Last Updated: September 10, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Young v. Hosemann
Case Information
Date Filed / Ended: September 12, 2008 / February 25, 2010
State: Mississippi
Issues: Felon Voting Rights, Voter Registration
Courts that Heard this Case: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (Case 3:08-cv-00567); U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (Case 09-60188)
Issue:
Whether the State's refusal to permit convicted felons to vote in presidential elections violates the Mississippi and U.S. Constitutions and the National Voter Registration Act.
Status:
Order Granting Motion to Dismiss entered 3/9/09. Consolidated to 5th Circuit Court of Appeals 4/20/09. Order Affirming District Court's Dismissal 2/25/10.
Court of Appeals Documents
- Brief of Appellants
(filed 5/29/09) - Brief of Appellees (filed 6/29/09)
- Reply Brief of Appellants (filed 7/13/09)
- Case calendared for Oral Argument 1/6/10
- Oral argument heard (1/6/10)
- Opinion affirming District Court's Dismissal (filed 2/25/10)
- Judgment (filed 2/25/10)
District Court Documents
- Complaint (filed 9/12/08)
- MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (filed 9/12/08)
- RESPONSE in Opposition regarding MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (filed 9/19/08)
- ATTACHMENT regarding Response in Opposition (filed 9/23/08)
- Rebuttal regarding Response in Opposition to Motion and Attachment (filed 9/24/08)
- ORDER denying Motion for Preliminary Injunction (entered 9/25/08)
- MOTION for Certificate of Appealability by Jerry Young (filed 10/2/08)
- MOTION to Dismiss by Delbert Hosemann (filed 10/2/08)
- MEMORANDUM in Support regarding MOTION to Dismiss (filed 10/2/08)
- MOTION to Withdraw MOTION for Certificate of Appealability (filed 10/3/08)
- NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL as to Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction (filed 10/3/08)
- ORDER withdrawing Motion for Certification of interlocutory appeal; granting Motion to Withdraw (entered 10/6/08)
- MOTION to Stay pending appeal (filed 10/7/08)
- ORDER denying Motion to Stay/motion for injunction pending appeal (entered 10/7/08)
- RESPONSE in Opposition regarding MOTION to Dismiss (filed 10/17/08)
- Rebuttal regarding MOTION to Dismiss (filed 10/17/08)
- ORDER of USCA(certified copy) as to Notice of Appeal, filed by Jerry Young, Christy Colley; that appellants' motion for injunction pending appeal is denied. (filed 10/21/08)
- TRANSCRIPT REQUEST by Jerry Young, Christy Colley for proceedings held on 9/25/08 before Judge Tom S. Lee (filed 10/22/08)
- MOTION to Dismiss (filed 11/7/08)
- Joinder to MOTION to Dismiss (filed 11/7/08)
- USCA JUDGMENT: dismissed as to 11/5/08, for want of prosecution (filed 11/12/08)
- RESPONSE in Opposition to MOTION to Dismiss (filed 11/13/08)
- RESPONSE in Opposition to MOTION to Dismiss (Corrected) (filed 11/17/08)
- MEMORANDUM to counsel (Corrected) (filed 11/24/08)
- Joinder to MOTION to Dismiss (filed 11/24/08)
- ORDER granting Motion to Dismiss (filed 3/9/09)
- Court Granted Motion to Consolidate (entered 4/20/09)
Court of Appeals Documents
- Motion filed by Appellant Jerry Young, Appellant Christy Colley for injunction pending appeal (filed 10/10/08)
- Response/opposition requested by the Court to motion for injunction pending appeal (filed 10/10/08)
- Response/opposition filed by Appellee Delbert Hosemann to motion for injunction pending appeal (filed 10/14/08)
- COURT Order filed denying appellants' motion for injunction pending appeal (filed 10/15/08)
Commentary
A Poster Child for Dysfunctional Districting
Daniel P. Tokaji
Fifty years ago next month, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr (1962), inaugurating the “reapportionment revolution” which led to the redrawing of legislative districts across the country. This milestone provides the opportunity to reflect not only on what has been accomplished, but also on what still needs to be done.
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