CASE SUMMARY
On January 11, 2022, a group of Georgian voters filed a federal lawsuit against Georgia's Secretary of State and the members of Georgia's State Election Board, challenging the state's enacted legislative redistricting plans as violating the federal Voting Rights Act. The plaintiffs allege that the enacted state House and state Senate plans violate Section 2 of the VRA because they dilute the voting strength of Black voters by "cracking" and "packing" Black populations in various regions of the state. Specifically, they claim that the State could have created three additional majority-Black state Senate and five additional state House districts in the following areas: two Senate districts and two House districts in the southern Atlanta metropolitan area, one additional Senate district in central Georgia, one additional House district in the western Atlanta metropolitan area, and two additional House districts in Bibb County. They are seeking a judicial declaration that the enacted legislative plans violate the Voting Rights Act, an injunction barring the defendants from implementing or using the plans in future elections, and for the court to order the adoption of a redistricting plan that includes these additional majority-Black districts.
On February 28, 2022 the district court denied the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction.
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CASE LIBRARY
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division - No. 1:22-cv-122
- Complaint - 1/11/22
- Order - 1/12/22
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/13/22
- Declaration of Jonathan P. Hawley in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/13/22
- Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs' Complaint - 1/14/22
- Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 1/18/22
- Defendants' Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/18/22
- Coordinated Order - 1/19/22
- Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/20/22
- Second Declaration of Jonathan P. Hawley in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/20/22
- Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss - 1/20/22
- Plaintiffs' Notice of Supplemental Authority - 1/25/22
- Parties' Consolidated Presentation Schedule - 1/26/22
- Order Denying Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 1/28/22
- Coordinated Order - 1/28/22
- Plaintiffs' Lists of Witnesses and Exhibits for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings - 1/31/22
- Defendants' Lists of Witnesses and Exhibits - 1/31/22
- Defendants' Response to Plaintiffs' Notice of Supplemental Authority - 2/1/22
- Defendants' Objections to Plaintiffs' Witnesses and Exhibits - 2/2/22
- Plaintiffs' Objections to Defendants' Lists of Witnesses and Exhibits for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings - 2/2/22
- Order - 2/3/22
- Coordinated Order - 2/3/22
- Expert Report of John R. Alford - 2/4/22
- Declaration of Lynn Bailey - 2/4/22
- Declaration of Gina Wright - 2/4/22
- Joint Stipulated Facts for Preliminary Injunction Proceedings - 2/4/22
- Order - 2/7/22
- Plaintiffs' Response to Coordinated Order - 2/9/22
- Declaration of Jonathan P. Hawley in Support of Plaintiffs' Response to Coordinated Order - 2/9/22
- Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Judicial Notice - 2/10/22
- Consent Motion to Extend the Time for Defendants to Answer Plaintiffs' Complaints - 2/10/22
- Coordinated Order Granting Motion for Extension of Time - 2/11/22
- Coordinated Order - 2/14/22
- Defendants' Notice of Supplemental Authority - 2/18/22
- Defendants' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 2/18/22
- Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 2/18/22
- Defendants' Answer to Plaintiffs' Complaint - 2/25/22
- Scheduling Order - 2/28/22
- Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 2/28/22
- Joint Preliminary Report and Discovery Plan - 3/28/22
- Plaintiffs' Consent Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint and Incorporated Brief in Support - 3/29/22
- Order - 3/29/22
- Amended Complaint - 3/29/22
- Defendants' Answer to Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint - 4/13/22
- Order - 5/16/22
- Joint Status Report - 8/2/22
- Order - 8/4/22
- Joint Motion for Protective Order - 8/24/22
- Stipulated Protective Order - 8/25/22
- Stipulation and Order Regarding Discovery - 9/2/22
- Stipulation and Order Regarding Discovery - 10/7/22
- Order - 10/17/22
- Second Amended Complaint - 10/28/22
- Motion to Intervene as Plaintiff - 10/31/22
- Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order - 10/31/22
- Order - 11/1/22
- Order - 11/2/22
- Defendants' Answer to Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint - 11/14/22
- Joint Motion to Amend Stipulation and Order Regarding Discovery - 12/12/22
- Stipulation and Order Regarding Discovery - 12/22/22
- Joint Motion to Extend Discovery Deadline for Limited Purpose of Taking Depositions - 2/17/23
- Plaintiffs' Consent Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages - 3/13/23
- Consent Motion for Additional Pages for Summary Judgment Briefing - 3/15/23
- Coordinated Order Granting Motion for Additional Pages - 3/15/23
- Order Granting Plaintiffs' Consent Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages - 3/17/23
- Coordinated Order - 3/20/23
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - 3/20/23
- Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment - 3/20/23
- Declaration of Jonathan P. Hawley in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - 3/20/23
- Defendants' Statement of Undisputed Material Facts - 3/20/23
- Order - 4/20/23
- Plaintiffs' Consent Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages - 4/28/23
- Order - 4/28/23
- Order Granting Plaintiffs' Consent Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages - 5/1/23
- Consent Motion for Additional Pages for Summary Judgment Briefing - 5/1/23
- Order Granting Motion for Additional Pages - 5/1/23
- Order - 5/2/23
- Clarification Order - 5/2/23
- Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment - 5/3/23
- Defendants' Responses and Objections to Plaintiffs' Statement of Additional Material Facts - 5/3/23
- Reply in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - 5/3/23
- Second Declaration of Jonathan P. Hawley in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - 5/3/23
- Plaintiffs' Supplemental Brief in Support of Their Motion for Partial Summary Judgment - 6/22/23
- Defendant's Supplemental Brief Regarding Summary Judgment Briefing Based on Allen v. Milligan - 6/22/23
- Order - 7/17/23
- Order - 7/21/23
- Joint Pretrial Order - 7/25/23
- Plaintiffs' Partial Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Judicial Notice - 8/11/23
- Pretrial Order - 8/15/23
- Logistics Order - 8/18/23
- Reply Brief in Support of Defendants' Motion for Judicial Notice - 8/18/23
- Order - 8/23/23
- Order - 8/24/23
- Order - 8/25/23
- Defendants' Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Judicial Notice - 8/28/23
- Order - 8/30/23
- Order - 8/30/23
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Clarification Regarding Trial Logistics - 8/31/23
- Order - 8/31/23
- Defendants' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 9/25/23
- Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 9/25/23
- Notice of Resignation of William S. Duffey, Jr. - 9/27/23
- Order - 10/4/23
- Defendant's Notice of Constitutional Question - 10/10/23
- Opinion and Memorandum of Decision - 10/26/23
- Judgment - 10/26/23
- United States' Notice of Intervention - 11/3/23
- Order - 11/9/23
- Response to United States on Constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act - 11/17/23
- Defendant's Notice of Appeal - 11/22/23
- Order - 11/28/23
- Plaintiffs' Joint Motion for Entry of Remedial Scheduling Order - 12/4/23
- Response to Plaintiffs' Joint Motion for Entry of Remedial Scheduling Order - 12/6/23
- Order - 12/6/23
- Notice of Adoption of Remedial Plans - 12/8/23
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit - No. 23-13921
- Civil Docketing Notice - 11/28/23