Sheriff violated Fourth Amendment when in place of court-ordered release on specific terms, he substituted prolonged detentions and significant restraints on pretrial release of his own devising, causing jailing of group of plaintiffs from three to fourteen days.
Sheriff violated Equal Protection Clause when, based on race (African American) of defendants, in place of court-ordered release on specific terms, he substituted prolonged detentions and significant restraints on pretrial release of his own devising, causing jailing of group of plaintiffs from three to fourteen days; evidence that more than four in five of the eighty or so people wrongfully detained were Black was sufficient at pleading stage to believe sheriff could be liable for intentional discrimination.