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Docket for 21A376

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No. 21A376
Title:	John H. Merrill, Alabama Secretary of State, et al., Applicants v. Marcus Caster, et al.
Docketed:	January 28, 2022
Linked with 21-1087
Lower Ct:	United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Case Numbers:	(2:21-cv-1536)
Decision Date:
Rehearing Denied:
Discretionary Court Decision Date:

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Jan 28 2022	Application (21A376) for a stay or injunctive relief pending appeal, submitted to Justice Thomas.
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Jan 28 2022	Response to application (21A376) requested by Justice Thomas, due by noon on Wednesday, February 2, 2022.

Jan 31 2022	Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief and Amicus Brief of The National Republican Redistricting Trust not accepted for filing. (February 01, 2022 - Brief uploaded in wrong case)

Jan 31 2022	Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Louisiana, et al. VIDED.
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Jan 31 2022	Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by The National Republican Redistricting Trust.
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Feb 01 2022	Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Alabama Center for Law and Liberty. VIDED.
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Feb 01 2022	Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by United States Representatives from Alabama. VIDED.
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Feb 02 2022	Response to application from respondents Marcus Caster, et al. filed.
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Feb 02 2022	Reply of applicants John Merrill, et al. filed.
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Feb 07 2022	Application (21A376) referred to the Court.

Feb 07 2022	Application (21A376) granted by the Court. The application is treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment (No. 21-1087). Respondents do not oppose treating the application as a petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment and do not oppose granting the petition (although they do oppose granting a stay). With that fact taken into account, the petition is granted. The district court's January 24, 2022 preliminary injunction in No. 2:21-cv-1536 is stayed pending further order of the Court. Justice Kavanaugh, with whom Justice Alito joins, concurring in grant of applications for stay. (Detached opinion). The Chief Justice dissenting from grant of applications for stay. (Detached opinion). Justice Kagan, with whom Justice Breyer and Justice Sotomayor join, dissenting from grant of applications for stays. (Detached opinion).

NAME	ADDRESS	PHONE
Attorneys for Petitioners
Edmund Gerard LaCour Jr. Counsel of Record	Office of the Attorney General 501 Washington Ave Montgomery, AL 36130 edmund.lacour@alabamaag.gov	334-242-7300
Party name: John Merrill, et al.
Attorneys for Respondents
Abha Khanna Counsel of Record	Elias Law Group LLP 1700 Seventh Ave Suite 2100 Seattle, WA 98101 akhanna@elias.law	206-656-0177
Party name: Marcus Caster, et al.
Other
Elizabeth Baker Murrill Counsel of Record	Office of the Attorney General 1885 N. Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 murrille@ag.louisiana.gov	225-326-6766
Party name: States of LA, AR, AZ, GA, IN, KY, MS, MO, MT, OK, SC, TX, UT, WV
Jason Brett Torchinsky Counsel of Record	Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky Josefiak PLLC 15405 John Marshall Hwy Haymarket, VA 20169 jtorchinsky@holtzmanvogel.com	540 341 8808
Party name: The National Republican Redistricting Trust
Matthew James Clark Counsel of Record	Alabama Center for Law and Liberty 2213 Morris Ave. Floor 1 Birmingham, AL 35203 matt@alabamalawandliberty.org	256-510-1828
Party name: Alabama Center for Law and Liberty
Christopher Ernest Mills Counsel of Record	Spero Law LLC 557 East Bay Street #22251 Charleston, SC 29413 cmills@spero.law	8436060640
Party name: United States Representatives from Alabama