Opinion
No. 19-60662 CONSOLIDATED WITH No. 19-60678
09-28-2023
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.
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.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, USDC No. 3:18-CV-188, Daniel P. Jordan, III, Chief Judge ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC (Opinion August 4, 2023, 5 Cir., 2023, 76 F.4th 378) 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. Before Richman, Chief Judge, and Jones, Smith, Stewart, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, Wilson, And Douglas, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam:
A member of the court having requested a poll on the petition for rehearing en banc, and a majority of the circuit judges in regular active service and not disqualified having voted in favor,
IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs. Pursuant to 5th Rule 41.3, the panel opinion in this case dated August 4, 2023, is VACATED.