PEOPLE FIRST OF ALABAMA v. MERRILL

Civil Action Number 2:20-cv-00619-AKK.

479 F.Supp.3d 1200 (2020)

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

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

Signed August 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caren Elaine Short , Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Jenny R. Ryan , Maia Fleischman , Pro Hac Vice, William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, Randall C. Marshall , American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama Foundation, Inc., Sara M. Zampierin , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, Davin Rosborough , American Civil Liberties Union, 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., Sarah Brannon , American Civil Liberties Union, 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 , Maia Fleischman , Pro Hac Vice, William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, Randall C. Marshall , American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama Foundation, Inc., Sara M. Zampierin , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, Davin Rosborough , American Civil Liberties Union, 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., Sarah Brannon , American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC, Nancy G. Abudu , Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, AL, for Plaintiff Eric Peebles.

Caren Elaine Short , Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Jenny R. Ryan , Maia Fleischman , Pro Hac Vice, William Van Der Pol, Jr. , Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program, Tuscaloosa, AL, Randall C. Marshall , American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama Foundation, Inc., Sara M. Zampierin , Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, AL, Alora Thomas-Lundborg , Davin Rosborough , American Civil Liberties Union, 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., Sarah Brannon , American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC, Nancy G. Abudu , Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, AL, for Plaintiffs Black Voters Matter Capacity Building Institute, Teresa Bettis, Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews.

James W. Davis , Andrew Reid Harris , Winfield J. Sinclair , Misty Shawn Fairbanks Messick , Alexander Barrett Bowdre , Brenton Merrill Smith , Jeremy Stone Weber , Office of the Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant John Merrill.

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

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

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 Aileen Barnett.

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

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

Jamie Helen Kidd , Kendrick E. Webb , John Mark Cowell , Webb & Eley PC, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants James Majors, Johnnie Mae King, Carolyn Davis-Posey, Bill English, Lashandra Myrick, Britney Jones-Alexander.

Thomas T. Gallion, III , Constance C. Walker , Haskell Slaughter Gallion & Walker, LLC, Tyrone Carlton Means , Norbert H. Williams , Means Gillis Law LLC, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants Gina Jobe Ishman, JC Love, III.

David J. Canupp , Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne PC, Huntsville, AL, for Defendants Debra Kizer, Frank Barger.

Kendrick E. Webb , Jamie Helen Kidd , John Mark Cowell , Webb & Eley PC, Montgomery, AL, Jerry L. Thornton , Law Offices of Jerry L. Thornton, Hayneville, AL, for Defendant Ruby Jones Thomas.

Jerome E. Speegle , Jennifer S. Holifield , Speegle, Hoffman, Holman & Holifield, LLC, Lee Louis Hale , Mobile, AL, for Defendant Don Davis.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Before the court are several motions to dismiss. First, the State of Alabama and Secretary of State John Merrill ("the State Defendants") move to dismiss the claims against them for lack of...

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