LITTLE v. DOGUET

No. 20-30159.

71 F.4th 340 (2023)

Edward LITTLE, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, Shelia Ann Murphy, Intervenor Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Andre' DOGUET; Laurie Hulin; Mark Garber, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED June 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alec George Karakatsanis, Esq. , Civil Rights Corps, Washington, DC, James W. Craig , Eric Andrew Foley , Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, New Orleans, LA, Daniel Volchok , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Elizabeth Baker Murrill, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, James Garrison Evans , Assistant Attorney General, Jacqueline Bordelon Wilson , Louisiana Department of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, Shae Gary McPhee, Jr. , Assistant Solicitor General, Louisiana Department of Justice, Office of the Solicitor General, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees Andre' Doguet, Laurie Hulin.

Patrick B. McIntire , Oats & Marino, Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Mark Garber.

Before Higginbotham, Southwick, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.


This litigation challenges the bail practices of one Louisiana parish. The claim is that money bail is required for pretrial detainees without consideration of alternatives, violating the rights of indigents to substantive due process and equal protection. The district court denied all relief.

While the...

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