Barham v. Ramsey.

• Position: PRETRIAL DETENTION - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

RELEASE

BAIL

Barham v. Ramsey, 338 F.Supp.2d 48 (D.D.C. 2004). Persons who were arrested during a demonstration at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., brought a [section] 1983 action alleging that their arrests and detentions violated their constitutional rights. The district court dismissed the action, in part. The court held that failure to provide the arrestees with citation release, or a post and trial release option, did not constitute a deprivation of due process or equal protection, even though the arrestees were detained for a lengthy period. According to the court, the unavailability of citation release was due to...