ODonnell v. Harris County, Texas et al

Filing 498

ORDER regarding updated reporting requirements entered.(Signed by Chief Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(leddins, 4)

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United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
MARANDA LYNN ODONNELL, et al.,
On behalf of themselves and all others
similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
VS.
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, et al.,
Defendants.

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September 19, 2018
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL ACTION NO. H-16-1414

ORDER
Section (10) of the Revised Amended Preliminary Injunction orders Harris County to “make
a weekly report to this court of any misdemeanor arrestee identified in Sections (8), (11), and (12)
for whom a hearing and individual assessment has not been held within 48 hours of arrest.” (Docket
Entry No. 427 at 6). The County’s September 11, 2018 report states that from September 1 through
September 9, there were 62 misdemeanor arrestees “who were not present for their initial bail
hearing, before a Hearing Officer, within 48 hours of arrest.” (September 11, 2018 Report at 1.)
The report does not identify arrestees who were released on money bail or on a personal bond. The
court believes that it would be helpful for the County to include in subsequent reports: (1) the
number of arrestees released on money bail that did not require paying some amount or posting a
bond before release; (2) the number of arrestees released on money bail that required prepaying
some amount or posting a bond before release; and (3) the number of arrestees released on personal

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bond with no financial condition.1 The court asks the County to either include this information in
the next and subsequent reports, or to state in the next report reasons why this information is not
appropriately included.
SIGNED on September 19, 2018, at Houston, Texas.

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Lee H. Rosenthal
Chief United States District Judge

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This applies only to those who have had their individualized hearings within 48 hours after arrest
and are released.