SCOTT v. BALTIMORE COUNTY

No. 23-1731.

MICHAEL A. SCOTT; RUDOLPH ARMSTRONG; AARON KESSLER; MARK MARINER; LAMAR MARTIN; JEFFREY MATTHEW WELSHONS; DESHAWN PENHA; AARON SILWONUK; ADAM DULAJ; ASZMAR HINES; GREGORY MALICKI; JASON HADEL; MICHAEL WELLS; VINCENT STONE; TONY BLACK; DONNELL FOSTER, JR.; KENNETH NIERWIENSKI, JR.; CHRISTOPHER HACKLEY; EDWARD PENDERGAST; SAIQUON WHITE; JOE McDANIELS; ESPINAL OSVALDO; YUSEF OSIRUPHU-EL; TAVIST JAMES; DAKOTA BARNARD; MAURICE RICHARDSON; SHAWN BROOKS; RAYNARD STANCIL; JAMES PEACE; CLINTON REAGAN; MATTHEW BAHR; RICHARD LEWIS; KENNETH LUCKEY, JR.; PERRY SENIOR; LAWRENCE ANDERSON; MARK GANTT; RASHAD MILLS; LANDON BUTLER; JEREMY OGAS; GREGORY BLAIR; DAVAUGHN CROSBY; CHRIS VELTE; MATTHEW CARSON; HAROLD SNYDER; BRANDON BUCKMASTER; WILLIAM MOROME; THOMAS WILLIAMS; JOSEPH DAWSON; KEVIN COOPER; DAMIEN WATERS; MATTHEW BERMAN; DUSTIN MOHR, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND, Defendant-Appellee. PUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER; LEGAL AID JUSTICE CENTER; MOUNTAIN STATE JUSTICE; NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MARYLAND; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF VIRGINIA; AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WEST VIRGINIA; CAUCUS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS; MARYLAND CITIZENS UNITED FOR REHABILITATION OF ERRANTS; FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK, Amici Supporting Appellant. INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Amicus Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 8, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Howard Benjamin Hoffman , HOFFMAN EMPLOYMENT LAW, LLC, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellants.

Jeffrey Thomas Johnson , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

ON BRIEF: Jordan Song En Liew , HOFFMAN EMPLOYMENT LAW, LLC, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellants.

Kraig B. Long , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Monisha Cherayil , Lucy Zhou , PUBLIC JUSTICE CENTER, Baltimore, Maryland, for Amici Public Justice Center, Legal Aid Justice Center, Mountain State Justice, and National Employment Lawyers Association.

Kristi Graunke , Samuel J. Davis , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION, Raleigh, North CarolinaW; Sonia Kumar , Deborah A. Jeon , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland; Jennifer Wedekind , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, Washington, D.C.; Aubrey Sparks , Nicholas Ward , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WEST VIRGINIA, Charleston, West Virginia, for Amici American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia, American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Caucus of African American Leaders, Maryland Cure and Family Support Network.

Steven M. Klepper , Christopher C. Jeffries , B. Summer Hughes Niazy , KRAMON & GRAHAM, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Amicus International Municipal Lawyers Association.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Heytens wrote the opinion, which Chief Judge Diaz and Judge Harris joined.


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