Walker v. City of Calhoun, Georgia

Petition for certiorari denied on April 1, 2019

Docket No.	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
18-814	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2018

Issue: (1) Whether heightened scrutiny under the 14th Amendment applies to a government policy that keeps misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in jail pretrial solely because they are poor; and (2) whether the government can keep misdemeanor and traffic-offense arrestees in jail for up to 48 hours after arrest solely because they are poor when it has offered no reason for doing so.

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Petitions of the week (Aurora Barnes, February 8, 2019)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/08/2018	Application (18A503) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 20, 2018 to December 20, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.
11/09/2018	Application (18A503) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 20, 2018.
12/20/2018	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2019)
01/03/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 28, 2019 to February 27, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
01/07/2019	Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Maurice Walker.
01/08/2019	Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 27, 2019.
01/17/2019	Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, City of Calhoun, Georgia.
01/28/2019	Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
01/28/2019	Brief amici curiae of Law Professors of Criminal, Procedural, et al. filed.
01/28/2019	Brief amici curiae of National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies, et al. filed.
01/28/2019	Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
02/27/2019	Brief of respondent City of Calhoun, Georgia in opposition filed.
03/12/2019	Reply of petitioner Maurice Walker filed.
03/13/2019	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019.
04/01/2019	Petition DENIED.