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.

The three-judge panel issued an opinion on November 20, 2025, upholding North Carolina's 2023 house, senate, and congressional maps. The panel withheld judgement on NC-01 and NC-03 as drawn in the 2025 redraw. On November 26, 2025, the panel released an opinion and order denying a preliminary injunction to the new NC-01 and NC-03.

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
• Notice of Filing of Deposition Designations - 7/17/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Deposition Designations - 7/17/25
• Legislative Defendants' Notice of Filing of Objections to NAACP Plaintiffs' Deposition Designations - 7/22/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Objections and Counter-Designations in Response to Legislative Defendants' Deposition Designations - 7/22/25
• Legislative Defendants' Proposed Post-Trial Findings of Fact - 8/5/25
• Notice of Filing of Proposed Conclusions of Law - 8/5/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 8/5/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law - 8/5/25
• Legislative Defendants' Notice of Suggestion of Subsequently Decided Authority - 9/30/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Complaint - 10/23/25
• [Proposed] Order - 10/23/25
• State Board Defendants' Response Taking No Position - 10/24/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Brief in Response to This Court's October 22, 2025 Text Order - 10/27/25
• Legislative Defendants' Response to Order - 10/27/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Brief on the Enactment of Senate Bill 249 - 10/27/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Complaint - 10/27/25
• [Proposed] Order - 10/28/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' First Supplemental Complaint - 10/28/25
• Order - 10/30/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' First Supplemental Complaint - 10/30/25
• Supplemental Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 10/31/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 10/31/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Support of the Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 10/31/25
• Plaintiffs' Joint Motion for Expedited Briefing Schedule, Hearing Date, and Decision on Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 10/31/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 10/31/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 10/31/25
• Joint Notice Regarding Schedule - 11/3/25
• Legislative Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 11/4/25
• Legislative Defendants' Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss - 11/4/25
• Order - 11/6/25
• Legislative Defendants' Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunctions - 11/14/25
• Motion of North Carolina Black Alliance [...] for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 11/14/25
• Memo in Support of Motion of North Carolina Black Alliance [...] - 11/14/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Motion for a Preliminary Injunction - 11/18/25
• Supplemental Joint Stipulated Facts - 11/18/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Their Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 11/18/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Legislative Defendants' Motion to Dismiss Counts III and IV of Their Supplemental Complaint - 11/18/25
• Memorandum Opinion and Order - 11/20/25
• Judgment - 11/20/25
• Williams Plaintiffs' Notice of Filing Corrected Supplemental Expert Rebuttal Report [...] - 11/20/25
• Notice of Filing Regarding Dr. Rodden's Corrected Supplemental Expert Rebuttal Report - 11/21/25
• NAACP Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Legislative Defendants' Motion to Dismiss - 11/21/25
• Brief of Amicus Curiae North Carolina Black Alliance [...] Supporting Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction - 11/24/25
• Legislative Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss - 11/26/25
• Memorandum Opinion and Order - 11/26/25