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WALKER v. CITY OF CALHOUN, GA

No. 17-13139.

901 F.3d 1245 (2018)

Maurice WALKER, on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF CALHOUN, GA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 22, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alec George Karakatsanis , Civil Rights Corps, Arpit K. Garg , Daniel Stephen Volchok , Seth Paul Waxman , WilmerHale LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, Brandon Buskey , Twyla Carter , Andrea R. Woods , ACLU Foundation, NEW YORK, NY, Sarah Elisabeth Geraghty , Ryan Primerano , Southern Center for Human Rights, ATLANTA, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

J. Anderson Davis , Ansel Franklin Beacham, III , Samuel L. Lucas , Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson & Davis, LLP, ROME, GA, David F. Root , Abby Christina Grozine , Carlock Copeland & Stair, LLP, ATLANTA, GA, George Patrick Govignon , Govignon Law Office, CALHOUN, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Ross Warren Bergethon , Sarah Hawkins Warren , Attorney General's Office, ATLANTA, GA, Amicus Curiae for STATE OF GEORGIA.

Mary B. McCord , Georgetown University Law Center, WASHINGTON, DC, Amicus Curiae for FORMER DISTRICT AND STATE'S ATTORNEYS, STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL, U.S. ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DEPT. OF JUSTICE OFFICIALS, CURRENT AND FORMER DISTRICT AND STATE'S ATTORNEYS, STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS, ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICIALS.

Paul D. Clement , Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. , Andrew C. Lawrence , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, Amicus Curiae for AMERICAN BAIL COALITION, GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN.

Erin H. Flynn , Tovah Calderon , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, WASHINGTON, DC, Amicus Curiae for UNITED STATES.

Ed R. Haden , Chase T. Espy , Balch & Bingham, LLP, BIRMINGHAM, AL, Amicus Curiae for ALABAMA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE ALABAMA LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES.

Susan J. Moore , Georgia Municipal Association, ATLANTA, GA, Amicus Curiae for GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION, INC., INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION.

Ilya Shapiro , Cato Institute, WASHINGTON, DC, Amicus Curiae for CATO INSTITUTE.

Ashwin Pradyumna Phatak , Constitutional Accountability Center, WASHINGTON, DC, Amicus Curiae for CONSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER.

Emily Early , Southern Poverty Law Center, MONTGOMERY, AL, Amicus Curiae for SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER.

Hilarie Fran Bass , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, MIAMI, FL, Amicus Curiae for AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION.

Sean J. Young , ACLU of Georgia, ATLANTA, GA, Amicus Curiae for AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION.

Jessica Jernigan Johnson , James Bradley Robertson , Candice Leigh Rucker , Jeffrey William Sheehan , Amicus Curiae for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PRETRIAL SERVICES AGENCIES, PRETRIAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC DEFENSE.

Before MARTIN, JULIE CARNES, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

We must decide what process the Constitution requires in setting bail for indigent arrestees.

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When this lawsuit began, Maurice Walker was a 54-year-old unemployed man with a mental health disability, whose income consisted only of $530 in monthly Social Security disability payments. On...

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