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Georgia Muslim Voter Project v. Secretary of State of Georgia

Case Information

Date Filed: October 16, 2018
State: Georgia
Issue: Absentee Ballots
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Case 1:18-cv-04789)

Issue:

Whether Georgia's procedure for determining whether absentee ballots are valid violates the Due Process or Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment

Status:

Complaint filed 10/16/18. Motion for TRO filed 10/17/18. Order Granting TRO filed 10/24/18. Defendant's emergency motion to stay pending appeal filed 10/25/18. District Court order denying motion to stay filed 10/30/18. Eleventh Circuit order denying motion for stay filed 11/2/18. Name changed to Georgia Muslim Voter Project v. Secretary of State of Georgia filed 12/10/18. Entry of Dismissal of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Court filed 12/11/18. Appeals case closed 1/4/19. Comes Now Defendant, Brad Raffensperger, in his official capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Georgia and moves to have the docket in this matter corrected to reflect the correct Defendant name filed 2/27/19.  Submission of Motion to Subsitute Brian Kemp to District Judge Eleanor Ross filed 3/18/19. Civil case terminated filed 4/15/19. 

District Court Documents

• Complaint (filed 10/16/18)
• Standing Order Regarding Civil Litigation (filed 10/16/18)
• Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 10/17/18)
• Brief Memorandum of Law in Support
• Exhibit A
• Exhibit B
• Exhibit C
• Exhibit D
• Text of Proposed Order
• Defendant Response in Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 10/22/18)
• Exhibit A
• Defendant Brian Kemp's Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Tro (filed 10/22/18)
• Exhibit 1
• Plaintiffs' Reply Memorandum in Support of Restraining Order (filed 10/22/18)
• Exhibit E
• Exhibit F
• Exhibit G
• Exhibit H
• Order Granting Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 10/24/18)
• Plaintiffs' Response to Proposed Restraining Order (filed 10/24/18)
• Defendats Objections to Form of Proposed Injunction (filed 10/25/18)
• Exhibit A
• Defendant Brian Kemp's Objections to Form of Proposed Injunction (filed 10/25/18)
• Exhibit Supplemental Declaration of Chris Harvey
• Temp Restraining Order (filed 10/25/18)
• Defendant Brian Kemp's' Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal (filed 10/25/18)
• Notice of Appeal (filed 10/26/18)
• Exhibit Order
• Plaintiffs' Opposition to Motion for Stay (filed 10/27/18)
• Plaintiffs' Supplemental Brief in Opposition to Motion to Stay (filed 10/28/18)
  • Affidavit
  • Exhibit A
• First Amended Complaint (filed 10/29/18)
• Order Denying Motion to Stay (filed 10/30/18)
• Answer to Amended Complaint by Gwinnett County (filed 12/13/18)
• Answer to Amended Complaint by Defendant (filed 12/13/18)
• Joint Preliminary Report and Discovery Plan (filed 1/14/19)
• Notice of Substitution of Defendant (filed 2/27/19)
• Joint Motion for Stay of Discovery (filed 2/28/19)
  • Exhibit 1
• Joint Stipulation of Dismissal (filed 4/15/19)

11th Circuit Court of Appeals Documents

• Kemp's Emergency Motion for Stay (filed 10/30/18)
• Response to Motion filed by Brian Kemp (filed 10/31/18)
• Order Denying Motion to Stay Pending Appeal (filed 11/2/18)
• Motion to Voluntairly Dismiss Appeal (filed 12/7/18)
• Entry of Dismissal (filed 12/11/18)
• Published Order (filed 3/21/19)