Legal Opinion
Odonnell v. Harris County
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided December 16, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. H-16-1414PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND OPINION
Lee H. Rosenthal, Chief United States District Judge
The plaintiffs, Maranda Lynn ODonnell, Robert Ryan Ford, and Loetha McGruder, sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, challenging Harris County’s postarrest detention policies. They alleged that the Harris County Sheriff and sixteen Harris .County Criminal Courts at Law Judges promulgate policies that violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the United States Constitution by detaining people arrested for misdemeanor offenses who are unable to pay a financial bail bond much longer than those financially able to pay.…
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