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Election Law Litigation
Common Cause v. Coffman
(page last updated July 1, 2009 at 2:44 PM)
Case Information
Current Court: US District Court for the District of Colorado (Case 1:08-cv-02321)
All Courts: US District Court for the District of Colorado (Case 1:08-cv-02321)
Topic(s): Voter Registration, State Voter Registration Databases
State: Colorado
Date Filed: October 25, 2008
Issue:
Whether Colorado election officials violated the NVRA by, within 90 days of an election, removing the names of voters from the statewide voter registration database for unauthorized reasons, including the failure of a post-registration address confirmation postcard to reach the new registrant.
Status:
Complaint filed 10/25/08. Motion for PI granted on 10/31/08. Answer to compliant filed 11/17/08. New Secretary of State for the State of Colorado, Bernie Buescher, replaced Mike Coffman as Defendant on 1/21/09. Case is currently in discovery. Deadlines for amended complaint and answer have been extended to 4/13 and 5/4, respectively. Amended complaint filed 4/16. Motion to Dismiss filed by Bernie Buescher 5/22.
District Court Documents
- Complaint
(filed 10/25/08)
- Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause for a Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/25/08)
- Brief in Support of Motion (filed 10/25/08)
- Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge John L. Kane: Motion Hearing for TRO and Preliminary Injunction held on 10/27/2008 (filed 10/27/08)
- MINUTE ORDER Motion Hearing set for 10/29/2008 (filed 10/28/08)
- BRIEF in Opposition regarding MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause for PI (filed 10/28/08)
- SUPPLEMENT/AMENDMENT to MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order and Order to Show Cause for PI (filed 10/28/08)
- Witness List by Plaintiffs Common Cause of Colorado (filed 10/29/08)
- Exhibit 4, Appendix B; and Exhibit 4, Appendix C 10; on (3) CD ROM's using the conventional method of submission due to the size of the records contained on the disks (filed 10/29/08)
- ORDER Approving Parties' Stipulated Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/29/08)
- Minute Entry for proceedings on Preliminary Injunction held on 10/29/2008 (filed 10/29/08)
- MEMORANDUM, pursuant to the instructions received from Judge Kane's chambers, this case is reassigned to him (filed 10/30/08)
- LETTER REASSIGNING CASE (filed 10/30/08)
- Minute Entry - Courtroom Minutes for proceedings held before Judge John L. Kane on 10/31/2008. ORDERED: Defendant immediately shall cease and stop removing or redacting names within the 90-day period. No additional names are to be removed by the Secretary or the Clerk and Recorders throughout the state pending the general election. Defendant may add names to the eligibility list and proceed with anything else that is in the normal course of operations (entered 10/31/08)
- STIPULATION for Protective Order (filed 11/3/08)
- Stipulated PROTECTIVE ORDER (entered 11/4/08)
- Secretary of State's ANSWER Complaint (filed 11/17/08)
- MINUTE ORDER: Scheduling Conference set for 2/20/2009
- NOTICE of Substitution of Party by Defendant Michael Coffman (entered 1/21/09)
- SCHEDULING ORDER: Discovery due by 10/20/2009. Dispositive Motions due by 11/19/2009 (entered 2/20/09)
- Joint Motion to File under Seal (filed 4/3/09)
- Sealed Document - Proposed Order filed by Plaintiffs (filed 4/3/09)
- Sealed Document - Exhibits in Support of Memorandum filed by Plaintiffs (filed 4/3/09)
- Order Granting Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Amend the Stipulated Scheduling and Discovery Order (entered 4/7/09)
- The deadline for filing an amended complaint is extended to 04/13/09
- The deadline for filing an amended answer is extended to 05/04/09
- Order for Defendant to Respond to Motion to Enforce Stipulation on or before 4/28, Plaintiff to reply on or before 5/8. (entered 4/7/09)
- Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion for Leave to File an Amended Complaint (filed 4/13/09)
- Amended Complaint (filed 4/16/09)
- Order Granting Defendant's Unopposed Motion to Amend the Stipulated Scheduling and Discovery Order (filed 4/28/09)
- Parties may respond to first round interrogatories on or before 05/31/09
- Parties may respond to requests for production of documents on or before 05/29/09
- Second MOTION to Amend/Correct/Modify The Stipulated Scheduling and Discovery Order (filed 4/29/09)
- Minute Order granting Second Unopposed Motion to Amend the Stipulated Scheduling and Discovery Order
(entered 4/29/09)
- Defendants permitted to file a response to the Amended Complaint on or before 5/18/09
- Motion to File Secretary's Brief under Seal is Granted (entered 4/30/09)
- PLAINTIFFS’ UNOPPOSED MOTION TO AMEND THE STIPULATED
SCHEDULING AND DISCOVERY ORDER (filed 5/12/09)
- Motion GRANTED (entered 5/12/09)
- Motion GRANTED
- Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Amended Complaint (filed 5/15/09)
- Motion GRANTED (entered 5/15/09)
- Motion GRANTED
- Motion to Dismiss filed by Bernie Buescher, Secretary of State for the State of Colorado (filed 5/22/09)
- Motion for Leave to File Surreply to Plaintiff's Motion for Enforcement of Stipulation filed by Defendant (filed 5/28/09)
- Motion to Seal Surreply filed by Defendant (filed 5/28/09)
- Surreply (sealed) (filed 5/28/09)
- Motion to Seal Surreply filed by Defendant
- Joint Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Enforcement of Stipulation and to Strike Defendants' Surreply (filed 6/1/09)
- Unoppposed Motion for Extension of Time ro Respond to Motion to Dismiss (filed 6/10/09)
- Order GRANTING Motion for Extension of Time (entered 6/11/09)
- Order GRANTING Motion for Extension of Time
- Order Granting Joint Motion to Strike (entered 6/16/09)
- Order Granting Motion for Enforcement of Stipulation (entered 6/26/09)
- Consent Stipulation and Order (entered 6/26/09)
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