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City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

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405: 520:, the Ninth Circuit upheld the District Court's motion for class certification on the basis that involuntarily homeless people in Grants Pass satisfied the criteria of numerosity, commonality, typicality, and adequacy of representation. The Ninth Circuit rejected the city government's defense that its ordinances criminalized only the act of bringing camping items onto public land and not the necessary act of sleeping, because Grants Pass's cold temperatures necessitate the usage of blankets to prevent frostbite. Relying on its precedent in 34: 492:, Council President Lily Morgan organized the brainstorming of anti-camping ordinances to "make it uncomfortable enough for in our city so they will want to move on down the road". The Oregon District Court cited this statement as evidence that the anti-camping ordinances were enacted to prosecute the status of being homeless, rather than uniformly prosecuting acts like parking vehicles on public land. 593: 958:
criticized the ruling as unnecessary based on her prior success in moving homeless individuals into local motels and shelters. Bass argued that the decision "must not be used as an excuse for cities across the country to attempt to arrest their way out of this problem, or hide the homelessness crisis
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Sotomayor's dissent argues that the facial neutrality of the anti-camping ordinance is irrelevant, given that it would effectively criminalize sleeping in the only location available to homeless people in Grants Pass. Furthermore, the ordinance defines campsites as locations where bedding is placed
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Criticizing the majority for prioritizing the arguments of state and local governments, the dissent asserts that criminalization of homelessness will ultimately limit the employment and housing opportunities available to homeless people. Citing the Grants Pass City Council's stated intentions in
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Noting that Oregon's state government prohibited anti-sleeping ordinances in 2023, the dissent contends that state and local governments need no further flexibility in criminalizing acts associated with homelessness. The dissent emphasizes that the lower court decisions already allowed state and
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allows acts strongly associated with a status to be criminalized, the anti-camping statutes are upheld, despite the connection between homelessness and placing camping supplies on public land. The majority argues that a necessity defense would be more appropriate for homeless people to contest
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for subsequent appeals. At the time of filing, Johnson lived full-time in her van, and Logan usually slept in his car, parked at a rest stop. Since Johnson and Logan had been fined only under the anti-camping and parking exclusion ordinances, the anti-sleeping ordinance was excluded from the
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The dissent concludes by recognizing four remaining options for homeless people to contest the anti-camping ordinance. First, Oregon state law likely preempts Grants Pass's local ordinance, restraining the town's police from punishing the act of sleeping. Second, the majority's decision
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was enacted in 2023, dictating that "any city or county law that regulates the acts of sitting, lying, sleeping or keeping warm and dry outdoors on public property that is open to the public must be objectively reasonable as to time, place and manner with regards to persons experiencing
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criticized this reasoning based on evidence that the anti-camping ordinances were overwhelmingly applied to homeless people, rather than everyone who brought blankets onto the city's public land, suggesting criminalization of the status of being homeless.
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is interpreted to focus on the penalties that occurred after a criminal conviction. In this case, the punishments of fines, temporary bans from entering public property, and one-month jail sentences are viewed as neither cruel nor unusual. Second, while
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At the time of filing, police officers could immediately issue a written order excluding a person from all parks in Grants Pass based on two or more alleged violations of these ordinances. Since the exclusion order was not
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the case back to the Ninth Circuit to assess whether the ordinance's fines violate the Eighth Amendment's Excessive Fines Clause. Third, homeless people could challenge the ordinance under the Due Process Clause by citing
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dictates that class action lawsuits are appropriate only when "there are questions of law or fact common to the class", Kneedler emphasized that individual determinations of involuntary homelessness are necessary.
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as a punishment violates the Eighth Amendment, homeless defendants could argue that anti-camping ordinances that effectively banish them from their communities constitute a similarly cruel and unusual punishment.
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has noted that the decision does not require courts to accept public nuisance justifications for compelling state and local governments to clear homeless encampments. Chemerinsky has praised the
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briefs in favor of city officials, while homelessness advocacy groups filed opposing briefs in favor of Johnson and Logan. The Supreme Court granted the petition for review on January 12, 2024.
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interpretation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment would not provide any protections against status-based criminalization, advocating for the overturning of
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passing the anti-camping ordinance, the dissent notes that homeless people are more likely to move to other areas than stay to engage in a costly and complex necessity defense.
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upholding the conviction only because the defendant failed to prove that their alcoholism compelled them to violate the public intoxication statute, the Ninth Circuit held that
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because whereas an alcoholic's decision to drink to the point of public intoxication presents ambiguity in the extent of voluntary wrongdoing, all homeless people must sleep.
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The enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.
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Annual Trends Among the Unsheltered in Three Los Angeles Neighborhoods: The Los Angeles Longitudinal Enumeration and Demographic Survey (LA LEADS) 2023 Annual Report
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suggested that the Supreme Court should delegate homelessness policy to local governments because of the complexities in defining involuntary homelessness. Justices
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lawsuits to compel state and local governments to clear homeless encampments if they present public health risks. While Wurman has previously succeeded in forcing
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enacted a similar law that also allows individuals and businesses to sue local governments if they do not enforce their anti-camping laws. In November 2024,
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prohibits criminalization of a status, as opposed to criminalizing criminal acts, in striking down a California law that criminalized being addicted to
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because homeless people unable to afford shelter are unlikely to be able to afford fines imposed for the unavoidable, life-sustaining act of sleeping.
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restrictions on the time, place, and manner of sleeping on public land. Furthermore, Clarke held that these ordinances violated the Eighth Amendment's
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because Johnson and Logan received only civil fines, not the criminal punishments imposed on repeat violators, so they cannot represent a claim under
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model of clearing health and safety risks in homeless encampments, regardless of whether homeless shelters were available in surrounding areas. The
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prohibited criminalizing statuses, Grants Pass's anti-camping ordinances are interpreted as neutrally applied, regardless of one's housing status.
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Corkran highlighted that the Supreme Court had routinely rejected local and state attempts to shift homeless populations elsewhere, citing
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local governments to adopt public health measures as long as they did not result in status-based criminalization of homelessness.
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because residents would be deprived of their liberty interest in visiting public parks during a potentially long appeals process.
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on August 22, 2023, seeking review of the Ninth Circuit's ruling. In its wake, many city officials across the western U.S. filed
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beyond criminalizing the status of being homeless because the amount exceeds the average cost of rental housing in Grants Pass.
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found that three instances of dismantling homeless encampments in Los Angeles failed to reduce the city's homeless population.
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that allows people to apply for property tax refunds if their local government does not enforce its anti-camping ordinances.
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against violators of anti-camping, anti-sleeping, and parking exclusion ordinances. The city imposed criminal penalties of
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because the United Community Action Network's January 2019 point-in-time count identified at least 600 homeless people in
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Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgement granted in part and denied in part, 1:18-cv-01823-CL (D. Or. Jul. 22, 2020)
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has been empowered to sue local governments if they fail to enforce outdoor homeless camping bans. In March 2024,
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Does a local government's enforcement of a public camping ban against involuntarily homeless people violate the
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Gloria Johnson and John Logan, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. City of Grants Pass
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Gloria Johnson and John Logan, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated v. City of Grants Pass
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argued the case on behalf of Grants Pass. Evangelis asserted that homeless people should be forced to make a
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argued that precedent did not apply because Orlando's homeless shelter never reached its maximum capacity.
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in court rather than challenging the local government's ability to enforce anti-camping ordinances on
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remains precedent in prohibiting the criminalization of one's status and associated unavoidable acts.
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case in which the Court held that local government ordinances with civil and criminal penalties for
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In July 2020, Clarke ruled that because Grants Pass lacked any homeless shelters that satisfy the
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praised the ruling for allowing local politicians to control homeless encampments. In July 2024,
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Gorsuch's majority opinion focuses on five points. First, the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on
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injunction whenever a city's homeless population exceeds the number of available beds in its
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rehearing by the entire Ninth Circuit, amending its opinion with a response to Judge
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v. Gloria Johnson, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated
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prosecution under these anti-camping ordinances if they had nowhere else to sleep.
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After Blake died in 2021, Gloria Johnson and John Logan were assigned as the
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During oral arguments on April 22, 2024, Theane Evangelis of the law firm
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Thien Ho's public nuisance lawsuit because it threatens the government's
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In August 2019, Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke granted the motion for
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The Oregon Law Center, which supports low-income Oregonians, filed a
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Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.
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in October 2018. At the time of filing, Blake had been homeless in
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Petition for rehearing en banc denied, 72 F.4th 868 (9th Cir. 2023)
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During a March 2013 community meeting staged by the Grants Pass
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Ward, Jason M.; Garvey, Rick; Hunter, Sarah B. (July 2, 2024).
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Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded, 50 F.4th 787 (
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Gorsuch, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, Barrett
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on repeat violators who continued to reside on public land.
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Motion for class certification granted, 1:18-cv-01823-CL (
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warned that Newsom's actions were cruel and ineffective.
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In June 2023, the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for an
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praised the Supreme Court's decision and proposed using
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United States District Court for the District of Oregon
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in neighboring cities or in jail.” In July 2024, the
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Carr 2098: 2090: 2082: 2074: 2066: 2058: 2050: 2042: 2034: 2026: 2018: 2010: 2002: 1994: 1986: 1978: 1970: 1962: 1954: 1946: 1938: 1930: 1922: 1914: 1906: 1898: 1890: 1882: 1874: 1866: 1858: 1850: 1842: 1834: 1826: 1818: 1810: 1802: 1794: 1785: 1783: 1779: 1778: 1776: 1775: 1767: 1759: 1751: 1743: 1735: 1727: 1719: 1711: 1703: 1695: 1687: 1678: 1676: 1668: 1667: 1664: 1657: 1656: 1650: 1648: 1647: 1640: 1633: 1625: 1619: 1618: 1616:SCOTUS opinion 1613: 1608: 1601: 1600:External links 1598: 1595: 1594: 1579: 1540: 1512: 1484: 1458: 1430: 1402: 1371: 1333: 1301: 1268: 1243:Reed, Rachel. 1235: 1207: 1193: 1176: 1155: 1117: 1096: 1058: 1019: 1018: 1016: 1013: 947:ballot measure 899:Salt Lake City 881:law professor 875: 872: 862:Trop v. Dulles 821: 818: 805: 802: 757: 754: 752: 749: 745:reasonableness 693:Chief Justice 655:rational basis 627:Edwin Kneedler 597:Edwin Kneedler 589: 588:Oral arguments 586: 570: 567: 565: 562: 497: 494: 401: 398: 310: 307: 268: 267: 261: 260: 256: 255: 252: 248: 247: 244: 240: 239: 236: 232: 231: 227: 226: 225: 224: 175: 172: 167: 161: 160: 156: 155: 151: 150: 146: 145: 133: 132: 128: 127: 126: 125: 122: 115: 112: 103: 99: 98: 94: 93: 88: 84: 83: 78: 74: 73: 68: 64: 63: 54: 53:Full case name 50: 49: 43: 42: 37: 29: 28: 20: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2451: 2440: 2437: 2435: 2432: 2430: 2427: 2425: 2422: 2420: 2417: 2415: 2412: 2411: 2409: 2385: 2384: 2380: 2377: 2376: 2372: 2369: 2368: 2364: 2361: 2360: 2356: 2353: 2352: 2348: 2347: 2345: 2343: 2339: 2332: 2331: 2327: 2324: 2323: 2319: 2318: 2316: 2314: 2310: 2306: 2299: 2295: 2280: 2279: 2275: 2272: 2271: 2267: 2264: 2263: 2259: 2256: 2255: 2251: 2248: 2247: 2243: 2240: 2239: 2235: 2232: 2231: 2227: 2224: 2223: 2219: 2216: 2215: 2211: 2208: 2207: 2203: 2200: 2199: 2195: 2194: 2192: 2188: 2181: 2180: 2176: 2173: 2172: 2168: 2165: 2164: 2160: 2157: 2156: 2152: 2149: 2148: 2144: 2143: 2141: 2135: 2128: 2127: 2123: 2120: 2119: 2115: 2112: 2111: 2107: 2104: 2103: 2099: 2096: 2095: 2091: 2088: 2087: 2083: 2080: 2079: 2075: 2072: 2071: 2067: 2064: 2063: 2059: 2056: 2055: 2051: 2048: 2047: 2043: 2040: 2039: 2035: 2032: 2031: 2027: 2024: 2023: 2019: 2016: 2015: 2011: 2008: 2007: 2003: 2000: 1999: 1995: 1992: 1991: 1987: 1984: 1983: 1979: 1976: 1975: 1971: 1968: 1967: 1963: 1960: 1959: 1955: 1952: 1951: 1947: 1944: 1943: 1939: 1936: 1935: 1931: 1928: 1927: 1923: 1920: 1919: 1915: 1912: 1911: 1907: 1904: 1903: 1899: 1896: 1895: 1891: 1888: 1887: 1883: 1880: 1879: 1875: 1872: 1871: 1867: 1864: 1863: 1859: 1856: 1855: 1851: 1848: 1847: 1843: 1840: 1839: 1835: 1832: 1831: 1827: 1824: 1823: 1819: 1816: 1815: 1811: 1808: 1807: 1803: 1800: 1799: 1795: 1792: 1791: 1787: 1786: 1784: 1782:Death penalty 1780: 1773: 1772: 1768: 1765: 1764: 1760: 1757: 1756: 1752: 1749: 1748: 1744: 1741: 1740: 1736: 1733: 1732: 1728: 1725: 1724: 1720: 1717: 1716: 1712: 1709: 1708: 1707:Solem v. 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Index

Supreme Court of the United States
Grants Pass, Oregon
23-175
Oral argument
Opinion
D. Or.
9th Cir.
Eighth Amendment's
cruel and unusual punishment
John Roberts
Clarence Thomas
Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch
Brett Kavanaugh
Amy Coney Barrett
Ketanji Brown Jackson
U.S. Const. amend VIII
603
U.S.
United States Supreme Court
camping
public land
cruel and unusual punishment
homeless people
Robinson v. California
Eighth Amendment
narcotics
Powell v. Texas

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