ODONNELL v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS

No. 17-20333.

882 F.3d 528 (2018)

Maranda Lynn ODONNELL, Plaintiff-Appellee v. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS; Eric Stewart Hagstette; Joseph Licata, III; Ronald Nicholas; Blanca Estela Villagomez; Jill Wallace; Paula Goodhart; Bill Harmon; Natalie C. Fleming; John Clinton; Margaret Harris; Larry Standley; Pam Derbyshire; Jay Karahan; Judge Analia Wilkerson; Dan Spjut; Judge Diane Bull; Judge Robin Brown; Donald Smyth; Jean Hughes, Defendants-Appellants Loetha Shanta McGruder; Robert Ryan Ford, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. Harris County, Texas; Jill Wallace; Eric Stewart Hagstette; Joseph Licata, III; Ronald Nicholas; Blanca Estela Villagomez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED February 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alec George Karakatsanis, Esq. , Elizabeth Anne Rossi , Civil Rights Corps, Arpit Kumar Garg , Daniel Volchok , Seth Paul Waxman , WilmerHale, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Rebecca Bernhardt, Austin, TX, Michael Gervais , New York, NY, Neal Manne , Alexandra Giselle White , Krisina Janaye Zuniga , Houston, TX, Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Susanne Ashley Pringle , Texas Fair Defense Project, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Loetha Shanta McGruder, Robert Ryan Ford.

Stacy R. Obenhaus , Dallas, TX, Katharine D. David , Philip J. Morgan , Mike Anthony Stafford , Houston, TX, Gardere Wynne Sewell, L.L.P., for Defendants-Appellants Harris County, Texas, Eric Stewart Hagstette, Joseph Licata, III, Ronald Nicholas, Blanca Estela Villagomez, Jill Wallace.

Charles Justin Cooper , Michael Kirk , William C. Marra , John David Ohlendorf , Harold Reeves , Cooper & Kirk, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Sheryl Anne Falk , John R. Keville , Attorney, John E. O'Neill , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants Paula Goodhart, Bill Harmon, Natalie C. Fleming, John Clinton, Margaret Harris, Larry Standley, Pam Derbyshire, Jay Karahan, Judge Analia Wilkerson, Dan Spjut, Judge Diane Bull, Judge Robin Brown, Donald Smyth, Jean Hughes.

Murray Jules Fogler, Esq. , Attorney, Fogler, Brar, Ford, O'Neil & Gray, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, in his official capacity.

Katherine R. Goldstein , Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, L.L.P., New York, NY, Nicole Wignall DeBorde, Esq. , Bires, Schaffer & DeBorde, Houston, TX, Michelle Simpson Tuegel , Hunt & Tuegel, P.L.L.C., Waco, TX, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Scott A. Keller , Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor General for the State of Texas, Joseph David Hughes , Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Amici Curiae State of Texas, State of Arizona, State of Hawaii, State of Kansas, State of Louisiana, State of Nebraska.

Paul D. Clement , Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. , Andrew Lawrence , Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae American Bail Coalition, Professional Bondsmen of Texas, Professional Bondsmen of Harris County.

Thomas Royal Phillips , Janet Martini Himmel , Morgan Mallory Menchaca , Mary Margaret Roark , Evan A. Young , Attorney, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Conference of Chief Justices.

George Allan Van Fleet , Van Fleet, L.P., Houston, TX, for Amicus Curiae Darrell W. Jordan.

Mary B. McCord, Esq. , Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae District and State's Attorneys, State Attorneys General, United States Attorneys, Assistant United States Attorneys, Department of Justice Officials.

Ilya Shapiro, Esq. , Cato Institute, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Cato Institute.

Elizabeth Bonnie Wydra , Chief Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Constitutional Accountability Center.

Bradley S. Phillips , Munger, Tolles & Olson, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae Law Enforcement and Corrections Officials.

Carter Glasgow Phillips , Sidley Austin, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Texas Public Policy Foundation, R Street Institute.

Jared Brandon Caplan , Houston, TX, James Bradley Robertson , Birmingham, AL, Jeffrey William Sheehan , Nashville, TN, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, L.L.P., for Amici Curiae National Association of Pretrial Service Agencies, Pretrial Justice Institute, National Association for Public Defense, New York Association of Pretrial Service Agencies, Minnesota Association of Pretrial Service Agencies, Prison Policy Initiative, Incorporated, Drug Policy Alliance.

Linda A. Klein , American Bar Association, Chicago, IL, for. Amicus Curiae American Bar Association.

Jonathan Lee Marcus, Esq. , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission, Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, Rabbi Samuel E. Karff, Reverend William A. Lawson, Right Reverend C. Andrew Doyle, Reverend Michael Rinehart.

Samuel Jacob Brooke , Southern Poverty Law Center, Immigrant Justice Project, Montgomery, AL, for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Southern Poverty Law Center.

Before CLEMENT, PRADO, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


Maranda ODonnell and other plaintiffs (collectively, "ODonnell") brought a class action suit against Harris County, Texas, and a number of its officials — including County Judges,1 Hearing Officers, and the Sheriff (collectively, the...

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