BATEN v. McMASTER

No. 2:18-cv-00510.

374 F.Supp.3d 563 (2019)

Eugene BATEN, Chester Willis, Charlette Plummer-Wooley, Bakari Sellers, Cory Alpert, Benjamin Horne, Plaintiffs, v. Henry McMASTER, i/o/c as Gov. of South Carolina; Mark Hammond, i/o/c as Secretary of State of South Carolina; South Carolina Election Commission; Billy Way, Jr., Mark Benson, Marylin Bower, E. Allen Dawson, Nicole Spain White, i/o/c as a Commission Members of the Election Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

Signed March 8, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1343
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1343 Violation of Civil Rights
Nature of Suit: 441 Civil Rights: Voting
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher P. Kenney , Richard A. Harpootlian , Richard A. Harpootlian Law Office, Columbia, SC, Cassandra K. Johnson , Pro Hac Vice, Randall L. Allen , Pro Hac Vice, Alston and Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs.

Thomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr. , Office of the Governor, Charleston, SC, Karl S. Bowers, Jr. , Bowers Law Office, Jane W. Trinkley , Mary Elizabeth Crum , Burr and Forman LLP, James Emory Smith, Jr. , Thomas Parkin C. Hunter , SC Attorney General's Office, Columbia, SC, for Defendants.


ORDER

This matter comes before the court on defendant Henry McMaster's ("the Governor") motion to dismiss, ECF No. 14. For the reasons set forth below, the court GRANTS the motion.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs, all residents of voting age in...

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