HURLEY v. GAST

Case No. 4:22-cv-00176-SMR-SBJ.

711 F.Supp.3d 1069 (2024)

Charles HURLEY, Plaintiff, v. Robert GAST, in his official capacity as State Court Administrator for the Iowa Judicial Branch, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, Central Division.

Signed January 11, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan R. Ostergren, Alan R. Ostergren, PC, Des Moines, IA, Anastasia P. Boden, Pro Hac Vice, Erin Elizabeth Wilcox, Pro Hac Vice, Joshua P. Thompson, Pro Hac Vice, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Laura D'Agostino, Pro Hac Vice, Pacific Legal Foundation, Arlington, VA, Wencong Fa, Pro Hac Vice, Beacon Center of Tennessee, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff.

David Michael Ranscht, Daniel Joe Johnston, Samuel P. Langholz, Iowa Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Des Moines, IA, for Defendant.


ORDER ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

This lawsuit alleges that an Iowa statute governing the election of members to a state judicial nominating commission violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because of its gender-balance requirement. Last year, the Court denied a request...

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