Case Summary

On September 15, 2025, a group of plaintiffs brought a challenge to the "flawed" statistical methods used during the 2020 Census, sought a declaration that the 2020 Census report was unlawful, a new 2020 Census report that does not use statistical methods, an injunction against future use of these flawed statistical methods in the 2030 Census, and requested a three-judge court to consider their claims.

The case was dismissed with prejudice on July 7, 2026.

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United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. Case No. 8:25-cv-2486.

• Complaint - 9/15/25
• Amended Complaint - 9/15/25
• Motion to Convene Judicial Panel and Memorandum of Law - 10/7/25
• Order of Referral to Chief Judge Pryor per 28 U.S.C. § 2284 - 10/8/25
• Order of Referral to Chief Judge Pryor per 28 U.S.C. § 2284 - 10/8/25
• Designation of Three-Judge Court - 10/20/25
• Alliance for Retired Americans, Cameron Driggers, and Manuel Guerrero's Motion to Intervene as Defendants - 10/28/25
• Second Amended Complaint - 11/12/25
• Memorandum of Points of Authorities Supporting the Proposition that a Three-Judge Panel is Required in the Case - 11/12/25
• Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Motion to Intervene Filed by Alliance for Retired Americans, Cameron Driggers, and Manuel Guerrero - 11/12/25
• Proposed Intervenors' Brief Regarding the Need for a Three-Judge Panel - 11/12/25
• Defendants' Opposition to Motion to Intervene as Defendants by Alliance for Retired Americans, Cameron Driggers, and Manual Guerrero - 11/12/25
• Motion for Summary Judgment - 11/14/25
• Statement of Undisputed Material Facts - 11/14/25
• Statement of Undisputed Material Facts - 11/14/25
• Uniform Case Management Report - 11/15/25
• Reply in Support of Motion to Intervene - 11/19/25
• Case Management and Scheduling Order - 11/20/25
• Defendants' Opposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment - 11/26/25
• Intervenor-Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 11/26/25
• Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Motion for Extension of Time to File Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment - 11/26/25
• Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Intervenors' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 12/17/25
• Intervenor-Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment - 12/19/25
• Intervenor-Defendants' Statement of Disputed Facts - 12/19/25
• Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment - 12/19/25
• Defendants' Statement of Disputed Facts - 12/19/25
• Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment - 12/23/25
• Intervenor-Defendants' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss - 12/24/25
• Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Stay Discovery and All Remaining Deadlines Pending the Panel's Resolution of Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment and Intervenors' Motion to Dismiss - 1/7/26
• Intervenor-Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion to Stay Discovery - 1/8/26
• Plaintiffs' Reply to Intervenors' Response to Plaintiffs' Motion to Stay Discovery - 1/8/26
• Opinion & Order - 2/3/26
• Third Amended Complaint - 2/17/26
• Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint - 2/25/26
• Defendants' Consent Motion for Enlargement of Pages - 3/23/26
• Intervenors' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint - 3/27/26
• Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint - 3/27/26
• Motion to Compel Defendants to Produce the Administrative Record - 4/1/26
• Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Enlargement of Pages - 4/13/26
• Intervenors' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Defendants to Produce the Administrative Record - 4/15/26
• Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Defendants to Produce the Administrative Record - 4/15/26
• Consolidated Response in Opposition to Defendants' and Intervenors' Motions to Dismiss - 4/17/26
• Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion to Compel Defendants to Produce the Administrative Record - 4/22/26
• Intervenors' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Third Amended Complaint - 4/24/26
• Order Denying Motion to Compel - 04/29/26
• Plaintiffs' Opposed Motion to Modify the Case Management and Scheduling Order - 5/8/26
• Intervenors' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Modify the Case Management Scheduling Order - 5/22/26
• Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Modify the Case Management Scheduling Order - 5/22/26
• Opinion & Order - 7/7/26