CASE SUMMARY
On December 21, 2021, a coalition of civil and voting rights organizations and Maryland voters filed a federal lawsuit against Baltimore County, the Baltimore County Council members, and the Baltimore County Board of Elections challenging the enacted County Council redistricting plan as diluting Black voters’ voting strength in violation of § 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act (“VRA”). They sought a declaratory judgment the plan violated the VRA, an injunction barring the plan from use in future elections, and an order requiring the County Council to adopt a new, lawful plan.
- On February 22, 2022, the federal district court granted a preliminary injunction barring the plan from future use and directing the County to adopt a new plan containing an additional majority-Black district and submit it to the court by March 8.
- The County submitted its remedial plan to the court on March 8 and the court approved the remedial on March 25, 2022.
- On May 9, 2022, the court dismissed the case upon joint agreement of the parties.
CASE LIBRARY
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division - No. 1:21-cv-3232
- Complaint - 12/21/21
- Stipulation of Dismissal - 1/18/22
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/19/22
- Stipulation - 1/31/22
- Defendant Baltimore County, Maryland's Answer and Affirmative Defenses to Plaintiffs' Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - 1/31/22
- Defendant Baltimore County's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 1/31/22
- Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 2/8/22
- Defendant Baltimore County's Notice of Supplemental Authority - 2/9/22
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to Respond to Defendant Baltimore County's Notice of "Supplemental" Authority and Untimely Declarations - 2/14/22
- Supplement to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction - 2/15/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order - 2/22/22
- Defendant Baltimore County's Motion for Approval of Proposed Redistricting Map and to Modify Preliminary Injunction - 3/8/22
- Baltimore County's Status Report - 3/8/22
- Order - 3/8/22
- Plaintiffs' Status Report - 3/10/22
- Defendant Baltimore County's Response to Plaintiffs' March 10, 2022 Status Report - 3/11/22
- Scheduling Order - 3/11/22
- Defendant Baltimore County's Supplemental Brief in Support of Its Motion for Approval of Proposed Redistricting Map and to Modify Preliminary Injunction - 3/17/22
- Plaintiffs' Supplemental Brief Pursuant to the Court's March 11, 2022 Order - 3/17/22
- Defendant Baltimore County Board of Elections' Letter to the Court Regarding Election Deadlines- 3/18/22
- Joint Motion for Extension of Time to Answer or Respond to Complaint - 3/18/22
- Defendant Baltimore County's Notice of Corrected Supplemental Declaration - 3/20/22
- Plaintiffs' Response to Defendant Baltimore County's Supplemental Declarations - 3/23/22
- Order - 3/23/22
- Notice Regarding Plaintiffs' Response to Defendant Baltimore County's Supplemental Declarations - 3/24/22
- Notice of the Baltimore County Council's Enactment of Approved Redistricting Plan - 3/24/22
- Memorandum Opinion and Order Approving Redistricting Map and Granting Defendants' Motion to Modify Preliminary Injunction - 3/25/22
- Joint Status Report - 4/29/22
- Status Report of Baltimore County Board of Elections - 5/3/22
- Dismissal Order - 5/9/22
- Joint Status Report - 9/6/23
- Order Scheduling Settlement Conference - 10/5/23
- Joint Status Report - 11/6/23
- Order Continuing Stay - 11/7/23
- Joint Status Report - 1/18/24
- Order - 1/23/24
- Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Support of Their Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Litigation Expenses - 2/5/24
- Defendant Baltimore County's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorney's Fees and Litigation Expenses - 2/26/24
- McGuire Woods Correspondence with the Court - 2/26/24
- Order - 3/5/24
- Amended Scheduling Order - 3/13/24
- Consent Motion to Extend Deadlines in Scheduling Order - 4/4/24
- Defendant Baltimore County's Notice of Filing Declaration [...] in Support of its Opposition [...] - 4/11/24
- Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings Regarding Fee Petition - 4/24/24
- Stay Order - 4/26/24