Major Pending Election Cases | Democracy North Carolina v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

Filing Date:

April 13, 2020

Status:

resolved

State:

North Carolina

Topic:

Voter Registration

Most Recent Court:

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (Case 20-cv-457)

Issue(s):

The Plaintiffs allege that North Carolina's 25-day registration requirement unconstitutionally burdens North Carolinians' right to vote under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the First and Fourteenth Amendments, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Case Progress:

Opinion and Order 8/4/20.
Order Denying Defendant-Intervenors' Motion for Reconsideration and Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Reconsideration and Modification of Preliminary Injunction 9/30/20.
Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Intervenors' Motion for Relief 10/14/20.
Order Granting Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss 10/6/20.

Case Commentary

Whither Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee?
Case Updates: Week of Oct. 12-16, 2020

U.S. District Court Documents

Complaint Against All Defendants (5/22/20)
First Amended Complaint (6/5/20)
Motion For Preliminary Injunction And Consent Request To Expedite Briefing/Consideration By Plaintiffs (6/5/20)
Brief re 9 Motion For Preliminary Injunction And Consent Request To Expedite Briefing/Consideration By Plaintiffs (6/5/20)
Motion To Intervene By Philip E. Berger, Timothy K. Moore (6/10/20)
Supplement Proposed Answer (6/10/20)
Memorandum Filed By Intervenor Parties Philip E. Berger, Timothy K. Moore re 16 Motion To Intervene (6/10/20)
Response Filed By Defendants re 16 Motion To Intervene Filed By Timothy K. Moore, Philip E. Berger (6/12/20)
Response In Opposition re 16 Motion To Intervene Filed By Timothy K. Moore, Philip E. Berger Filed By Plaintiffs (6/12/20)
DOrder Signed By Judge William L. Osteen, Jr That Proposed Intervenors' Motion To Intervene, Is Granted (6/15/20)
Second Amended Complaint Against All Defendants (6/18/20)
Amended Motion For Preliminary Injunction (6/18/20)
Motion To Intervene By Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee (6/18/20)
Corrected Response Filed By Intervenor Parties re Motion To re NRCC Motion To Intervene (6/22/20)
Response In Opposition re 32 Motion To Intervene Filed By National Republican Congressional (6/22/20)
Corrected Document/ Response In Opposition re 32 Motion To Intervene (6/23/20)
Reply, Filed By Intervenor Parties (6/23/20)
Response In Opposition re Motion For Preliminary Injunction And Consent Request To Expedite Briefing/Consideration (6/26/20)
Response In Opposition re Amended Motion For Preliminary Injunction (6/26/20)
Motion For Reconsideration re Order On Motion To Intervene By National Republican Congressional Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican National Committee, Republican Party Of North Carolina (6/26/20)
Supplement Proposed Brief Of Amicus Curiae (6/26/20)
Brief re Motion For Reconsideration re Order On Motion To Intervene By Intervenor Parties (6/26/20)
Response In Opposition re Motion For Reconsideration re Order On Motion To Intervene Filed By Defendants (6/29/20)
Corrected Document re Response In Opposition To Motion For Preliminary Injunction And Consent Request To Expedite Briefing/Consideration (6/30/20)
Order Denying Proposed Intervenors' Motion For Reconsideration With Regard To The Motion To Reconsider And Granted With Regard To The Request For Leave To File Amici Curiae Brief (6/30/20)
Notice Of Appeal As To Order On Motion For Reconsideration, Order On Motion To Intervene By National Republican Congressional Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican National Committee, Republican Party Of North Carolina (7/2/20)
Motion To Dismiss By Philip E. Berger, Timothy K. Moore (7/2/20)
Memorandum Filed By Intervenor Parties Phillip E. Berger, Timothy K. Moore re Motion To Dismiss (7/2/20)
Reply, Filed By Plaintiffs re To Response To Amended Motion For Preliminary Injunction Filed By Lelia Bentley, Margaret B. Cates, John P. Clark, Democracy North Carolina, Regina Whitney Edwards, Walter Hutchins, League Of Women Voters Of North Carolina, Donna Permar, Robert K. Priddy II, Susan Schaffer (7/3/20)
Motion To Strike Affidavit In Support Of Motion, By Philip E. Berger, Timothy K. Moore (7/6/20)
Memorandum Filed By Intervenor Parties Philip E. Berger, Timothy K. Moore re Motion To Strike Affidavit In Support Of Motion (7/6/20)
Response re Motion To Strike Affidavit In Support Of Motion, Filed By Stella Anderson, Karen Brinson Bell, David C. Black, J. Eric Boyette, Jeff Carmon, III, Damon Circosta, Mandy Cohen, North Carolina Department Of Health And Human Services, North Carolina Department Of Transportation, North Carolina State Board Of Elections, Ken Raymond (7/7/20)
Response In Opposition re Motion To Strike Affidavit In Support Of Motion, Filed By Lelia Bentley, Margaret B. Cates, John P. Clark, Democracy North Carolina, Regina Whitney Edwards, Walter Hutchins, League Of Women Voters Of North Carolina, Donna Permar, Robert K. Priddy II, Susan Schaffer (7/7/20)
Order That Public Interest Legal Foundation's Motion For Leave To File Amicus Curiae Brief Is Granted (7/8/20)
Amicus Brief Filed By Intervenor Parties National Republican Congressional Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican National Committee, Republican Party Of North Carolina (7/8/20)
Memorandum In Support Of Motion For Leave To File Amicus Curiae Brief In Opposition To Plaintiffs' Motion For Preliminary Injunction Filed By Amicus Public Interest Legal Foundation (7/8/20)
Amicus Brief Filed By Amicus Public Interest Legal Foundation (7/8/20)
Memorandum Opinion And Order Granting Motion To Strike In Part (7/27/20)
Motion To Dismiss For Failure To State A Claim By Stella Anderson, Karen Brinson Bell, David C. Black, J. Eric Boyette, Jeff Carmon III, Damon Circosta, Mandy Cohen, North Carolina Department Of Health And Human Service, North Carolina Department Of Transportation, North Carolina State Board Of Elections, Ken Raymond (7/30/20)
Memorandum Filed By Defendants re Motion To Dismiss For Failure To State A Claim By Stella Anderson, Karen Brinson Bell, David C. Black, J. Eric Boyette, Jeff Carmon III, Damon Circosta, Mandy Cohen, North Carolina Department Of Health And Human Service, North Carolina Department Of Transportation, North Carolina State Board Of Elections, Ken Raymond (7/30/20)
Motion To Amend Complaint By Lelia Bentley, Margaret B. Cates, John P. Clark, Democracy North Carolina, Regina Whitney Edwards, Walter Hutchins, League Of Women Voters Of North Carolina, Donna Permar, Robert K. Priddy II, Susan Schaffer (7/30/20)
Opinion and Order (8/4/20)
Motion for Reconsideration and Memorandum in Support of Same (8/5/20)
Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendant-Intervenors' Motion to Dismiss (8/6/20)
Reply Brief in Support of Legislative Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (8/20/20)
Legislative Defendants' Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File a Third Amended Complaint (8/20/20)
Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to State Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (8/20/20)
Plaintiffs' Motion for Reconsideration and Modification of Preliminary Injunction and Brief in Support Thereof (8/24/20)
Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendant Intervenors' Motion to Reconsider (8/26/20)
Reply Memorandum in Support of State Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (9/3/20)
Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Motion for Leave to File a Third Amended Complaint (9/3/20)
Defendant-Intervenors' Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Reconsideration and Modification of Preliminary Injunction (9/8/20)
State Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Reconsideration (9/8/20)
Reply in Support of Defendant-Intervenors' Motion for Reconsideration (9/9/20)
Order (9/30/20)
MOTION to Enforce Order Granting in Part Preliminary Injunction (9/30/20)
Memorandum filed by plaintiffs re 147 motion to Enforce Order Granting in Part Preliminary Injunction (9/30/20)
Response filed by Intervenor Parties Philip E. Berger, Timothy K. Moore re 147 Motion to Enforce Order Granting in Part Preliminary Injunction (10/2/20)
Response filed by Defendants re 147 MOTION to Enforce Order Granting in Part Preliminary Injunction (10/2/20)
Order Granting Expedited Consideration of Motion for Clarification and Denial of Motion to Enforce Order Granting in Part Preliminary Injunction (10/2/20)
Republican Committees' Motion for Reconsideration and Memorandum of Law in Support (10/5/20)
Defendant-Intervenors' Motion for All Writs Act Relief (10/5/20)
Defendant-Intervenors' Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Motion for All Writs Act Relief (10/05/20)
Plaintiffs' Motion for Affirmative Relief (10/5/20)
Plaintiffs' Opposition to Legislative Defendants' Motion for All Writs Act Relief (10/6/20)
Defendant-Intervenors' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Affirmative Relief (10/6/20)
State Defendants' Response to Legislative Intervenors' Motion for Relief Under the All Writs Act (10/6/20)
Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Affirmative Relief (10/6/20)
Opinion and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Intervenors' Motion for Relief (10/14/20)
Brief in Support of Defendant-Intervenors' Motion for Clarification (10/26/20)
Order for Parties to Submit Briefs (10/29/20)
Memorandum Opinion and Order Denying Motion for Clarification (10/30/20)

Court of Appeals Documents

Order (8/26/20)
Order Granting Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss (10/6/20)