Last Updated: June 9, 2016 at 2:22 PM
Arcia v. Detzner
Case Information
Date Filed: June 19, 2012
State: Florida
Issues: Voter Fraud, Voter Eligibility, State Voter Registration Databases
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Case 1:12-cv-22282); U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (Case 12-15738)
Issue:
Whether Florida's "voter purge" violates section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by having a disproportionate effect on African-American and Hispanic citizens.
Status:
Complaint filed 6/19/12. Answer filed 7/12/12. Amended Complaint filed 9/12/12. Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Summary Judgment filed 9/19/12. Defendant's Answer to Amended Complaint filed 10/2/12. Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Summary Judgment filed 10/4/12. Final Judgment Entered 10/29/12. Notice of Appeal filed 11/1/12. Appellant's brief filed 12/17/12. Letter from Court to Parties requesting responses on jurisdictional question filed 12/31/12. Appellees' Response Brief filed 1/22/13. Oral Argument held 10/10/13. Opinion, reversed and remanded on 4/1/14. Opinion vacated and new opinion issued 11/17/14. Plaintiffs Motion fro Attorney Fees filed 12/08/14. Appellee's Response to Motion for Attorney's fees filed 1/20/15. Order vacating previous Judgment filed 2/15/15. Final Judgment filed 2/15/15.
Circuit Court of Appeals Documents
- Notice of Receipt of Appeal
(filed 10/15/12) - Order Denying Expedited Appeal
(filed 10/16/12) - Receipt of Appeal
(filed 11/13/12) - Plaintiff-Appellants' Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Appeal
(filed 11/16/12) - Plaintiff-Appellants' Amended Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Appeal
(filed 11/19/12) - Order Granting Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Appeal with Prejudice
(filed 12/4/12) - Appellant's Brief
(filed 12/4/12 under new case number) - Amicus Brief of Brennan Center and League of Women Voters
(filed 12/21/12) - Amicus Brief of Members of Congress
(filed 12/24/12) - Letter from Court to Parties Requesting Responses to Jurisdictional Question
(filed 12/31/12) - Appellee's Response to Jurisdictional Question
(filed 1/14/13) - Appellant's Response to Jursidictional Question
(filed 1/14/13) - Appellee's Response Brief
(filed 1/22/13) - Appellant's Motion for Clarification
(filed 1/28/13) - Appellee's Response to Appellant's Motion for Clarification
(filed 1/29/13) - Motion for Clarification is Moot
(filed 1/30/13) - Notice of Probable Jurisdiction
(filed 2/25/13) - Supplemental Authority
(filed 3/4/13) - Plaintiffs-Appellants' Reply Brief
(filed 3/11/13) - Brief of the Brennan Center and the League of Women Voters as Amici
(filed 3/27/13) - Amicus Brief of Former Election Officials
(filed 5/3/13) - Appellee Letter Introducing Supplemental Authority
(filed 6/25/13) - Appellant's Letter Addressing Arizona v. ITC
(filed 6/27/13) - Memorandum Requesting Acknowledgment of Calendar Receipt
(filed 7/24/13) - Oral Argument Scheduled 10/10/13 (filed 7/26/13)
- Oral Argument Held (filed 10/10/13)
- Opinion
(filed 4/1/14) - Appellants' Bill of Costs
(filed 4/15/14) - Appellants' Motion for Extension of Time
(5/5/14) - Appellants' Motion for Transfer of Motion related to Attorney Costs to District Court
(filed 5/6/14) - Order Granting Extension of Time
(filed 5/12/14) - Appellants' Motion to Withdrawal Motion for Transfer
(filed 5/15/14) - Order Granting Motion to Withdraw
(filed 5/16/14) - Judgment and Opinion issued as to Appellants (filed 11/17/14)
- Panel Opinion Vacated and new opinion issued (filed 11/17/14)
- Order that will not be reheard en banc
(filed 12/04/14) - Mandate
(filed 12/04/14) - Plaintiffs-Appellants' Motion for Attorney Fees
(filed 12/08/14) - Appellee's Motion for Extension of Time
(filed 12/18/14) - Order granting Motion for Extension of Time
(filed 12/22/14) - Motion for Transfer of Motion to District Court
(filed 1/09/15) - Appellee's Response to Motion to Transfer
(filed 1/15/15) - Appellant's Response to Motion for Attorney's Fees
(filed 1/20/15) - Appellant's Motion for Extension of Time
(filed 1/23/15) - Order granting Motion for Extension of Time
(filed 2/03/15) - Appellants' Reply to Response
(filed 2/13/15) - Order granting appellees' Motion to Transfer
(filed 2/15/15)
District Court Documents
- Complaint
(filed 6/19/12) - Answer
(filed 7/12/12) - Plaintiff's Rule 26 Conference Report
(filed 8/9/12) - Defendant's Rule 26 Conference Report
(filed 8/9/12) - Order of Referral to Mediation
(filed 8/13/12) - Expedited Motion to Modify Pre-Trial Scheduling Order
(filed 8/15/12) - Response to Plaintiffs' Expedited Motion to Modify Pre-Trial Scheduling Order
(filed 8/17/12) - Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion to Modify Pre-Trial Scheduling Order
(filed 8/20/12) - Amended Complaint
(filed 8/22/12) - Memorandum of Law Supporting Amended Complaint
(filed 8/22/12) - Court Order on Motion to Modify and Motion to Amend
(filed 8/24/12) - Order of Referral to Mediation
(filed 8/24/12) - Joint Motion for Extension of Time
(filed 9/7/12) - Stipulation of Dismissal of Counts 1, 2 and 4
(filed 9/12/12) - First Amended Complaint
(filed 9/12/12) - Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Vacate Order of Referral to Mediation
(filed 9/17/12) - Secretary's Pretrial Disclosure
(filed 9/18/12) - Plaintiffs' Pretrial Disclosure
(filed 9/18/12) - Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Summary Judgment
(filed 9/19/12)
- Supporting Memorandum of Law
(filed 9/19/12)
- Supporting Memorandum of Law
- Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order
(filed 9/19/12) - Bipartisan Group of Voters' Motion to Intervene
(filed 9/20/12) - Secretary's Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order
(filed 9/20/12) - Joint Pretrial Stipulation
(filed 9/21/12) - Motion of Bipartisan Voters to Expedite Consideration of Motion to Intervene
(filed 9/21/12) - Order Vacating Referral to Mediation
(filed 9/21/12) - Order Setting Evidentiary Hearing
(filed 9/21/12) - Corrected Declaration and Expert Report of Daniel Smith
(filed 9/24/12) - Bipartisan Group of Voters' Proposed Response in Opposition to Preliminary Injunction
(filed 9/26/12) - Secretary's Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction
(filed 9/26/12) - Plaintiff's Opposition to Motion to Intervene
(filed 9/26/12) - Notice of Correction
(filed 9/26/12) - Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike the Intervenors' Proposed Response
(filed 9/26/12) - Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Summary Judgment
(filed 9/28/12) - Order Denying Voters' Motion to Intervene
(filed 9/28/12) - Minutes of Hearing on Motion for Preliminary Injunction
(filed 10/1/12) - Order Cancelling Pre-trial Conference
(filed 10/1/12) - Procedural Order
(filed 10/1/12) - Defendant's Answer to First Amended Complaint
(filed 10/2/12) - Plaintiffs' Motion to Reconsider
(filed 10/3/12) - Secretary's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Reconsider
(filed 10/3/12) - Order Granting Motion to Reconsider
(filed 10/4/12) - Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction and Summary Judgment
(filed 10/4/12) - Plaintiffs' Motion for Entry of Judgment
(filed 10/5/12) - Notice of Appeal of Denial of Preliminary Injunction
(filed 10/5/12) - Secretary's Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Entry of Judgment
(filed 10/18/12) - Minutes of Status Conference
(filed 10/22/12) - Court Order on Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Judgment
(filed 10/29/12) - Final Judgment
(filed 10/29/12) - Notice of Appeal
(filed 11/1/12) - Order to Show Cause
(filed 11/28/12) - Response to Order to Show Cause
(filed 12/4/12) - Scheduling Order
(filed 12/4/14) - Order Vacating previous Judgment
(filed 2/12/15) - Final Judgment
(filed 4/10/15) - Consent Motion for Extension of Time
(filed 4/10/15) - Order granting Motion for Extension of Time (filed 4/14/15)
- Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Extension of Time
(filed 5/12/15) - Order granting Motion for Extension of Time (filed 5/12/15)
- Notice of Withdrawal of Pending Motion for Attorneys' Fees on Remand and Settlement of Claim for Attorneys' Fees
(filed 5/26/15)


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