) (WO) 

CITY OF MONTGOMERY and )

THE HONORABLE MILTON J. )

WESTRY, )

)

 Defendants. )

 

MARKIS ANTWUAN WATTS, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:13cv733-MHT 

) (WO) 

CITY OF MONTGOMERY, THE )

HONORABLE MILTON J. )

WESTRY, and THE HONORABLE )

LES HAYES III, )

)

 Defendants. )

JUDGMENT 

 In accordance with the opinion entered this date, 

it is ORDERED that: 

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 (1) The parties’ joint motion for entry of agreed 

settlement order (doc. no. 56) is granted. 

 (2) The court declares that, under the current 

status of the law, the constitutional principles set 

out in Bearden v. Georgia, 461 U.S. 660 (1983), 

regarding incarceration for non-payment, and Turner v. 

Rogers, --- U.S. ---, 131 S. Ct. 2507 (2011), regarding 

notice, apply in municipal-court proceedings and that, 

to the extent applicable in a particular case, the 

judges of the Montgomery Municipal Court are legally 

required to follow them. 

 (3) The court declares that the “Judicial 

Procedures of the Municipal Court of the City of 

Montgomery for Indigent Defendants and Nonpayment,” 

submitted as Exhibit A to the joint motion for entry of 

agreed settlement order (ex. A to doc. no. 56), 

facially comply with the constitutional principles set 

out in Bearden, regarding incarceration for 

non-payment, and Turner, regarding notice. 

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 (4) The court declares that these “Judicial 

Procedures of the Municipal Court of the City of 

Montgomery for Indigent Defendants and Nonpayment” 

facially comply with the requirements of the Fourteenth 

and Sixth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Article 

I, §§ 1, 6, and 22 of the Alabama Constitution, and 

Rule 26.11 of the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure. 

 The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to enter this 

document on the civil docket as a final judgment 

pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure. 

 These cases are closed. 

DONE, this the 17th day of November, 2014.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson___ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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