CASE SUMMARY
On December 15, 2022, a coalition of community and civil rights organizations and Miami voters filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Miami alleging the Miami City Commission’s new redistricting plan was racially gerrymandered in violation of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. They sought a judicial declaration that the plan was unconstitutional, a preliminary and permanent injunction barring the plan from use in future elections, and for the court to order special elections be held in the event relief was not available prior to the next scheduled election.
- On May 23, 2023, the district court granted the plaintiffs’ expedited request for a preliminary injunction, barring the plan from use in the November 2023 election. The court also ordered the parties to enter into supplemental mediation which ended at an impasse on June 13.
- On June 29, 2023, the City passed a new redistricting plan to replace the enjoined one and plaintiffs filed objections to the new plan soon after.
- On July 30, 2023, the district court sustained the plaintiffs’ objections and ordered one of the plaintiffs’ proposed plans be used in the interim for the 2023 election. The City appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit the next day.
- On August 4, 2023, the Eleventh Circuit granted the City’s emergency motion for a stay citing the Purcell principle, thereby allowing the City’s replacement plan to be used in the 2023 election. The plaintiffs sought an emergency stay from the U.S. Supreme Court, which was denied on August 17, 2023.
- The parties eventually settled the case after the city enacted a revised commission map.
- The case was dismissed on August 1, 2024.
CASE LIBRARY
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division - No. 1:22-cv-24066
- Complaint - 12/15/22
- Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint - 1/30/23
- First Amended Complaint - 2/10/23
- Notice of Filing Exhibits in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 2/10/23
- Plaintiffs' Expedited Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 2/10/23
- Defendant's Unopposed Motion for an Extension of Time to Respond to Plaintiffs' Expedited Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 2/20/23
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 2/24/23
- Defendants' Memorandum of Law in Response to Plaintiffs' Expedited Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 3/10/23
- Order Setting Hearing on Expedited Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 3/15/23
- Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Expedited Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 3/16/23
- Defendants' Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint - 3/17/23
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Clarification Regarding Order Setting Hearing - 3/22/23
- Defendants' Exhibits Introduced into Evidence at Plaintiffs' Expedited Motion for Preliminary Injunction Hearing - 3/30/23
- Report and Recommendations - 5/3/23
- Defendant's Motion for Extension of Time to File Objections to Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation - 5/9/23
- Defendant's Objections to Report and Recommendations - 5/13/23
- Plaintiffs' Response to Defendant's Objections to Report & Recommendations - 5/18/23
- Defendant's Motion for Leave to File Reply in Support of Objections to Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation - 5/18/23
- Defendant's Reply in Support of Objections to Report and Recommendations - 5/19/23
- Order - 5/23/23
- Notice of Appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - 5/31/23
- Defendant's Motion to Stay Injunction Order - 5/31/23
- Notice of Mediator Selection and Scheduling Motion - 5/31/23
- Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Stay Discovery - 6/1/23
- Order - 6/7/23
- Mediator's Report - 6/23/23
- Joint Status Report Regarding Mediation - 6/23/23
- Defendant's Notice of Passage of Redistricting Plan - 6/30/23
- Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint as Moot - 7/3/23
- Plaintiffs' Objections to the City's Proposed Interim Remedial Plan - 7/7/23
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to the City's Motion to Dismiss as Moot - 7/10/23
- Motion to Strike Carolyn Abott's Improper Opinions [...] About the City's Considerations and Motivations in Creating a New Plan - 7/12/23
- Order - 7/18/23
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to the City's Motion to Strike - 7/25/23
- Reply in Support of Motion to Strike Carolyn Abott's Improper Opinions [...] About the City's Considerations and Motivations in Creating a New Plan - 7/28/23
- Order - 7/30/23
- Notice of Appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - 7/30/23
- Defendant's Emergency Motion to Stay Order Rejecting Redistricting Map - 7/30/23
- Order - 8/3/23
- Defendant's Motion to Stay Case Pending Appeal and to Continue Trial and Pretrial Deadlines - 8/25/23
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Complaint - 8/28/23
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to the City's Motion to Stay - 9/8/23
- Order - 9/12/23
- Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Supplemental Complaint - 9/21/23
- Defendant's Reply in Support of its Motion to Dismiss [...] - 10/12/23
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike the City's Reply in Support of its Motion to Dismiss [...] - 10/13/23
- Defendant's Response to Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike - 10/27/23
- Defendant's Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion for Final Summary Judgment - 11/10/23
- Order - 11/17/23
- Defendant's Answer and Affirmative Defenses to First Amended Complaint and Supplemental Complaint - 11/27/23
- Plaintiffs' Statement of Material Facts - 11/27/23
- Plaintiffs' Response to City's Motion for Summary Judgment - 11/27/23
- Defendant's Reply Statement of Material Facts - 12/4/23
- Defendant's Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion for Final Summary Judgment - 12/4/23
- Plaintiffs' Notice and Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint - 12/8/23
- Order - 12/21/23
- Defendant's Response to Plaintiffs' Notice and Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint - 12/22/23
- Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint - 12/22/23
- Order - 12/29/23
- Second Amended Complaint - 12/29/23
- Plaintiffs' Rule 26(a)(3) Pretrial Disclosures - 1/2/24
- Defendants' Rule 26(A)(3) Disclosures - 1/2/24
- Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Permit Dr. Cory McCartan to testify Remotely - 1/11/24
- Joint Pretrial Stipulation - 1/11/24
- Defendant's Answer and Affirmative Defenses to Second Amended Complaint - 1/12/24
- Notice of Filing Redistricting Resolution - 1/19/24
- Defendant's Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 1/22/24
- Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 1/22/24
- Plaintiffs' Response to the City's Notice of Filing Redistricting Resolution - 1/24/24
- Order - 1/25/24
- Plaintiffs' Supplemental Exhibit List - 1/27/24
- Joint Notice of Filing Deposition Transcripts with Designations - 1/29/24
- Defendant's Supplemental Exhibit List - 1/30/24
- Notice of Filing Defendant's Exhibits Admitted at Trial - 2/2/24
- Plaintiff's Notice of Filing Admitted Trial Exhibits (Volume II of III) - 2/2/24
- Plaintiff's Notice of Filing Admitted Trial Exhibits (Volume III of III) - 2/2/24
- Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 2/26/24
- Defendant's Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 2/26/24
- Plaintiffs' Notice of Supplemental Authority - 3/29/24
- Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 4/10/24
- Joint Motion for Stay and Continuance - 4/17/24
- Notice of Appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - 5/10/24
- Joint Status Report - 5/13/24
- Docketing Notice - 5/16/24
- Joint Status Report - 5/24/24
- Joint Motion to Approve Consent Judgment and Settlement Agreement - 6/10/24
- Order - 7/1/24
- Consent Judgment - 7/1/24
- Order from the Eleventh Circuit - 7/18/24
- Order - 8/1/24
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - 23-11854
- Appellant's Motion for Leave to File Documents Out of Time - 7/10/23
- City of Miami's Motion to Dismiss Appeal - 7/11/23
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - 23-12472
- Notice of Appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - 7/31/23
- Appellant's Emergency Motion to Stay Order Rejecting Redistricting Map - 7/31/23
- Order - 7/31/23
- Plaintiffs-Appellees' Response in Opposition to Appellant City of Miami's Emergency Motion to Stay - 8/1/23
- Appellant's Reply in Support of Emergency Motion to Stay Order Rejecting Redistricting Map - 8/2/23
- ACLU Letter Re: Citation of Supplemental Authorities in Grace Inc. v. City of Miami (1) - 8/2/23
- ACLU Letter Re: Citation of Supplemental Authorities in Grace Inc. v. City of Miami (2) - 8/2/23
- ACLU Letter Re: Citation of Supplemental Authorities in Grace Inc. v. City of Miami (3) - 8/3/23
- Appellant's Motion to Strike Notice of Supplemental Authority - 8/3/23
- City of Miami's Letter Re: Response to Citation of Supplemental Authorities in Grace, Inc. v. City of Miami - 8/3/23
- Plaintiffs-Appellees' Response to City of Miami's Motion to Strike Notice of Supplemental Authority - 8/4/23
- Order - 8/4/23
- Order - 8/4/23
- Appellant's Motion for Leave to File Documents Out of Time - 8/23/23
- Appellant's Initial Brief - 10/11/23
- Appellant's Appendix for Initial Brief Volume One - 10/18/23
- Plaintiffs-Appellees' Motion to Stay Further Appellate Proceedings - 10/25/23
- Appellant's Initial Brief (with Appendix Citations) - 11/1/23
- Plaintiffs-Appellees' Unopposed Motion to Stay Further Appellate Proceedings - 4/30/24
- Order - 5/1/24
- Motion for Dismissal - 7/5/24
- Order - 8/1/24
Supreme Court of the United States - 23A116
- Emergency Application to Vacate Eleventh Circuit's Stay [...] and for an Immediate Administrative Stay - 8/6/23
- Respondents' Response to Emergency Application to Vacate Eleventh Circuit's Stay [...] and for an Immediate Administrative Stay - 8/14/23
- Brief of Amicus Curiae The National Republican Redistricting Trust in Support of Respondent - 8/14/23
- Reply in Support of Emergency Application to Vacate Eleventh Circuit's Stay [...] - 8/15/23
- Order Denying Emergency Application to Vacate Eleventh Circuit's Stay - 8/17/23
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - 24-11550
- Docketing Notice - 5/13/24
- Civil Appeal Statement - 5/29/24
- Briefing Notice - 6/21/24
- Motion for Dismissal - 7/5/24
- Order - 7/17/24