Major Pending Election Cases | Mecinas v. Hobbs

Filing Date:

November 1, 2019

Status:

resolved

State:

Arizona

Topic:

Ballot Design

Most Recent Court:

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (20-16301)

Issue(s):

Whether Arizona's ballot design, which features the candidate's name vertically with the order determined based on political party, is valid under law.

Case Progress:

Order Denying Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion for Injunction Pending appeal 7/10/20.
Order Denying Motion for Injunction 7/22/20.
Released from Mediation Program 7/30/20.
Appellants' Opening Brief 3/18/21.
Answering Brief 5/27/21.
Appelants' Reply Brief 6/21/21
Defendant-Appellee's Motion for 60-Day Stay of Appeal 7/12/2021
Order Granting Stay of Appeal (Until 9/7/21) 7/23/21
Opinion 4/8/22
Mandate 6/1/22

U.S. District Court Documents

Complaint (11/1/19)
Amended Complaint (11/15/19)
Defendant's Motion To Dismiss Case (1/2/20)
Plaintiff's Response In Opposition To Motion To Dismiss Case (1/16/20)
Brief Of Amici Curiae Arizona House Speaker Russel Bowers And Arizona Senate President Karen Fann (1/21/20)
Arizona's Secretary Of State's Reply In Support Of Motion To Dismiss (1/31/20)
Reply In Support Of Plaintiffs’ Motion For Preliminary Injunction (2/3/20)
Plaintiffs’ Response In Opposition To Amici Curiae Of The Arizona House Speaker Russel Bowers And Arizona Senate President Karen Fann (2/3/20)
Arizona Secretary Of State’s Sur-Reply In Further Opposition To Motion For Preliminary Injunction (2/21/20)
Plaintiffs' Notice Of Supplemental Authority In Support Of Response In Opposition To Defendant's Motion To Dismiss (3/18/20)
NOTICE re: Supplemental Authority By DNC Services Corporation (4/29/20)
RESPONSE re: 67 Notice (Other) Of Supplemental Authority By Plaintiffs DNC Services Corporation (5/1/20)
Notice re: Supplemental Authority By DNC Services Corporation (6/16/20)
Order That The Motion To Dismiss Is Granted With Prejudice (6/25/20)
Notice Of Appeal To 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals re: Clerk's Judgment, Order On Motion To Dismiss, Order On Motion For Preliminary Injunction By DNC Services Corporation, DSCC, Brian Mecinas, Priorities USA, Patti Serrano, Carolyn Vasko (7/3/20)
Emergency Motion To Stay Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion For Injunction Pending Appeal By DNC Services Corporation, DSCC, Brian Mecinas, Priorities USA, Patti Serrano, Carolyn Vasko (7/6/20)
Text Of Proposed Order (7/6/20)
Response To Motion re: Emergency Motion To Stay Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion For Injunction Pending Appeal Filed By Katie Hobbs (7/9/20)
Order Denying Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion For Injunction Pending Appeal (7/10/20)

Court of Appeals Documents

Cause Docketed (7/6/20)
Plaintiffs-Appellants' Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal (7/10/20)
Defendant-Appellee's Response to Motion for Injunction (7/17/20)
Plaintiffs-Appellants' Reply in Support of Motion for Injunction (7/21/20)
Order Denying Motion for Injunction (7/22/20)
Appellants' Opening Brief (3/18/21)
Defendant-Appellee's Answering Brief (5/27/21)
Appellants' Reply Brief (6/21/21)
Defendant-Appellee's Motion for 60-Day Stay of Appeal (7/12/21)
Order Granting Stay of Appeal (7/23/21)
Opinion (4/8/22)