ODONNELL v. GOODHART

No. 18-20466.

900 F.3d 220 (2018)

Maranda Lynn ODONNELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. 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, et al., Defendant. 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.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alec George Karakatsanis, Esq. , Civil Rights Corps, Daniel Volchok , Wilmer-Hale, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Michael Gervais , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., New York, NY, Joseph Samuel Grinstein , Alexandra Giselle White , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Neal Manne , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Charles Justin Cooper , Michael Kirk , William C. Marra , Cooper & Kirk, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Sheryl Anne Falk , Winston & Strawn, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before SMITH, GRAVES, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


This is a motion for stay pending appeal. We grant the stay.

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Plaintiffs brought a class action against Harris County, Texas, and a number of its officials — including County Judges,1 Hearing Officers, and the Sheriff...

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