EAKIN v. ADAMS COUNTY BD. OF ELECTIONS

Civil Action No. 1:22-CV-340.

676 F.Supp.3d 449 (2023)

Bette EAKIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ADAMS COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

Filed June 8, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Bonin , The Law Office of Adam C. Bonin, Philadelphia, PA, Daniel Cohen , Pro Hac Vice, Daniel C. Osher , Pro Hac Vice, Daniela Lorenzo , Pro Hac Vice, Jacob D. Shelly , Pro Hac Vice, Justin Baxenberg , Pro Hac Vice, Omeed Alerasool , Pro Hac Vice, Uzoma Nkem Nkwonta , Pro Hac Vice, Elias Law Group LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs Betty Eakin, DSCC, DCCC.

Daniel C. Osher , Omeed Alerasool , Pro Hac Vice, Uzoma Nkem Nkwonta , Pro Hac Vice, Elias Law Group LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff AFT Pennsylvania.

Molly R. Mudd , Pro Hac Vice, County of Adams, Gettysburg, PA, for Defendant Adams County Board of Elections.

Virginia Spencer Scott , Frances M. Liebenguth , George M. Janocsko , Lisa G. Michel , Allegheny County Law Department, Pittsburgh, PA, Allan J. Opsitnick , Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant Allegheny County Board of Elections.

Elizabeth A. Dupuis , Babst Calland, State Colleg, PA, Jessica M. Barnes , Sean R. Keegan , Anna Skipper Jewart , Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir PC, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendants. Bedford County Board of Elections, Carbon County Board of Elections, Centre County Board of Elections, Columbia County Board of Elections, Dauphin County Board of Elections, Huntingdon County Board of Elections, Indiana County Board of Elections, Jefferson County Board of Elections, Lawrence County Board of Elections, Lebanon County Board of Elections, Monroe County Board of Elections, Montour County Board of Elections, Northumberland County Board of Elections, Snyder County Board of Elections, Venango County Board of Elections, York County Board of Elections.

Jeffrey D. Bukowski , Smith Bukowski, LLC, Wyomissing, PA, for Defendant Becks County Board of Elections.

Nathan W. Karn , Evey Black Attorneys LLC, Hollidaysburg, PA, for Defendant Blair County Board of Elections.

Jessica L. VanderKam , Pro Hac Vice, Stuckert and Yates, Newtown, PA, Amy Fitzpatrick , Pro Hac Vice, County of Bucks, Law Department, Doylestown, PA, for Defendant Bucks County Board of Elections.

Benjamin Ernest Orsatti , Gabriel Fera, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, H. William White , Dillon McCandless King Coulter & Graham, LLP, Butler, PA, for Defendant Butler County Board of Elections.

William Gleason Barbin , Cambria County Solicitor's Office, Ebensburg, PA, for Defendant Cambria County Board of Elections.

Colleen Frens , Pro Hac Vice, Faith Mattox-Baldini , Chester County Solicitor's Office, West Chester, PA, for Defendant Chester County Board of Elections.

Benjamin Ernest Orsatti , Christopher P. Furman , Gabriel Fera, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendants Clarion County Board of Elections, Tioga County Board of Elections, Susquehanna County Board of Elections.

Keith A. Button , Shafer Law Firm, Meadville, PA, for Defendant Crawford County Board of Elections.

Keith O. Brenneman , Law Office of Keith O. Brenneman, P.C., Mechanicsburg, PA, for Defendant Cumberland County Board of Elections.

James Manly Parks , Nicholas M. Centrella, Jr. , Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Delaware County Board of Elections.

Elizabeth A. Dupuis , Babst Calland, State College, PA, Jessica M. Barnes , Sean R. Keegan , Babst Calland, Pittsburgh, PA, John Matthew Purcell , Uniontown, PA, Timothy J. Witt , Watson Mundorff, LLP, Connellsville, PA, for Defendant Fayette County Board of Elections.

Andrew W. Norfleet , Frank J. Lavery, Jr. , Lavery Law, Harrisburg, PA, for Defendants Franklin County Board of Elections, Perry County Board of Elections.

Donald K. Zagurskie , Pro Hac Vice, Johnston & Zagurskie, PC, Mifflin, PA, for Defendant Juniata County Board of Elections.

Lawrence J. Moran, Jr. , J. Alexander Marcinko , Pro Hac Vice, Joyce, Carmody & Moran, PC, Pittston, PA, for Defendant Lackawanna County Board of Elections.

James Joseph Fitzpatrick, III , Walter S. Zimolong, III , Zimolong LLC, Wayne, PA, for Defendant Lancaster County Board of Elections.

Catharine M. Roseberry , Pro Hac Vice, County of Lehigh, Department of Law, Allentown, PA, for Defendant Lehigh County Board of Elections.

Joseph M. Cosgrove , Pro Hac Vice, Law Office of Joseph M. Cosgrove, Wilkes Barre, PA, for Defendant Luzerne County Board of Elections.

Joseph D. Smith , McCormick Law Firm, Williamsport, PA, for Defendant Lycoming County Board of Elections.

Anthony V. Clarke , The Clarke Firm, Bradford, PA, for Defendant McKean County Board of Elections.

Maureen Calder , Montgomery County Solicitor's Office, Norristown, PA, for Defendant Montgomery County Board of Elections.

Richard E. Santee , County of Northampton, Easton, PA, for Defendant Northampton County Board of Elections.

Thomas R. Shaffer , Solicitor for County of Potter, Coudersport, PA, for Defendant Potter County Board of Elections.

Michael P. Barbera , Barbera, Melvin, Svonavec & Sperlazza LLP, Somerset, PA, for Defendant Somerset County Board of Elections.

Kenneth R. Levitzky , Pro Hac Vice, Dushore, PA, for Defendants Sullivan County Board of Elections, Wyoming County Board of Elections.

Thomas A. Burkhart , McNerney, Page, Vanderlin & Hall, Williamsport, PA, for Defendant Union County Board of Elections.

Nathaniel J. Schmidt , Schmidt Law Firm, Warren, PA, for Defendant Warren County Board of Elections.

Melissa A. Guiddy , Greensburg, PA, for Defendimt Westmoreland County Board of Elections.

Thomas S. Talarico , Talarico & Niebauer, Erie, PA, for Defendant Erie County Board of Elections.

Robert Eugene Grimm , Grimm Lawyers PC, Smithfield, PA, for Defendant Greene County Board of Elections.

Aimee D, Thomson , Pro Hac Vice, Zachary Strassburger , City of Philadelphia Law Department, Philadelphia, PA, Brian H. Benjet , Pro Hac Vice, Ilana Hope Eisenstein , Pro Hac Vice, DLA Piper LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Philadelphia County Board of Elections.

Glenn Roth, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Schuylkill County Solicitor, Pottsville, PA, for Defendant Schuylkill County Board of Elections.

Jana Phillis Grimm , Lauren L. Mathews , Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant Washington County Board of Elections.

Cameron Thomas Norris , Pro Hac Vice, Conor Woodfln , Pro Hac Vice, Gilbert Dickey , Pro Hac Vice, Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections, Inc.


Re: Motion to Dismiss ECF No. 240

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Presently before this Court is a motion to dismiss the amended complaint filed by the Intervenor-Defendants, the Republican Committees. ECF No. 240.

I. Relevant...

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