HOTZE v. HUDSPETH

No. 20-20574.

16 F.4th 1121 (2021)

Steven F. HOTZE, M.D.; Wendell Champion; Honorable Steve Toth; Sharon Hemphill, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Teneshia HUDSPETH, in her official capacity as Harris County Clerk, Defendant-Appellee, Andrea Chilton Greer; Yekaterina Snezhkova; Joy Davis-Harasemay; Diana Untermeyer; Michelle Colvard; Karen Vidor; Malkia Hutchinson-Arvizu; Anton Montano; Helen Shelton; Elizabeth Furler; Alan Mauk; Jenn Rainey; Brian Singh; Mary Bacon; Kimberly Phipps-Nichol; Nyguen Griggs; Nelson Vanegas; Jessica Goodspero; Amy Ashmore; Richard Frankel; Elaine Frankel; Ryan Frankel; Celia Veselka; Sergio Aldana; Russell "Rusty" Hardin; Douglas Moll; Carey Jordan; Christina Massara; Jerelyn M. Gooden; Stanley G. Schneider; Mary Currie; Carlton Currie, Jr.; Jekaya Simmons; Daniel Coleman; David Hobbs; Bettye Hobbs, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 25, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Layton Schlafly , Far Hills, NJ, Jared Ryker Woodfill, V , Attorney, Woodfill Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard Warren Mithoff, Jr., Esq. , Mithoff Law Firm, Russell S. Post , Beck Redden, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee Teneshia Hudspeth, in her official capacity as Harris County Clerk.

Ezra D. Rosenberg, Esq. , John Marshall Greenbaum, Esq. , Director, John Michael Powers, Esq. , Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Lindsey Beth Cohan , Dechert, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Intervenor Defendants-Appellees Andrea Chilton Greer, Yekaterina Snezhkova.

Sophia Lin Lakin , Dale E. Ho , Director, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Voting Rights Project, Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux , Davin McKay Rosborough , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Perry Maxwell Grossman , New York Civil Liberties Union, Voting Rights Project, New York, NY, Theresa J. Lee , Harvard Law School, Election Law Clinic, Cambridge, MA, Andre Segura , American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Houston, TX, for Intervenor Defendants-Appellees Joy Davis-Harasemay, Diana Untermeyer, Michelle Colvard, Karen Vidor, Malkia Hutchinson-Arvizu, Anton Montano, Helen Shelton, Elizabeth Furler.

Larry R. Veselka , David Keith Isaak, Esq. , Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Intervenor Defendants-Appellees Alan Mauk, Jenn Rainey, Brian Singh, Mary Bacon, Kimberly Phipps-Nichol, Nyguen Griggs, Nelson Vanegas, Jessica Goodspero, Amy Ashmore, Richard Frankel, Elaine Frankel, Ryan Frankel, Celia Veselka, Sergio Aldana, Russell `Rusty' Hardin, Douglas Moll, Carey Jordan, Christina Massara.

Kenneth Royce Barrett , KBR Law Office, Houston, TX, for Intervenor Defendant-Appellee Jerelyn M. Gooden.

Stanley G. Schneider , Schneider & McKinney, P.C., Houston, TX, for Intervenor Defendant-Appellee Stanley G. Schneider.

Marc Erik Elias , Attorney, Daniel C. Osher , Elias Law Group, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervenor Defendants-Appellees Mary Currie, Carlton Currie, Jr., Jekaya Simmons, Daniel Coleman.

David L. Hobbs , Fleming, Nolen & Jez, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Intervenor Defendants-Appellees David Hobbs, Bettye Hobbs.

Before DAVIS, HAYNES, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.


Having fully considered the briefing, record, and oral argument on appeal, we conclude that Plaintiffs' request to enjoin Harris County's administration of drive-thru voting in the November 2020 election is moot. Lopez v. City of Houston, 617 F.3d 336

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