Last Updated: October 27, 2016 at 8:36 PM

Florida Democratic Party v. Scott

Case Information

Date Filed: October 9, 2016
State: Florida
Issue: Voter Registration
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (Case 4:16-cv-00626)

Issue:

Whether Florida's failure to extend the voter registration deadline on account of the effects of Hurricane Matthew violates the First Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Status:

Complaint filed 10/9/16. Motion for Temporary Restraining Order filed 10/9/16. Order Granting TRO filed 10/10/16. Order Granting Preliminary Injunction and extending voter registration to October 18 filed 10/12/16. Order Denying Motion to Enforce Preliminary Injunction filed 10/20/16. Order Closing File filed 10/20/16.

 

District Court Documents

• Complaint (filed 10/9/16)
• Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 10/9/16)
  • Memorandum in Support (filed 10/9/16)
• Order Granting Temporary Restraining Order (filed 10/10/16)
• Motion to Intervene - Mi Familia Vota Education Fund (filed 10/11/16)
• Motion to Intervene - Sandra Del Castillo (filed 10/11/16)
• Order Granting Motions to Intervene and To Appear Telephonically (filed 10/11/16)
• Complaint in Intervention - Mi Familia Vota Education Fund (filed 10/11/16)
• Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/12/16)
• Emergency Motion to Enforce Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/18/16)
  • Memorandum in Support (filed 10/18/16)
  • Declaration of Leslie Goller (filed 10/18/16)
• Governor Scott's Response to Plaintiff's Emergency Motion to Enforce Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/19/16)
• Florida Secretary of State's Memorandum in Opposition to Emergency Motion to Enforce Injunction (filed 10/19/16)
• Florida Senate's Motion to Intervene (filed 10/19/16
• The Florida Senate's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Plaintiff's Emergency Motion (filed 10/19/16)
• Order Granting the Florida Senate's Motion to Intervene (filed 10/20/16)
• Order Denying Motion to Enforce Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/20/16)
• Order Closing the File (filed 10/20/16)
• Order Denying Motion to Enforce Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/27/16)