HOPKINS v. HOSEMANN (2023)

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Dennis HOPKINS, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated; Herman Parker, Jr., individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated; Walter Wayne Kuhn, Jr., individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated; Bryon Demond Coleman, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated; Jon O'Neal, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated; Earnest Willhite, individually and on behalf of a class of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs—Appellees, v. Secretary of State Delbert HOSEMANN, in his official capacity, Defendant—Appellant.

No. 19-60662 CONSOLIDATED WITH No. 19-60678

Decided: September 28, 2023

Before Richman, Chief Judge, and Jones, Smith, Stewart, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson, And Douglas, Circuit Judges.

Jonathan K. Youngwood, Esq., Janet A. Gochman, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, L.L.P., New York, NY, Bradley E. Heard, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Leslie Faith Jones, Southern Poverty Law Center, Jackson, MS, Ahmed Soussi, Southern Poverty Law Center, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs—Appellees. Justin Lee Matheny, Esq., Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Defendant—Appellant. Carroll E. Rhodes, Esq., Attorney, Law Offices of Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, MS, Joshua Tom, American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi. R. Trent McCotter, George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae Separation of Powers Clinic. Carroll E. Rhodes, Esq., Attorney, Law Offices of Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, MS, for Amicus Curiae Mississippi State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Andrew T. Tutt, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Cato Institute, DKT Liberty Project, and Due Process Institute. Louis Peter Petrich, Ballard Spahr, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae American Probation and Parole Association in No. 19-60662. Louis Peter Petrich, Ballard Spahr, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Joseph Patrick Sakai, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae American Probation and Parole Association in No. 19-60678.