Last Updated: May 8, 2013 at 1:03 PM

Arcia v. Detzner

Case Information

Date Filed: June 19, 2012
State: Florida
Issues: Voter Fraud, Voter Eligibility, State Voter Registration Databases
Current Court: U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (Case 12-15738)

Issue:

Whether Florida's "voter purge" violates section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by having a disproportionate effect on African-American and Hispanic citizens.

Status:

Complaint filed 6/19/12. Answer filed 7/12/12. Amended Complaint filed 9/12/12. Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Summary Judgment filed 9/19/12. Defendant's Answer to Amended Complaint filed 10/2/12. Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Summary Judgment filed 10/4/12. Final Judgment Entered 10/29/12. Notice of Appeal filed 11/1/12. Appellant's brief filed 12/17/12. Letter from Court to Parties requesting responses on jurisdictional question filed 12/31/12. Appellees' Response Brief filed 1/22/13.

 

Circuit Court Documents

• Notice of Receipt of Appeal (filed 10/15/12)
• Order Denying Expedited Appeal (filed 10/16/12)
• Receipt of Appeal (filed 11/13/12)
• Plaintiff-Appellants' Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Appeal (filed 11/16/12)
• Plaintiff-Appellants' Amended Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Appeal (filed 11/19/12)
• Order Granting Unopposed Motion to Dismiss Appeal with Prejudice (filed 12/4/12)
• Appellant's Brief (filed 12/4/12 under new case number)
• Amicus Brief of Brennan Center and League of Women Voters (filed 12/21/12)
• Amicus Brief of Members of Congress (filed 12/24/12)
• Letter from Court to Parties Requesting Responses to Jurisdictional Question (filed 12/31/12)
• Appellee's Response to Jurisdictional Question (filed 1/14/13)
• Appellant's Response to Jursidictional Question (filed 1/14/13)
• Appellee's Response Brief (filed 1/22/13)
• Appellant's Motion for Clarification (filed 1/28/13)
• Appellee's Response to Appellant's Motion for Clarification (filed 1/29/13)
• Motion for Clarification is Moot (filed 1/30/13)
• Notice of Probable Jurisdiction (filed 2/25/13)
• Supplemental Authority (filed 3/4/13)
• Plaintiffs-Appellants' Reply Brief (filed 3/11/13)
• Brief of the Brennan Center and the League of Women Voters as Amici (filed 3/27/13)
• Amicus Brief of Former Election Officials (filed 5/3/13)

District Court Documents

• Complaint (filed 6/19/12)
• Answer (filed 7/12/12)
• Plaintiff's Rule 26 Conference Report (filed 8/9/12)
• Defendant's Rule 26 Conference Report (filed 8/9/12)
• Order of Referral to Mediation (filed 8/13/12)
• Expedited Motion to Modify Pre-Trial Scheduling Order (filed 8/15/12)
• Response to Plaintiffs' Expedited Motion to Modify Pre-Trial Scheduling Order (filed 8/17/12)
• Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion to Modify Pre-Trial Scheduling Order (filed 8/20/12)
• Amended Complaint (filed 8/22/12)
• Memorandum of Law Supporting Amended Complaint (filed 8/22/12)
• Court Order on Motion to Modify and Motion to Amend (filed 8/24/12)
• Order of Referral to Mediation (filed 8/24/12)
• Joint Motion for Extension of Time (filed 9/7/12)
• Stipulation of Dismissal of Counts 1, 2 and 4 (filed 9/12/12)
• First Amended Complaint (filed 9/12/12)
• Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Vacate Order of Referral to Mediation (filed 9/17/12)
• Secretary's Pretrial Disclosure (filed 9/18/12)
• Plaintiffs' Pretrial Disclosure (filed 9/18/12)
• Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Summary Judgment (filed 9/19/12)
  • Supporting Memorandum of Law (filed 9/19/12)
• Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 9/19/12)
• Bipartisan Group of Voters' Motion to Intervene (filed 9/20/12)
• Secretary's Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (filed 9/20/12)
• Joint Pretrial Stipulation (filed 9/21/12)
• Motion of Bipartisan Voters to Expedite Consideration of Motion to Intervene (filed 9/21/12)
• Order Vacating Referral to Mediation (filed 9/21/12)
• Order Setting Evidentiary Hearing (filed 9/21/12)
• Corrected Declaration and Expert Report of Daniel Smith (filed 9/24/12)
• Bipartisan Group of Voters' Proposed Response in Opposition to Preliminary Injunction (filed 9/26/12)
• Secretary's Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 9/26/12)
• Plaintiff's Opposition to Motion to Intervene (filed 9/26/12)
• Notice of Correction (filed 9/26/12)
• Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike the Intervenors' Proposed Response (filed 9/26/12)
• Plaintiffs' Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Summary Judgment (filed 9/28/12)
• Order Denying Voters' Motion to Intervene (filed 9/28/12)
• Minutes of Hearing on Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/1/12)
• Order Cancelling Pre-trial Conference (filed 10/1/12)
• Procedural Order (filed 10/1/12)
• Defendant's Answer to First Amended Complaint (filed 10/2/12)
• Plaintiffs' Motion to Reconsider (filed 10/3/12)
• Secretary's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Reconsider (filed 10/3/12)
• Order Granting Motion to Reconsider (filed 10/4/12)
• Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction and Summary Judgment (filed 10/4/12)
• Plaintiffs' Motion for Entry of Judgment (filed 10/5/12)
• Notice of Appeal of Denial of Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/5/12)
• Secretary's Response to Plaintiffs' Motion for Entry of Judgment (filed 10/18/12)
• Minutes of Status Conference (filed 10/22/12)
• Court Order on Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Judgment (filed 10/29/12)
• Final Judgment (filed 10/29/12)
• Notice of Appeal (filed 11/1/12)
• Order to Show Cause (filed 11/28/12)
• Response to Order to Show Cause (filed 12/4/12)