ODONNELL v. SALGADO

No. 18-20466.

913 F.3d 479 (2019)

Maranda Lynn ODONNELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alex SALGADO; Ronnisha Bowman; Erica Hughes; Shannon Baldwin; David M. Fleischer; Kelley Andrews; Andrew A. Wright; Franklin Bynum; Toria J. Finch; Lee Harper Wilson; Sedrick T. Walker, II; Cassandra Y. Holleman; Raul Rodriguez; Tonya Jones, Defendants-Appellants. Loetha Shanta McGruder; Robert Ryan Ford, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Harris County, Texas, et al., Defendants, Alex Salgado; Ronnisha Bowman; Erica Hughes; Shannon Baldwin; David M. Fleischer; Kelley Andrews; Andrew A. Wright; Franklin Bynum; Toria J. Finch; Lee Harper Wilson; Sedrick T. Walker, II; Cassandra Y. Holleman; Raul Rodriguez; Tonya Jones, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED January 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alec George Karakatsanis, Esq. , Civil Rights Corps, Arpit Kumar Garg , Daniel Volchok , Seth Paul Waxman , WilmerHale, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Michael Gervais , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Joseph Samuel Grinstein , Neal Manne , Alexandra Giselle White , Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

George Allan Van Fleet , Van Fleet, L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

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 Nebraska.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, for Amicus Curiae State of Louisiana.

Jared Brandon Caplan , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Amici Curiae National Association of Pretrial Service Agencies, Pretrial Justice Institute, National Association for Public Defense.

Jonathan Lee Marcus, Esq. , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Texas Religious Organizations and Leaders.

Before SMITH and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


This court granted a stay pending appeal by issuing a published opinion, as binding law of the circuit, on August 14, 2018. See ODonnell v. Goodhart, 900 F.3d 220 (5th Cir. 2018). The original appellants were defeated in the November 2018 elections and, by operation of law, were replaced by the current...

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