DAVES v. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS

No. 18-11368.

984 F.3d 381 (2020)

Shannon DAVES; Shakena Walston; Erriyah Banks; Destinee Tovar; Patroba Michieka; James Thompson, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Faith in Texas; Texas Organizing Project Education Fund, Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees v. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS; Ernest White, 194th; Hector Garza, 195th; Raquel Jones, 203rd; Tammy Kemp, 204th; Jennifer Bennett, 265th; Amber Givens-Davis, 282nd; Lela Mays, 283rd; Stephanie Mitchell, 291st; Brandon Birmingham, 292nd; Tracy Holmes, 363rd; Tina Yoo Clinton, Number 1; Nancy Kennedy, Number 2; Gracie Lewis, Number 3; Dominique Collins, Number 4; Carter Thompson, Number 5; Jeanine Howard, Number 6; Chika Anyiam, Number 7 Judges of Dallas County, Criminal District Courts, Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants Marian Brown; Terrie McVea; Lisa Bronchetti; Steven Autry; Anthony Randall; Janet Lusk; Hal Turley, Dallas County Magistrates; Dan Patterson, Number 1; Julia Hayes, Number 2; Doug Skemp, Number 3; Nancy Mulder, Number 4; Lisa Green, Number 5; Angela King, Number 6; Elizabeth Crowder, Number 7; Carmen White, Number 8; Peggy Hoffman, Number 9; Roberto Canas, Jr., Number 10; Shequitta Kelly, Number 11 Judges of Dallas County, Criminal Courts at Law, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed December 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alec George Karakatsanis, Esq. , Elizabeth Anne Rossi , Civil Rights Corps, Daniel Volchok , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Beth Neitzel , Washington, DC, , Brandon Buskey , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Andrea Woods , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Criminal Law Reform Project, Brooklyn, NY, Kali Cohn , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, Dallas, TX, Andre Segura , Trisha Trigilio , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee Shannon Daves.

Alec George Karakatsanis, Esq. , Elizabeth Anne Rossi , Civil Rights Corps, Washington, DC, Brandon Buskey , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Andrea Woods , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Criminal Law Reform Project, Brooklyn, NY, Kali Cohn , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, Dallas, TX, Andre Segura , Trisha Trigilio , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees Shakena Walston, Erriyah Banks, Destinee Tovar, Patroba Michieka, and James Thompson.

Alec George Karakatsanis, Esq. , Civil Rights Corps, Washington, DC, Brandon Buskey , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Kali Cohn , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, Dallas, TX, Andrea Woods , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Criminal Law Reform Project, Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees Faith in Texas, and Texas Organizing Project Education Fund.

Jeffery T. Nobles , Katharine D. David , Benjamin R. Stephens , Husch Blackwell, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant Dallas County, Texas.

Kyle Douglas Hawkins , Natalie Deyo Thompson , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Eric Alan Hudson , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General of Texas, Office of Special Litigation, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants Ernest White, 194th, Hector Garza, 195th, Raquel Jones, 203rd, Tammy Kemp, 204th, Jennifer Bennett, 265th, Lela Mays, 283rd, Stephanie Mitchell, 291st, Tracy Holmes, 363rd, Gracie Lewis, Number 3, Dominique Collins, Number 4, Carter Thompson, Number 5, Jeanine Howard, Number 6, and Chika Anyiam, Number 7 Judges of Dallas County, Criminal District Courts.

Jeffrey Mark Tillotson , Tillotson Law, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants Amber Givens-Davis, 282nd, Brandon Birmingham, 292nd, Nancy Kennedy, Number 2, and Tina Yoo Clinton, Number 1.

Jeffery T. Nobles , Katharine D. David , Benjamin R. Stephens , Husch Blackwell, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Marian Brown, Terrie McVea, Lisa Bronchetti, Steven Autry, Anthony Randall, Janet Lusk, Hal Turley, Dallas County Magistrates, Dan Patterson, Number 1, Julia Hayes, Number 2, Doug Skemp, Number 3, Nancy Mulder, Number 4, Lisa Green, Number 5, Angela King, Number 6, Elizabeth Crowder, Number 7, Carmen White, Number 8, Peggy Hoffman, Number 9, Roberto Canas, Jr., Number 10, Shequitta Kelly, and Number 11 Judges of Dallas County, Criminal Courts at Law.

Jared Brandon Caplan , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Rachel Aim Conry , Attorney, James Bradley Robertson , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, L.L.P., Birmingham, AL, Candice Leigh Rucker , Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Amici Curiae National Association Of Pretrial Service Agencies, Pretrial Justice Institute, and National Association For Public Defense.

Jeremy David Wright , Kator, Parks & Weiser, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, for Amici Curiae Bruce Western, Bridle Bryan, Christopher Uggen, Christopher Wildeman, Christopher Muller, Devah Pager, John Hagan, Michael A. Stoll, John H. Laub, David J. Harding, Holly Foster, Sandra Susan Smith, Harry J. Holzer, Peter B. Edelman, Jeffrey Fagan, Kristin Turney, John J. Donohue, III, Jeffrey Morenoff, Bernard Harcourt, Paul Heaton, Jacob Goldin, Becky Pettit, Alexes Harris, Forrest Stuart, and Megan Stevenson.

Mary B. McCord, Esq. , Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, Law Enforcement Officials, and Judges.

Kellen Funk , Columbia University, School of Law, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae National Law Professors of Criminal, Procedural, and Constitutional Law.

Before SOUTHWICK, GRAVES, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.


This is an interlocutory appeal from a preliminary injunction and related orders entered in a Section 1983 lawsuit. The claim is that state judges in Dallas, Texas, are unconstitutionally denying release to indigent arrestees who cannot pay the prescribed cash bail. The district court certified the suit as a class...

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