MI FAMILIA VOTA v. ABBOTT

No. 20-50793.

977 F.3d 461 (2020)

MI FAMILIA VOTA; Texas State Conference of the NAACP; Guadalupe Torres, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Greg ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas; Ruth Hughs, Texas Secretary of State, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Clements , Free Speech For People, Newton, MA, Kelly M. Dermody , Evan J. Ballan , Yaman Salahi , Mike K. Sheen , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Sean M. Lyons, Esq. , Lyons & Lyons, P.C., San Antonio, TX, Avery S. Halfon , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann, & Bernstein, L.L.P., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Matthew Hamilton Frederick , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, William Thomas Thompson , Assistant General Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Todd Lawrence Disher , Patrick K. Sweeten , Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Special Counsel Unit, Eric Alan Hudson , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Owen, Chief Judge, and Davis and Southwick, Circuit Judges.


Mi Familia Vota, the Texas State Conference of the NAACP (NAACP), and Guadalupe Torres (collectively the Plaintiffs) appeal the dismissal of their claims challenging certain Texas voting procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic. We affirm the judgment of the district court in part, reverse the judgment with respect...

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