In the case of O'Donnell v. Harris County, TX eleven groups have filed briefs in the Fifth Circuit urging the court to rule on the constitutional issues of poverty-based pretrial detention. This group included: --The Conference of Chief Justices --67 current and former district attorneys, US Attorneys, state attorneys general, and governors; --Current and former Chiefs of Police, Sheriffs, and corrections officials; --Religious leaders; --The American Bar Association; --The National Association of Pretrial Services Agencies and Pretrial Justice Institute; --The Cato Institute; --The Texas Public Policy Foundation, Right on Crime, and R Street; --The Constitutional Accountability Center; --The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; --Judge Darrell Jordan#Litigation