No. 18-814

Maurice Walker, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Calhoun, Georgia

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2018-12-27
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (4) Experienced Counsel
Tags: bail bail-policy civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights misdemeanor poverty pretrial-detention
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-03-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether heightened scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment applies to a government policy that keeps misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in jail pretrial solely because they are poor

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether heightened scrutiny under the Fourteenth Amendment applies to a government policy that keeps misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in jail pretrial solely because they are poor. 2. Whether the government can keep misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in jail for up to 48 hours after arrest solely because they are poor when it has offered no reason for doing so. @

Docket Entries

2019-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
2019-03-12
Reply of petitioner Maurice Walker filed.
2019-02-27
Brief of respondent City of Calhoun, Georgia in opposition filed.
2019-01-28
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
2019-01-28
Brief amici curiae of Law Professors of Criminal, Procedural, et al. filed.
2019-01-28
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies, et al. filed.
2019-01-28
Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
2019-01-17
Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, City of Calhoun, Georgia.
2019-01-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 27, 2019.
2019-01-07
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Maurice Walker.
2019-01-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 28, 2019 to February 27, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2018-12-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2019)
2018-11-09
Application (18A503) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 20, 2018.
2018-11-08
Application (18A503) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 20, 2018 to December 20, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

American Bar Association
Robert M. CarlsonCorette Pohlman, et al., Amicus
Robert M. CarlsonCorette Pohlman, et al., Amicus
Cato Institute
Jay Remington SchweikertThe Cato Institute, Amicus
Jay Remington SchweikertThe Cato Institute, Amicus
City of Calhoun, Georgia
Jesse Anderson DavisBrinson, Askew, et al., Respondent
Jesse Anderson DavisBrinson, Askew, et al., Respondent
Law Professors of Criminal, Procedural, and Constitutional Law
Ilana Beth GelfmanJones Day, Amicus
Ilana Beth GelfmanJones Day, Amicus
Maurice Walker
Daniel Stephen VolchokWilmer Cutler Pickering, Petitioner
Daniel Stephen VolchokWilmer Cutler Pickering, Petitioner
Daniel Stephen VolchokWilmer Cutler Pickering, Petitioner
National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies, Pretrial Justice Institute, and National Association for Public Defense
Jeffrey William SheehanBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Amicus
Jeffrey William SheehanBradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Amicus