Case Summary
On May 23, 2023, a religious organization and four Arkansas voters filed a federal lawsuit against Arkansas’s Secretary of State and the members of the Arkansas State Board of Election Commissioners challenging the state’s enacted congressional plan as racially gerrymandered in violation of the 14th Amendment and as intentionally racially discriminatory in violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments. They sought a judicial declaration that the plan was unconstitutional, a preliminary and permanent injunction barring the plan from being used, and for the court to require a new plan be enacted.
- On October 26, 2023, the district court scheduled a hearing on the State’s motion to dismiss for December 4, 2023.
- The state's motion to dismiss was denied on December 5, 2023.
- A trial is scheduled to commence on March 24, 2025, and is expected to last 8-10 days.
- The state filed a motion for summary judgment on October 15. A summary judgment hearing is scheduled for December 2, 2024.
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - 4:23-cv-471
- Complaint - 5/23/23
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 7/13/23
- Defendants' Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss - 7/13/23
- First Amended Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief - 7/24/23
- Plaintiffs' Statement Regarding Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 7/26/23
- Order - 8/1/23
- Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint - 8/7/23
- Defendant's Brief in Support of Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint - 8/7/23
- Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint - 8/21/23
- Defendant's Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss Amended Complaint - 9/5/23
- Order - 10/26/23
- Order - 11/20/23
- Order - 12/5/23
- Answer - 12/19/23
- Joint Fed. R. Civ P. 26(f) Report - 1/5/24
- Final Scheduling Order - 1/22/24
- Explanatory Order - 2/2/24
- Joint Report on Discovery Dispute - 6/25/24
- Joint Motion to Modify Litigation Schedule - 7/1/24
- Amended Final Scheduling Order - 7/3/24
- Supplement to Joint Report on Discovery Dispute - 7/10/24
- Plaintiffs' Supplement to Joint Report on Discovery Dispute - 7/10/24
- Order - 7/12/24
- Joint Status Report - 9/16/24
- Secretary Thurston's Motion for Summary Judgment - 10/15/24
- Defendant's Brief in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment - 10/15/24
- Secretary Thurston's Statement of Undisputed Material Facts - 10/15/24
- Second Joint Status Report - 10/21/24
- Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment - 11/12/24
- Plaintiffs' Responses to Defendant's Statement of Undisputed Material Facts, [...] - 11/12/24
- Defendant's Reply Brief in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment - 11/18/24