CASE SUMMARY

On December 4, 2023, plaintiffs brought a federal lawsuit under the 14th and 15th Amendments alleging unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. They seek a judicial declaration that the plan is unconstitutional, an injunction barring the plan from use in future elections, and for the court to require a new, lawful plan be enacted.

A three-judge panel of the Middle District consolidated N.C. NAACP v. Berger with Williams v. Hall on March 18, 2024.

CASE LIBRARY

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina - No. 1:23-cv-1057

• Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 12/4/23
• Order - 12/15/23
• Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Plaintiffs' Complaint [...] - 12/22/23
• Legislative Defendants' Motion to Consolidate - 1/25/24
• Memorandum in Support of Legislative Defendants' Motion to Consolidate - 1/25/24
• Answer of Legislative Defendants - 2/12/24
• State Board Defendants' Answer - 2/12/24
• Memorandum in Opposition to Legislative Defendants' Motion to Consolidate - 2/15/24
• Reply to Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Legislative Defendants' Motion to Consolidate - 2/29/24
• Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 3/4/24
• Plaintiffs' Notice Regarding Their Opposition to Legislative Defendants' Motion to Consolidate - 3/4/24
• State Board Defendants' Answer to Amended Complaint - 3/15/24
• Answer of Legislative Defendants to Amended Complaint - 3/18/24
• Order - 3/18/24
• Notice - 3/27/24
• Notice of Cancellation - 4/17/24
• Notice of Pretrial Conference - 4/19/24
• Joint Rule 26(f) Report - 4/24/24
• Amended Joint Rule 26(f) Report - 5/14/24
• Order - 5/22/24
• Notice of Cancellation - 5/22/24
• Notice of Bench Trial - 5/23/24
• Joint Motion for Protective Order - 7/17/24
• Unopposed Motion for Voluntary Dismissal of Plaintiff Joan Chavis - 7/17/24
• Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Judicial Notice of Scrivener's Error in Their Complaint - 7/17/24
• Consent Protective Order - 7/22/24
• Order - 7/25/24
• Order - 7/25/24
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion for a Protective Order Over the Identities of Non-Party Members of the Organizational Plaintiffs - 10/4/24
• Memorandum of Law in Support of NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion for a Protective Order [...] - 10/4/24
• Declaration of Hillary Harris Klein - 10/4/24
• Second Declaration of Hillary Harris Klein - 10/4/24
• Legislative Defendants' Response to NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion for a Protective Order - 10/16/24
• Reply in Support of NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion for a Protective Order [...] - 10/23/24
• Third Declaration of Hilary Harris Kelin in Support of NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion for a Protective Order - 10/23/24
• Declaration of Stuart Naifeh - 10/23/24
• Joint Motion by Legislative Defendants and NAACP Plaintiffs to Continue a Deposition Out of Time - 10/28/24
• Consent Motion for Extension of time to Take Deposition of Stephen James Mallison - 11/4/24
• Order - 11/4/24
• Order - 11/4/24
• Memorandum Order - 11/6/24
• Legislative Defendants' Notice of Intent to File Dispositive Motion - 11/13/24
• Notice of Filing of Addendum to the Protective Order Providing for Attorneys Eyes Only Designation - 11/20/24
• Legislative Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - 12/6/24
• Legislative Defendants' Memorandum in Support of Their Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - 12/6/24
• Williams Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Legislative Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - 1/7/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Legislative Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - 1/7/25
• Consent Motion to Seal - 1/7/25
• Legislative Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment - 1/17/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Surreply in Opposition to Legislative Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - 1/24/25
• Joint Motion by All Parties to Modify Supplemental Expert Deadlines - 1/28/25
• Order - 1/30/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike Out of Scope Content in Dr. Barber's March 17, 2025, Report - 3/25/25
• Memorandum of Law in Support of Williams Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike [...] - 3/25/25
• Rule 25 Statement Noting Death - 3/26/25
• Order - 4/3/25
• Memorandum Order - 4/8/25
• Legislative Defendants' Response in Opposition to Williams Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike Portions of Dr. Barber's March 17, 2025, Report - 4/8/25
• Reply to Legislative Defendants' Response in Opposition to Williams Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike [...] - 4/15/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion to Reconsider in Part the Court's Order on Partial Summary Judgment - 4/21/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Motion to Reconsider in Part the Court's Order on Partial Summary Judgment - 4/21/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Motion to Reconsider in Part the Court's Order on Partial Summary Judgment - 4/22/25
• Notice of All Defendants' Consent to File NAACP Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 4/22/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 4/22/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Notice of Second Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 4/28/25
• Second Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 4/28/25
• Joint Motion to Schedule Pretrial Conference - 5/5/25
• Joint Motion to Modify Pretrial Deadlines and Accept Stipulations - 5/9/25
• Legislative Defendants' Response in Opposition to NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion to Reconsider in Part the Court's Order on Partial Summary Judgment - 5/12/25
• Order - 5/15/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Pretrial Disclosures - 5/16/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Pretrial Disclosures - 5/16/25
• Legislative Defendants' Rule 26(1)(a)(3)(A) Pretrial Disclosures - 5/17/25
• Williams and NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion to Clarify or Modify Allotted Trial Time - 5/19/25
• Memorandum of Law in Support of Williams and NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion to Clarify or Modify Allotted Trial Time - 5/19/25
• Legislative Defendants' Motion in Limine to Exclude the NAACP Plaintiffs' Untimely Disclosure of Christopher Ketchie and Related Exhibits - 5/23/25
• Legislative Defendants' Memorandum in Support of Motion in Limine [...] - 5/23/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Reconsider in Part the Court's Order on Partial Summary Judgment - 5/24/25
• Legislative Defendants' Trial Brief - 5/27/25
• State Board Defendant's Trial Brief - 5/27/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Pretrial Brief - 5/27/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Pretrial Brief - 5/27/25
• Notice of Hearing - 5/28/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' First Amended Trial Exhibit List - 5/29/25
• Legislative Defendants' Rule 26(1)(a)(3)(B) Objections to Williams and NAACP Plaintiffs' Pretrial Disclosures - 5/30/25
• Williams and NAACP Plaintiffs' Objections to Legislative Defendants' 5.16.25 Exhibit List - 5/30/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Legislative Defendants' Motion In Limine to Exclude [...] - 5/30/25
• Order - 6/4/25
• Legislative Defendants' Amended Pretrial Disclosures - 6/6/25
• Joint Exhibit List - 6/6/25
• Joint Stipulated Facts - 6/6/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Amended Pretrial Disclosures - 6/6/25
• Memorandum Order - 6/9/25
• Joint Motion to Designate Trial Testimony in Related Case - 6/13/25
• Legislative Defendants' Reply in Further Support of Motion In Limine to Exclude Potential Testimony of Christopher Ketchie and Related Exhibits - 6/13/25
• First Amended Joint Stipulated Facts - 6/13/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Amended Witness List - 6/13/25
• Plaintiffs' Request for Judicial Notice of Certain Documents on NAACP Plaintiffs' Exhibit List - 6/13/25