FLORIDA v. BYRD

Case No. 4:22-cv-109-AW-MAF.

674 F.Supp.3d 1097 (2023)

Common Cause FLORIDA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Cord BYRD, in his official capacity as Florida Secretary of State, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Tallahassee Division.

Signed May 25, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Nordby , SHutts & Bowen LLP, Tallahassee, Florida, for former Senate President Simpson.

Andy Bardos , GrayRobinson, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, for former Speaker Sprowls and Representatives Leek, Sirois, Fine, and Tuck.

Michael E. Lockamy , Henry M. Coxe, III , Bedell Dittmar Devault etc. PA, Jacksonville, FL, Alivin Li , Catherine Jane Djang , Pro Hac Vice, Gregory L. Diskant , Pro Hac Vice, Howard Gregory Baker , Pro Hac Vice, Jacob Tuttle Newman , Pro Hac Vice, Patterson Belknap Webb etc. LLP, New York, NY, Allison Jean Riggs , Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, NC, Katelin Shaw Kaiser , Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Carrboro, NC, for Plaintiffs Common Cause Florida, Fairdistricts Now, Dorothy Inman-Johnson, Brenda Holt, Leo R. Stoney, Myrna Young, Nancy Ratzan.

Michael E. Lockamy , Henry M. Coxe, III , Bedell Dittmar Devault etc. PA, Jacksonville, FL, Alivin Li , Catherine Jane Djang , Pro Hac Vice, Gregory L. Diskant , Pro Hac Vice, Howard Gregory Baker , Pro Hac Vice, Patterson Belknap Webb etc. LLP, New York, NY, Allison Jean Riggs , Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Durham, NC, Katelin Shaw Kaiser , Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Carrboro, NC, for Plaintiff Florida State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Branches.

Michael E. Lockamy , Henry M. Coxe, III , Bedell Dittmar Devault etc. PA, Jacksonville, FL, Catherine Jane Djang , Pro Hac Vice, Gregory L. Diskant , Pro Hac Vice, Howard Gregory Baker , Pro Hac Vice, Patterson Belknap Webb etc. LLP, New York, NY, Katelin Shaw Kaiser , Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Carrboro, NC, for Plaintiffs Cassandra Brown, Peter Butzin, Charlie Clark, Veatrice Holifield Farrell, Rosemary McCoy.

Mohammad Omar Jazil , Holtzman Vogel, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiffs Ryan Newman, J. Alex Kelly.

Cameron Thomas Norris , Taylor A. R. Meehan , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, Joseph Scott Van De Bogart , Florida Department of State Office of General Counsel, Tallahassee, FL, Mohammad Omar Jazil , Holtzman Vogel, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendant.


ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO QUASH AND EXTENDING DISCOVERY PERIOD

Plaintiffs sought depositions of several nonparties: eight current and former Florida legislators (the "Legislators"), Florida's Governor, his Deputy Chief of Staff, and his General Counsel (the "Executives...

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