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Georgia v. Holder

Case Information

Date Filed: June 22, 2010
State: National
Issue: Voting Rights Act
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Case 1:10-cv-01062)

Issue:

Whether the process created by the State of Georgia pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and the proposed procedures of the Secretary of State incidental to the verification process neither have the purpose nor will have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

Status:

Order Granting Joint Motion to Dismiss entered 11/2/10.

District Court Documents

• Complaint (filed 6/22/10)
  • Exhibits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Motion for Three-Judge Panel (filed 6/22/10)
  • Memorandum in Support of Motion
• Order Granting Motion for Three-Judge Panel (entered 6/24/10)
• Order Granting Unopposed Motion to Intervene (entered 7/7/10)
• Answer of Intervenor-Defendants (filed 7/7/10)
• Order Setting Discovery and Briefing Schedule (entered 7/12/10)
• Motion to Intervene as a Defendant by GALEO (filed 7/14/10)
  • Exhibit A
• Response to Motion to Intervene by GALEO (filed 7/15/10)
  • Unpublished Orders
• Order, Granting Unopposed Motion to Intervene by GALEO (entered 7/28/10)
• Answer from GALEO (filed 7/28/10)
• Order granting Unopposed Motion to Intervene by Marvin Lim, the Organization of Chinese Americans Georgia Chapter, and the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center of Georgia as defendants (entered 7/29/10)
• Order granting Unopposed Motion to Intervene by Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, the Southern Regional Office of the Rainbow Push Coalition, Michael B. Wright, Sr., and Janice Mathis as defendants (entered 8/3/10)
• Answer of Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, the Southern Regional Office of the Rainbow Push Coalition, Michael B. Wright, Sr., and Janice Mathis as defendants (filed 8/3/10)
• Order Announcing Judges that will serve on 3-Judge Panel (entered 8/6/10)
• First Amended Complaint (filed 8/16/10)
  • Exhibits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Answer (filed 8/16/10)
• Amended Answer (filed 8/16/10)
• Motion to Dismiss by Eric Holder and State of Georgia (filed 8/20/10)
  • Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss
  • Exhibits 1, 2
• Notice by Defendants (filed 8/21/10)
  • Exhibit A
• Response to Motion to Dismiss (filed 9/7/10)
• Response to Motion to Dismiss (filed 9/7/10)
• Plaintiff's Reply to Intervenors' Response Motion to Dismiss (filed 10/8/10)
• Defendant's Reply to Intervenors' Response to Motion to Dismiss (filed 10/8/10)
• Order Granting Joint Motion to Dismiss (entered 11/2/10)