PEOPLE FIRST OF ALABAMA v. MERRILL

Civil Action No. 2:20-cv-00619-AKK.

467 F.Supp.3d 1179 (2020)

PEOPLE FIRST OF ALABAMA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John MERRILL, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

Signed June 15, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caren Elaine Short , Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Jenny R. Ryan , William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, Sara M. Zampierin , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, Deuel Ross , Pro Hac Vice, Liliana Zaragoza , Pro Hac Vice, Natasha Merle , Pro Hac Vice, Steven Lance , Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., New York, NY, Mahogane D. Reed , Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., Washington, DC, Nancy G. Abudu , Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, AL, for Plaintiffs People First of Alabama, Howard Porter, Jr., Annie Carolyn Thompson, Greater Birmingham Ministries, Alabama State Conference of the NAACP.

Caren Elaine Short , Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Jenny R. Ryan , William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, Sara M. Zampierin , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, Deuel Ross , Pro Hac Vice, Natasha Merle , Pro Hac Vice, Steven Lance , Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., New York, NY, Mahogane D. Reed , Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., Washington, DC, Nancy G. Abudu , Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, AL, for Plaintiff Robert Clopton.

Caren Elaine Short , Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Jenny R. Ryan , William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, Sara M. Zampierin , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, Deuel Ross , Steven Lance , Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., New York, NY, Mahogane D. Reed , Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., Washington, DC, Nancy G. Abudu , Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, AL, for Plaintiff Eric Peebles.

James W. Davis , Winfield J. Sinclair , Misty Shawn Fairbanks Messick, Brenton Merrill Smith , Jeremy Stone Weber , Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants John Merrill, Kay Ivey.

James W. Davis , Misty Shawn Fairbanks Messick, Brenton Merrill Smith , Jeremy Stone Weber , Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant State of Alabama (The).

Jay M. Ross , Aubrey Patrick Dungan , Adams and Reese LLP, Mobile, AL, Todd David Engelhardt , Robert F. Dyar , Adams and Reese, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant Alleen Barnett.

Donald McKinley Carroll , Theodore A. Lawson, II , Jefferson County Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, for Defendants Jacqueline Anderson-Smith, Karen Dunn Burks.

Brandon Keith Essig , Robert Jackson Sewell , Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant Mary B. Roberson.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

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