Walker v. City of Calhoun, Georgia
Petition for certiorari denied on April 1, 2019
Issues: (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.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Nov 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. |
| Nov 09 2018 | Application (18A503) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until December 20, 2018. |
| Dec 20 2018 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2019) |
| Jan 03 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 28, 2019 to February 27, 2019, submitted to The Clerk. |
| Jan 07 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Maurice Walker. |
| Jan 08 2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 27, 2019. |
| Jan 17 2019 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, City of Calhoun, Georgia. |
| Jan 28 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. |
| Jan 28 2019 | Brief amici curiae of Law Professors of Criminal, Procedural, et al. filed. |
| Jan 28 2019 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies, et al. filed. |
| Jan 28 2019 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
| Feb 27 2019 | Brief of respondent City of Calhoun, Georgia in opposition filed. |
| Mar 12 2019 | Reply of petitioner Maurice Walker filed. |
| Mar 13 2019 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2019. |
| Apr 01 2019 | Petition DENIED. |
