TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 11, 2025

A lawsuit filed last summer challenging a new state law — which eliminated consideration of a defendant’s ability to pay from judges’ bail decisions — has been certified as a class action, the Daily Memphian reports. The suit, filed by advocacy group Just City, now represents thousands of defendants who have been incarcerated in Memphis since the law took effect in May 2024. U.S. District Judge Thomas Parker said he granted the class certification because it met the requirements to do so under federal law, including having the amount of defendants required to become a class. The case is set to go to trial Feb. 23, 2026.