GILMORE v. Douglas M. Williams, individually and in his official capacity, Defendant. (2026)

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Clarissa GILMORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, an agency of the State of Georgia, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, in his official capacity, Alberta W. Milton, individually and in her official capacity, Sabrini Carlene Lupo, individually and in her official capacity, Smith SP Warden, in his official capacity as successor-in-interest, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Douglas M. Williams, individually and in his official capacity, Defendant.

No. 23-10343

Decided: April 20, 2026

Before Rosenbaum, Newsom, and Tjoflat, Circuit Judges.

Ashok Chandran, Arielle Humphries, Samuel Spital, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, New York, NY, Shania King, The Law Office of Shania King, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Christopher Eberhart Kemmitt, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant. Angela Ellen Cusimano, Stephen John Petrany, Elijah J. O'Kelley, Georgia Department of Law Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, Matthew Boyer, Alexia Roney, Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees Georgia Department of Corrections, Commissioner, Georgia Department of Corrections, Alberta W. Milton, Christina M. Irizarry, Tarmarshe A. Smith. Matthew Boyer, Alexia Roney, Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees Sabrini Carlene Lupo, Smith SP Warden. John A. Freedman, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Southern Center for Human Rights. Christine Monta, Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Washington, DC, for Amici Institute for Justice, Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center. Jim Davy, All Rise Trial & Appellate, Pennsylvania, PA, for Amici National Police Accountability Project, Cato Institute. Allen Huang, Florida Attorney General's Office, Tampa, FL, for Amicus State of Florida. Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr., Alexander Barrett Bowdre, George Muirhead, Office of the Attorney General - Alabama, Montgomery, AL, for Amicus State of Alabama.