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FIELDS v. HENRY COUNTY, TENN.

No. 11-6352.

701 F.3d 180 (2012)

Gary FIELDS, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HENRY COUNTY, TENNESSEE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 10, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jerry A. Gonzalez , Jerry Gonzalez PLC, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for Appellant. Jon A. York , Pentecost & Glenn, PLLC, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Jerry A. Gonzalez , Jerry Gonzalez PLC, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Irwin Venick , Dobbins, Venick, Kuhn & Byassee, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Jon A. York , Brandon O. Gibson , Pentecost & Glenn, PLLC, Jackson, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: COLE and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges; THAPAR, District Judge.

OPINION

AMUL R. THAPAR, District Judge.

The question presented in this case is whether Henry County's policies of automatically detaining domestic-assault defendants for 12 hours and using a bond schedule to determine their bail violate the United States Constitution. The district court held they do not. We agree and affirm.

I.

On December 11, 2008, Gary Fields's wife contacted the Sheriff's office in Henry County, Tennessee. She alleged...

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