HENRY v. SHERIFF OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY ALABAMA (2025)

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Bruce HENRY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHERIFF OF TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA, in his official capacity, District Attorney of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, in his official capacity, Attorney General of the State of Alabama, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

No. 24-10139

Decided: August 25, 2025

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, Jordan, Rosenbaum, Jill Pryor, Newsom, Branch, Grant, Luck, Lagoa, Brasher, Abudu, and Kidd, Circuit Judges.

Paul Dubbeling, P.M. Dubbeling, PLLC, Chapel Hill, NC, Algert Swanson Agricola, Jr., Barbara Hamlin Agricola, Agricola Law, LLC, Opelika, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee. James W. Davis, Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr., Steven Marshall, Dylan Mauldin, Charles Arthur McKay, Richard Dwayde Mink, Benjamin Seiss, Office of The Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Appellants Attorney General, State of Alabama, District Attorney of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Stuart D. Albea, Law Office of Stuart Albea, Tuscaloosa, AL, for Defendant-Appellant Sheriff of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Marsha Levick, Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA, Krista Dolan, Southern Poverty Law Center, Tallahassee, FL, for Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Southern Poverty Law Center.