HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CTR. v. BAXTER CTY. ARKANSAS

No. 19-2096.

999 F.3d 1160 (2021)

HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. BAXTER COUNTY ARKANSAS, Defendant-Appellee. Americans for Prosperity; Arch City Defenders; Center for Appellate Litigation; Clark-Fox Family Foundation; Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop; Just Detention International; Michigan State University College of Law's Civil Rights Clinic; R Street Institute; Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center; Rutherford Institute; Uptown People's Law Center, Amici on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 8, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument and appeared on the brief on behalf of the appellant was Caesar D. Kalinowski , of Seattle, WA. The following attorneys also appeared on the appellant brief; Paul J. James , of Little Rock, AR., Bruce E.H. Johnson , of Seattle, WA., Masimba Maxwell Mutamba , of West Palm Beach, FL., Caesar D. Kalinowski , of Seattle, WA., Daniel Marshall , of Lake Worth, FL.

Counsel who presented argument and appeared on the brief on behalf of the appellee was Jason E Owens , of Conway, AR. The following attorney also appeared on the appellee brief; Kaylen Suzanne Lewis , of Conway, AR.

Before LOKEN and GRASZ, Circuit Judges, and PITLYK, District Judge.


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