Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:40 PM
United States v. New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: January 7, 2009 / May 18, 2009
State: Pennsylvania
Issue: Voting Rights Act
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Case 2:09-cv-00065)
Issue:
Whether the actions of the defendants were intimidating and in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Status:
Complaint filed 1/7/09. Motion for Default Judgment filed 5/15/09. Default Judgment entered against Samir Shabazz (5/18/09).
Federal District Court Documents
- Complaint
(filed 1/07/09) - Default by Jerry Jackson, New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Malik Zulu Shabazz, Samir Shabazz for Failure to Appear, Plead or Otherwise Defend (entered 4/1/09)
- Motion for Extension of Time and Motion for Default Judgment (filed 5/1/09)
- Motion for Default Judgment against Samir Shabazz (filed 5/15/09)
- Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion (filed 5/15/09)
- Proposed Default Judgment Order (filed 5/15/09)
- Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion
- Default Judgment entered in favor of the United States of America against Samir Shabazz, enjoining Samir Shabazz from displaying a weapon within 100 feet of any open polling location on any election day in the City of Philadelphia (entered 5/18/09)
Commentary
Silence of the Lambs
Dale A. Oesterle
With the election of 2012 now well over and past the second inauguration of the incumbent President, the historical analysis of the events has begun and will last as long as written human history lasts. An interesting tidbit may already be lost to the majesty of the moment.
The voters of three very different states, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Ohio, all had an opportunity to call state constitutional conventions. In each state the voters turned the opportunity down by very similar votes, 68%, 64% and 68% respectively against.
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