ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INC. v. RAFFENSPERGER

CIVIL ACTION FILE No. 1:21-CV-5337-SCJ, CIVIL ACTION FILE No. 1:21-CV-5339-SCJ, CIVIL ACTION FILE No. 1:22-CV-122-SCJ.

587 F.Supp.3d 1222 (2022)

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Brad RAFFENSPERGER, in his official capacity as Secretary of State of Georgia, Defendant. Coakley Pendergrass, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Brad Raffensperger, et al., Defendants. Annie Lois Grant, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Brad Raffensperger, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

Signed February 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abigail Shaw , Pro Hac Vice, Alex W. Miller , Pro Hac Vice, Cassandra Mitchell , Pro Hac Vice, Debo P. Adegbile , Pro Hac Vice, Eliot Kim , Pro Hac Vice, Maura Douglas , Pro Hac Vice, Robert Boone , Pro Hac Vice, Samuel Weitzman , Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Ari J. Savitzky , Pro Hac Vice, Jennesa Calvo-Friedman , Pro Hac Vice, Sophia Lin Lakin , Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Anuradha Sivaram , Pro Hac Vice, Ayana Williams , Pro Hac Vice, De'Ericka Aiken , Pro Hac Vice, Edward Henderson Williams, II , Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Charlotte Geaghan-Breiner , Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale, and Dorr, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Denise Tsai , Pro Hac Vice, George P. Varghese , Pro Hac Vice, Taeyoung Kim , Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, Rahul Garabadu , Sean Young , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. in 1:21-CV-5337-SCJ.

Abigail Shaw , Pro Hac Vice, Alex W. Miller , Pro Hac Vice, Debo P. Adegbile , Pro Hac Vice, Eliot Kim , Pro Hac Vice, Maura Douglas , Pro Hac Vice, Robert Boone , Pro Hac Vice, Samuel Weitzman , Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Ari J. Savitzky , Pro Hac Vice, Jennesa Calvo-Friedman , Pro Hac Vice, Sophia Lin Lakin , Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Anuradha Sivaram , Pro Hac Vice, Ayana Williams , Pro Hac Vice, De'Ericka Aiken , Pro Hac Vice, Edward Henderson Williams, II , Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Charlotte Geaghan-Breiner , Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale, and Dorr, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Denise Tsai , Pro Hac Vice, George P. Varghese , Pro Hac Vice, Taeyoung Kim , Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, Rahul Garabadu , Sean Young , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1:21-CV-5337-SCJ, Eric T. Woods in 1:21-CV-5337-SCJ, Katie Bailey Glenn in 1:21-CV-5337-SCJ, Phil Brown in 1:21-CV-5337-SCJ, Janice Stewart in 1:21-CV-5337-SCJ.

Abha Khanna , Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan Patrick Hawley , Pro Hac Vice, Elias Law Group LLP, Kevin J. Hamilton , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, WA, Adam Martin Sparks , Joyce Gist Lewis , Krevolin & Horst, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Christina Ashley Ford , Pro Hac Vice, Daniel C. Osher , Pro Hac Vice, Graham W. White , Pro Hac Vice, Michael Brandon Jones , Elias Law Group LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs in 1:21-CV-5339, 1:22-CV-122-SCJ.

Bryan Francis Jacoutot , Bryan P. Tyson , Frank B. Strickland , Loree Anne Paradise , Taylor English Duma LLP, Charlene S. McGowan , Office of the Georgia Attorney General, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants Brad Raffensperger in 1:21-CV-5339-SCJ, 1:21-CV-5337-SCJ, 1:22-CV-122-SCJ, Sara Tindall Ghazal in 1:22-CV-122-SCJ, 1:21-CV-5339-SCJ, Matthew Mashburn in 1:22-CV-122-SCJ, 1:21-CV-5339-SCJ, Anh Le in 1:21-CV-5339-SCJ, 1:22-CV-122-SCJ, Edward Lindsey in 1:22-CV-122-SCJ.

Bryan P. Tyson , Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Edward Lindsey in 1:21-CV-5339-SCJ.


ORDER FOLLOWING COORDINATED HEARING ON MOTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

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