Ray Charles SCHULTZ, et al., Plaintiffs,
Bradley Hester, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
State of ALABAMA, et al., Defendants,
Matthew Gentry, Sheriff of Cullman County, Alabama, in official and individual capacity, Amy Black, in her official capacity as a Magistrate, Lisa McSwain, in her official capacity as a Magistrate, Judge J. Chad Floyd, Judge Rusty Turner, Defendants-Appellants.
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Jordan Dorman Walker , Balch & Bingham, LLP, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Appellant Kim Chaney.
Paul D. Clement , Andrew C. Lawrence , Clement & Murphy, PLLC, Alexandria, VA, for Amici Curiae American Bail Coalition, Georgia Association of Professional Bondsmen.
Ed R. Haden , Balch & Bingham, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Chase T. Espy , Law Office of Chase T. Espy, Vestavia Hills, AL, for Amicus Curiae Alabama Municipal Insurance Corporation.
George Brian Spears , Spears & Filipovits, LLC, Decatur, GA, for Amicus Curiae Social Scientist.
Kellen R. Funk , Columbia Law School, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae National Law Professors of Criminal, Procedural, and Constitutional Law.
James Bradley Robertson , Rachel Ann Conry , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Candice Leigh Rucker , Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Amici Curiae National Association for Public Defense, National Association of Pretrial Agencies, Pretrial Justice Institute.
Mary B. McCord , Georgetown Law Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, Law Enforcement Officials, Judges.
Jonathan Ellis Taylor , Gupta Wessler, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Professor Fred O Smith, Jr.
Before Rosenbaum, Lagoa, and Anderson, Circuit Judges.
Lagoa, Circuit Judge.
Cullman County, Alabama, maintains a bail system that, until recently, was commonplace throughout the country. When arrested, the accused is assessed an amount of bail based on a bail schedule. Those who can pay the amount are immediately released. Those who cannot afford to post bail, however, are detained for a short time...
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