CAIN v. WHITE

No. 18-30955.

937 F.3d 446 (2019)

Alana CAIN; Ashton Brown; Reynaud Variste; Reynajia Variste; Thaddeus Long; Vanessa Maxwell, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Laurie A. WHITE, Judge Section A of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Tracey Flemings-Davillier, Judge Section B of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Benedict Willard, Judge Section C of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Keva Landrum-Johnson, Judge Section E of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Robin Pittman, Judge Section F of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Byron C. Williams, Judge Section G of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Camille Buras, Judge Section H of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Karen K. Herman, Judge Section I of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Darryl Derbigny, Judge Section J of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Arthur Hunter, Judge Section K of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Franz Zibilich, Judge Section L of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court; Harry E. Cantrell, Magistrate Judge of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed August 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelsi Brown Corkran , Ethan P. Fallon , Jonathan P. Guy , Rachel Gabriella Shalev , Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, L.L.P., Jon Marshall Greenbaum, Esq. , Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Alec George Karakatsanis, Esq. , Civil Rights Corps, Washington, DC, William P. Quigley , William Quigley, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Dennis J. Phayer , Mindy Nunez Duffourc , Burglass & Tankersley, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Jeff Rowes , Staff Attorney, Institute for Justice, Texas Chapter, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Before HAYNES, GRAVES, and HO, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiff-Appellees are former criminal defendants in Orleans Parish, Louisiana who sued Defendant-Appellants, Judges of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court ("OPCDC"), under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiffs alleged the Judges' practices in collecting criminal fines and fees violated the Due Process Clause...

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