The Agency Announces Finalized $10,000 Settlement With City of Miami Beach

Brandon Keith Buckles, doing business as The Agency, announced the final resolution of federal civil litigation against the city of Miami Beach following mediation.

The settlement has been finalized, and The Agency has received payment of $10,000. According to Buckles, the agreement contains no nondisclosure provision or future release of claims.

The litigation raised concerns about municipal practices, communication between departments, identification procedures and interactions involving people experiencing homelessness.

“The City of Miami Beach and its leadership were genuinely unaware of the concerns,” Buckles said. “I believe they are actively working to fix the problems raised.”

The Agency plans to reinvest the settlement proceeds into its litigation operations, including legal research, investigative technology, security and the development of proprietary methods for evaluating institutional accountability.

Buckles compared the organization’s early-stage funding position with the modest initial investments associated with the startup accelerator era, including Y Combinator.

“While $10,000 is a relatively small amount of capital, we believe we can use it to build an organization whose growth and impact will eventually rival — and surpass — even Y Combinator,” Buckles said.

The comparison reflects The Agency’s growth ambitions rather than an assertion that its settlement is equivalent to a particular Y Combinator investment.

Among the organization’s planned initiatives is the Monell Claim Toolkit, a proprietary litigation research framework intended to support investigations involving municipal policies, government contractors and institutional accountability.

The Agency is targeting May 2027 for the development of a more comprehensive litigation operation, with additional investments in research, case management, professional partnerships and operational infrastructure.

About The Agency: The Agency, operated by Brandon Keith Buckles, is a litigation and institutional accountability initiative within We Control Time. Its work focuses on legal proceedings, investigative research and methods intended to improve government accountability.