DOBSON v. DUNLAP

No. CV-08-292-B-W.

576 F.Supp.2d 181 (2008)

Laurie DOBSON, Jane Moore, Wells R. Staley-Mays, Christian Venable, Gary Higginbottom, and Edward Cohen, Plaintiffs, v. Matthew DUNLAP, Secretary of State for the state of Maine, in his official, capacity, Julie Flynn, Deputy Secretary of State for the state of Maine, in her official capacity, and the Maine Department of the Secretary of State, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

September 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon A. Languet, Languet Law, LLC, Topsham, ME, for Plaintiffs.

Phyllis Gardiner, Maine Attorney General's office, Augusta, ME, for Defendants.


ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS' EMERGENCY MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., District Judge.

There is no constitutional right to procrastinate. Laurie Dobson, an independent candidate for United States Senate, waited until the last moment to deliver her nomination petitions to the municipal registrars in the state of Maine and when they failed to promptly certify...

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