Grants Pass, Oregon, asked the Supreme Court to hear its legal battle over ticketing homeless people living in public encampments after a federal appeals court blocked the city from issuing the citations, saying it was cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Constitution.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction halting Grants Pass, in southern Oregon, from issuing civil fines to homeless people camping on public land.
Lawyers for the city, though, told the high court it should review the case because a civil fine doesn’t amount to a painful punishment and the lower court’s ruling is infringing on cities’ attempts to deal with the homeless crisis. The city’s legal team also said conflicting rulings exist from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals over similar civil ordinances.
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