Last Updated: December 6, 2013 at 9:53 AM

Brown v. Detzner

Case Information

Date Filed: July 27, 2012
State: Florida
Issue: Early Voting
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Case 3:12-cv-00852)

Issue:

Whether Florida's 2011 changes to state election law, specifically beginning early voting 10 days before an election (as opposed to 15) and eliminating early voting on the Sunday before an election, are legal under the 14th Amendment, the Voting Rights Act and Florida's Constitution.

Status:

Complaint filed 7/27/12. Answer filed 8/20/12. Court order denying motion for preliminary injunction filed 9/24/12. Order of Dismissal filed 11/26/13.

 

District Court Documents

• Complaint (filed 7/27/12)
• Notice to Court of Information from Plaintiff's Counsel (filed 8/7/12)
• Scheduling Order (filed 8/13/12)
• Answer (filed 8/20/12)
• Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 8/21/12)
  • Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 8/21/12)
• Exhibit Index to Plaintiff's Memorandum (filed 8/21/12)
• Plaintiff's Proposed Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (filed 8/21/12)
• Notice of Supplemental Authority (filed 8/31/12)
• Scheduling Order (filed 9/6/12)
• County Parties' Motion for Leave to Intervene (filed 9/10/12)
• Plaintiff's Response to Motion for Leave to Intervene (filed 9/11/12)
• Court Order Requiring Filing of Early Voting Plans (filed 9/12/12)
• Response of Defendant Holland to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 9/12/12)
• Secretary's Response to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 9/12/12)
• Notice of Florida's Submission of Early Voting Plan for Administrative Preclearance (filed 9/13/12)
• Notice of Administrative Preclearance (filed 9/13/12)
• Notice of County Early Voting Plans (filed 9/14/12)
• Republican Party of Highlands County's Motion to Intervene (filed 9/14/12)
• Opposition of County Party Intervenors to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 9/14/12)
• Intervenor-Defendant's Answer to Complaint (filed 9/14/12)
• Detzner's Notice of Correction (filed 9/18/12)
• Order Granting Motion for Intervention (filed 9/19/12)
• Court Order Denying Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 9/24/12)
• Certificate of Interested Persons (filed 11/30/12)
• The Secretary's Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending the Legislative Session (filed 12/13/12)
• Joint Notice on Further Proceedings (filed 12/14/12)
• Plaintiff's Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Secretary's Motion to Stay Proceedings (filed 1/8/13)
• Order Denying Motion for Stay and Setting Schedule (filed 1/31/13)
• Defendant's Rule 26 Disclosures (filed 2/21/13)
• Certificate of Interested Parties (filed 2/22/13)
• Order Striking Defendant's Rule 26 Disclosures (filed 2/25/13)
• Answer of Defendant Jerry Holland (filed 4/8/13)
• Intervenors' Unopposed Motion to Withdraw as Party Defendants (filed 4/8/13)
• Order Granting Intervenors' Motion to Withdraw as Party Defendants (filed 4/29/13)
• Unopposed Motion to Modify Discovery Schedule (filed 6/17/13)
• Order Abating Case and Vacating Deadlines (filed 6/19/13)
• Joint Status Report (filed 10/18/13)
• Stipulation of Dismissal (filed 11/22/13)
• Order of Dismissal (filed 11/26/13)