CASE SUMMARY
On April 25, 2022, a group of Mississippi voters filed a federal lawsuit against Mississippi's State Board of Election Commissioners, Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State challenging the Mississippi Supreme Court's districts as violating the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act. First, plaintiffs allege the districts, which hadn't been redrawn since 1987, result in the dilution of Black voters' voting strength in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, citing the State's failure to draw a majority-Black district in the center-region of the State. Second, they allege the districts as a whole constitute intentional racial discrimination in violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. They are requesting a judicial declaration that the Mississippi Supreme Court districts are unconstitutional and unlawful, a preliminary and permanent injunction barring the defendants from holding elections under the existing districts, a court order establishing a deadline by which the State must enact or adopt new, lawful districts and, if the State fails to do so, for the court to order the adoption of remedial plans.
CASE LIBRARY
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Greenville Division - No. 4:22-cv-62
- Complaint - 4/25/22
- State Defendants' Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Plaintiffs' Complaint - 5/12/22
- Order Extending Time to Respond to Complaint - 5/12/22
- Answer and Defenses of State Defendants to Plaintiffs' Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief - 6/16/22
- Order of Recusal - 6/21/22
- Case Management Order - 7/19/22
- Order - 7/20/22
- Defendants' Motion for Extension of Expert Designation Deadline - 10/17/22
- Plaintiffs' Motion to Overrule Defendants' Objections and Compel Discovery - 10/28/22
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Support of Their Motion to Overrule Defendants' Objections and Compel Discovery - 10/28/22
- Defendants' Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Overrule Defendants' Objections and Compel Discovery - 11/14/22
- Memorandum of Authorities in Support of Defendants' Response in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Overrule Defendants' Objections and Compel Discovery - 11/14/22
- Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Overrule Defendants' Objections and Compel Discovery - 11/21/22
- Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motion to Overrule Defendants' Objections and Compel Discovery - 12/1/22
- Protective Order Governing Production of Records From Mississippi Department of Archives and History - 1/20/23
- Defendants' Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Experts' Improper Rebuttal Disclosures - 3/10/23
- Memorandum of Authorities in Support of Defendants' Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Experts' Improper Rebuttal Disclosures - 3/10/23
- Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint Dismissing Count II - 3/24/23
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Support of their Unopposed Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint Dismissing Count II - 3/24/23
- Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Strike Certain Expert Disclosures - 3/24/23
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Strike Certain Expert Disclosures - 3/24/23
- Order Granting Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Amend - 3/27/23
- [Proposed] Amended Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief - 3/27/23
- Rebuttal in Further Support of Defendants' Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Experts' Improper Rebuttal Disclosures - 3/31/23
- Answer and Defenses of State Defendants to Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief - 4/10/23
- Order Denying Motion to Strike on Satisfaction of Conditions - 4/14/23
- Order - 5/8/23
- Order Extending CMO Deadlines - 5/9/23
- Order Governing Pretrial Conference and Preparation of Final Pretrial Order - 8/17/23