No. 18-814
Maurice Walker, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Calhoun, Georgia
Amici (4)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: bail bail-policy civil-rights due-process equal-protection fourteenth-amendment indigent-rights misdemeanor poverty pretrial-detention
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
DueProcess FourthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
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. Carlson — Corette Pohlman, et al., Amicus
Robert M. Carlson — Corette Pohlman, et al., Amicus
Cato Institute
Jay Remington Schweikert — The Cato Institute, Amicus
Jay Remington Schweikert — The Cato Institute, Amicus
City of Calhoun, Georgia
Jesse Anderson Davis — Brinson, Askew, et al., Respondent
Jesse Anderson Davis — Brinson, Askew, et al., Respondent
Law Professors of Criminal, Procedural, and Constitutional Law
Ilana Beth Gelfman — Jones Day, Amicus
Ilana Beth Gelfman — Jones Day, Amicus
Maurice Walker
Daniel Stephen Volchok — Wilmer Cutler Pickering, Petitioner
Daniel Stephen Volchok — Wilmer Cutler Pickering, Petitioner
Daniel Stephen Volchok — Wilmer Cutler Pickering, Petitioner
National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies, Pretrial Justice Institute, and National Association for Public Defense