No. 19-247 In the Supreme Court of the United States __________________ CITY OF BOISE, IDAHO, Petitioner, v. ROBERT MARTIN, ET AL., Respondents. __________________ On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit __________________ BRIEF OF THE CITY OF ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY OF BOISE __________________ JOHN EDWARD JUSTICE MARY PATRICE KENT JEFFREY SCOTT MYERS Corporation Counsel Law, Lyman, Daniel, Counsel of Record Kamerrer & Bogdanovich, P.S. Office of Corporation Counsel, Post Office Box 11880 City of Aberdeen Olympia, WA 98508-1880 200 East Market Street (360) 754-3480 Aberdeen, WA 98520 (360) 357-3511 (fax) (360) 537-3233
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[email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Amicus Curiae City of Aberdeen, Washington in Support of Petition of City of Boise Becker Gallagher · Cincinnati, OH · Washington, D.C. · 800.890.5001 i TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES . iii INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE . 1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT . 2 ARGUMENT . 3 I. Context/Background . 3 II. Aberdeen Experience: River Street Property ..................................... 5 A. Background ........................ 5 B. Monroe, et al. v. City of Aberdeen, et al. 8 C. Aitken, et al. v. City of Aberdeen . 8 III. Martin does not clearly define “available overnight shelter” . 12 IV. Martin has impermissibly expanded prohibitions against criminalization to generally applicable protections of public health and welfare. 13 V. Martin has created unintended consequences including appropriating of public property for personal use; and shifting responsibility for local management of homelessness to the federal judiciary. 15 A.