DISABILITY RIGHTS MISSISSIPPI v. FITCH

CIVIL ACTION No.: 3:23-CV-350-HTW-LGI.

684 F.Supp.3d 517 (2023)

DISABILITY RIGHTS MISSISSIPPI, League of Women Voters of Mississippi, William Earl Whitley, Mamie Cunningham and Yvonne Gunn, Plaintiffs v. Lynn FITCH, in her official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Mississippi; Michael D. Watson, Jr., in his official capacity as Secretary of State of Mississippi; Gerald A. Mumford, in his official capacity as Hinds County Attorney; and Elizabeth Ausbern, in her official capacity as Chickasaw County Attorney, Defendants.

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

Signed July 25, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ahmed Soussi , Pro Hac Vice, Bradley E. Heard , Pro Hac Vice, Jess Edward C. Unger , Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Decatur, GA, Ari J. Savitzky , Pro Hac Vice, Casey Katharine Smith , Pro Hac Vice, Ming Cheung , Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc., New York, NY, Claudia Williams Hyman , Pro Hac Vice, Joshua F. Tom , ACLU of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, Greta K. Martin , Katherine W. Henderson , Leslie Faith Jones , Disability Rights Mississippi, Jackson, MS, Robert B. McDuff , The Law Office of Robert McDuff, Jackson, MS, Sabrina S. Khan , Pro Hac Vice, Southern Poverty Law Center, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Douglas T. Miracle , Gerald L. Kucia , Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Defendants Lynn Fitch, Michael D. Watson, Jr.


ABBREVIATED ORDER ENJOINING MISSISSIPPI SENATE BILL 2358

This court certainly appreciates that the State of Mississippi has a compelling interest in preserving the integrity of its election process. Rightfully so, open and free elections are critical to a society based upon a democracy...

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