NAT'L ASS'N FOR ADV. OF COLORED PEOPLE v. REEVES

CIVIL ACTION No.: 3:23-CV-272-HTW-LGI.

677 F.Supp.3d 479 (2023)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE; Mississippi State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Jackson City Branch of the NAACP; Derrick Johnson; Frank Figgers; Charles Taylor; Markyel Pittman; Charles Jones; and Nsombi Lambright-Haynes, Plaintiffs v. Tate REEVES, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Mississippi; Sean Tindell, in his official capacity as Commissioner of Public Safety; Bo Luckey, in his official capacity as Chief of Mississippi Department Public Office of Capitol Police; Michael K. Randolph, in his official capacity as Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court; and Lynn Fitch, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Northern Division, Northern Division.

Signed June 1, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll Edward Rhodes , Law Offices of Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, MS, Brenden Cline , Pro Hac Vice, Eric H. Holder, Jr. — PHV, Pro Hac Vice, Gary Guzy , Pro Hac Vice, Mark H. Lynch , Pro Hac Vice, Megan A. Crowley , Pro Hac Vice, Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph Schottenfeld , Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Office of General Counsel, Baltimore, MD, for Plaintiff National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Carroll Edward Rhodes , Law Offices of Carroll Rhodes, Hazlehurst, MS, Eric H. Holder, Jr. — PHV, Pro Hac Vice, Mark H. Lynch , Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph Schottenfeld , Pro Hac Vice, NAACP Office of General Counsel, Baltimore, MD, for Plaintiffs Mississippi State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Jackson City Branch of the NAACP, Derrick Johnson, Frank Figgers, Charles Taylor, Markyel Pittman, Charles Jones, Nsombi Lambright-Haynes.

Rex M. Shannon, III , Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Defendants Sean Tindell, Bo Luckey.

Gerald L. Kucia , Rex M. Shannon, III , Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Defendant Lynn Fitch.


ORDER

THE PARTIES and CAUSE OF ACTION

Plaintiffs herein are: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ("NAACP"); Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP; Jackson City Branch of the NAACP; and six individuals who allege to be citizens of Jackson, Mississippi...

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