SINGLETON v. ALLEN

Case No.: 2:21-cv-1291-AMM, Case No.: 2:21-cv-1530-AMM.

691 F.Supp.3d 1343 (2023)

Bobby SINGLETON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Wes ALLEN, in his official capacity as Alabama Secretary of State, et al., Defendants. Evan Milligan, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Wes Allen, in his official capacity as Alabama Secretary of State, et al., Defendants.

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

Signed September 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Uriah Blacksher, James U. Blacksher, Attorney, Birmingham, AL, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., W. Tucker Brown, Whatley Kallas LLP, Birmingham, AL, Eli Joseph Hare, Diandra Fu S. Debrosse Zimmermann, DiCello Levitt Gutzler LLC, Birmingham, AL, U. W. Clemon, U. W. Clemon, LLC, Birmingham, AL, W. Edward Still, Edward Still Law Firm LLC, Birmingham, AL, Henry C. Quillen, Whatley Kallas LLP, Portsmouth, NH, Myron C. Penn, Penn & Seaborn LLC, Union Springs, AL, for Plaintiffs Bobby Singleton, Rodger Smitherman, Eddie Billingsley, Leonette W. Slay, Darryl Andrews, Andrew Walker in No. 2:21-cv-1291.

Alison Nicole Mollman, Kaitlin Welborn, ACLU of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, LaTisha Gotell Faulks, Montgomery, AL, Amanda N. Allen, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, Deuel Ross, Tanner Lockhead, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, Anna Kathryn Barnes, Pro Hac Vice, Anthony Ashton, NAACP, Baltimore, MD, Blayne R. Thompson, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Houston, TX, Brittany Carter, Pro Hac Vice, Leah C. Aden, Stuart Naifeh, Kathryn Carden Sadasivan, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, David Dunn, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, New York, NY, Davin Rosborough, Julie A. Ebenstein, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY, Harmony R. Gbe, Pro Hac Vice, Michael Lovejoy Turrill, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Nicki Leili Lawsen, Sidney Monroe Jackson, Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Shelita M. Stewart, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Evan Milligan in No. 2:21-cv-1530.

Alison Nicole Mollman, Kaitlin Welborn, ACLU of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, LaTisha Gotell Faulks, Montgomery, AL, Anna Kathryn Barnes, Pro Hac Vice, Anthony Ashton, NAACP, Baltimore, MD, Blayne R. Thompson, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Houston, TX, Brittany Carter, Pro Hac Vice, Leah C. Aden, Stuart Naifeh, Kathryn Carden Sadasivan, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, David Dunn, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, New York, NY, Davin Rosborough, Julie A. Ebenstein, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Deuel Ross, Tanner Lockhead, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, Harmony R. Gbe, Pro Hac Vice, Michael Lovejoy Turrill, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Nicki Leili Lawsen, Sidney Monroe Jackson, Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Shelita M. Stewart, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Shalela Dowdy, Letetia Jackson, Khadidah Stone, Greater Birmingham Ministries in No. 2:21-cv-1530.

Ashley Burrell, Brittany Carter, Pro Hac Vice, Leah C. Aden, Stuart Naifeh, Kathryn Carden Sadasivan, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY, David Dunn, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, New York, NY, Davin Rosborough, Dayton Campbell-Harris, Julie A. Ebenstein, Sophia Lin Lakin, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Alison Nicole Mollman, Kaitlin Welborn, ACLU of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, LaTisha Gotell Faulks, Montgomery, AL, Anna Kathryn Barnes, Pro Hac Vice, Anthony Ashton, NAACP, Baltimore, MD, Blayne R. Thompson, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Houston, TX, Deuel Ross, Tanner Lockhead, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, Jessica L. Ellsworth, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, Harmony R. Gbe, Pro Hac Vice, Michael Lovejoy Turrill, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Nicki Leili Lawsen, Sidney Monroe Jackson, Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Shelita M. Stewart, Pro Hac Vice, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Alabama State Conference of the NAACP in No. 2:21-cv-1530.

Christina Rossi Pantazis, Balch and Bingham Labor & Employment, Birmingham, AL, Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, Jordan Dorman Walker, Balch & Bingham LLP, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants Chris Pringle, Steve Livingston in Nos. 2:21-cv-1291, 2:21-cv-1530.

Brenton Merrill Smith, Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr., James W. Davis, Andrew Reid Harris, Misty Shawn Fairbanks Messick, Alexander Barrett Bowdre, Benjamin Matthew Seiss, Charles A. McKay, Jordan Dorman Walker, Balch & Bingham LLP, Montgomery, AL, Thomas Alexander Wilson, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant Wes Allen in No. 2:21-cv-1291.

Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr., Andrew Reid Harris, James W. Davis, Misty Shawn Fairbanks Messick, Alexander Barrett Bowdre, Benjamin Matthew Seiss, Charles A. McKay, Brenton Merrill Smith, Thomas Alexander Wilson, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Montgomery, AL, Jordan Dorman Walker, Balch & Bingham LLP, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant Wes Allen in No. 2:21-cv-1530.

John J. Park, Jr., Law Offices of Jack Park, Gainesville, GA, for Amicus Quin Hillyer in No. 2:21-cv-1291.

John Mark White, White Arnold & Dowd, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Amicus Terri Sewell in No. 2:21-cv-1530.

Benjamin Klein, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, Paulina Slagter, Anna Bobrow, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, Robert D. Fram, Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, CA, John Mark White, White Arnold & Dowd, PC, Birmingham, AL, for Amicus Members of the Congressional Black Caucus of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in No. 2:21-cv-1530.

Christopher E. Mills, Spero Law LLC, Charleston, SC, Mateo Forero-Norena, Holtzman Vogel PLLC, Washington, DC, for Amicus National Republican Redistricting Trust in No. 2:21-cv-1530.

Denzel Efemena Okinedo, Burr and Forman, Birmingham, AL, for Amici Randall Woodfin, Steven L. Reed, Merika Coleman, Linda Coleman-Madison, Napoleon Bracy, Jr., Patrick Sellers, Sheila D. Tyson, Jason Q. Ward in No. 2:21-cv-1530.

Before MARCUS, Circuit Judge, MANASCO and MOORER, District Judges.


ORDER DENYING SECRETARY ALLEN'S EMERGENCY MOTION FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL

These congressional redistricting cases are before this Court on a stay motion filed by Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen ("the Secretary"). Milligan Doc. 276.

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