SOUTH CAROLINA STATE CONF. OF NAACP v. MCMASTER

Civil Action No. 3:21-cv-03302-JMC.

584 F.Supp.3d 152 (2022)

The SOUTH CAROLINA STATE CONFERENCE OF the NAACP, and Taiwan Scott, on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, v. Henry D. MCMASTER, in his official capacity as Governor of South Carolina; Harvey Peeler, in his official capacity as President of the Senate; Luke A. Rankin, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee; James H. Lucas, in his official capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives; Chris Murphy, in his official capacity as Chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee; Wallace H. Jordan, in his official capacity as Chairman of the House of Representatives Elections Law Subcommittee; Howard Knabb, in his official capacity as interim Executive Director of the South Carolina State Election Commission; John Wells, Chair, Joanne Day, Clifford J. Elder, Linda McCall, and Scott Moseley, in their official capacities as members of the South Carolina State Election Commission, Defendants.

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

Signed February 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher James Bryant , Boroughs Bryant LLC, Columbia, SC, David Allen Chaney, Jr. , ACLU of South Carolina, Greenville, SC, Adam Pergament , Pro Hac Vice, Gina Marie Colarusso , Pro Hac Vice, John Arak Freedman , Pro Hac Vice, John Mark Hindley , Pro Hac Vice, Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Antonio LaValle Ingram, II , Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., Patricia Yan , Pro Hac Vice, Somil B. Trivedi , Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc., Washington, DC, Jeffrey A. Fuisz , Pro Hac Vice, Paula Rachel Ramer , Pro Hac Vice, Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, John Cusick , Pro Hac Vice, Leah C. Aden , Pro Hac Vice, Raymond Audain , Pro Hac Vice, Stuart Naifeh , Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., Samantha Osaki , Pro Hac Vice, Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux , Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc., New York, NY, Sarah Michelle Gryll , Pro Hac Vice, Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

La'Jessica Stringfellow , Robert E. Tyson, Jr. , Vordman Carlisle Traywick , Robinson Gray Stepp and Laffitte LLC, Columbia, SC, John M. Gore , Pro Hac Vice, Stephen J. Kenny , Pro Hac Vice, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Defendants Thomas C. Alexander, Luke A. Rankin.

Andrew Addison Mathias , William W. Wilkins , Konstantine Peter Diamaduros , Nexsen Pruet, Greenville, SC, Erica Hope Wells , Hamilton Bohanon Barber , Jennifer Joan Hollingsworth , Mark Carroll Moore , Michael Antonio Parente , Nexsen Pruet, Columbia, SC, Rhett Douglas Ricard , Nexsen Pruet, Charleston, SC, for Defendants James H. Lucas, Chris Murphy, Wallace H. Jordan.

Jane W. Trinkley , Mary Elizabeth Crum , Burr and Forman LLP, Michael Reid Burchstead , Collins and Lacy PC, Thomas Wells Nicholson , SC Department of Probation Parole and Pardon, Columbia, SC, for Defendants Howard Knapp, John Wells, JoAnne Day, Clifford J. Elder, Linda McCall, Scott Moseley.


ORDER AND OPINION

Before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel (ECF No. 119) seeking to compel Defendants James H. Lucas, in his official capacity as Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Chris Murphy, in his official capacity as Chairman of the South Carolina House...

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