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Case Name	Thompson v. Alabama	CJ-AL-0015
Docket / Court	2:16-cv-00783-WKW-CSC ( M.D. Ala. )
State/Territory	Alabama
Case Type(s)	Criminal Justice (Other) Election/Voting Rights
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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Due Process

Equal Protection

Ex Post Facto

Defendant-type

Jurisdiction-wide

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

General

Disparate Impact

Disparate Treatment

Voting

Voting access

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Race

Black

Voting

Voter qualifications

Voter registration rules

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1983
Voting Rights Act, section 2, 42 U.S.C. § 1973

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	State of Alabama
Plaintiff Description	Several unregistered persons otherwise eligible to register to vote in Alabama who have been denied the right to vote because they were convicted of crimes of moral turpitude. Class status has been denied.
Class action status sought	Yes
Class action status granted	Pending
Filed Pro Se	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Filed	2016
Case Ongoing	Yes

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Docket(s)

2:16-cv-783 (M.D. Ala.)
CJ-AL-0015-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 05/27/2020
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Class-Action Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 1] CJ-AL-0015-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/26/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion and Order [ECF# 72] (2017 WL 3223915) (M.D. Ala.) CJ-AL-0015-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 07/28/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion and Order [ECF# 80] (2017 WL 6597511) (M.D. Ala.) CJ-AL-0015-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 12/26/2017 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Plaintiffs' Supplemental Class-Action Complaint For Declaratory and Injunctive Relief [ECF# 93] CJ-AL-0015-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 03/01/2018 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Memorandum Opinion and Order [ECF# 178, 178-1] (428 F.Supp.3d 1296) (M.D. Ala.) CJ-AL-0015-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 12/03/2019 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

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Judges	Doyle, Stephen Michael Court not on record show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Marks, Emily Coody (M.D. Ala.) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0004 \| CJ-AL-0015-9000 Watkins, William Keith (M.D. Ala.) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0002 \| CJ-AL-0015-0003
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Amunson, Jessica Ring (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0001 \| CJ-AL-0015-0005 \| CJ-AL-0015-9000 Blacksher, James U. (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0001 \| CJ-AL-0015-0005 \| CJ-AL-0015-9000 Danahy, Molly (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Derfner, Armand Georges (South Carolina) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0001 \| CJ-AL-0015-0005 \| CJ-AL-0015-9000 Francois, Aderson B. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0001 \| CJ-AL-0015-0005 \| CJ-AL-0015-9000 Gaber, Mark P. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Hebert, J. Gerald (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Herbert, J. Gerald (Virginia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0001 \| CJ-AL-0015-0005 Hipp, Jason P (New York) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Karlan, Pamela S. (California) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0001 \| CJ-AL-0015-0005 \| CJ-AL-0015-9000 Lang, Danielle (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0001 \| CJ-AL-0015-0005 \| CJ-AL-0015-9000 Llewellyn, Patrick D. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0001 \| CJ-AL-0015-9000 McGuire, Joseph Mitchell (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-0001 \| CJ-AL-0015-0005 \| CJ-AL-0015-9000 Stewart, Michael E. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Yun, Jennifer J. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Brasher, Andrew Lynn (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Chynoweth, Brad A. (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Davis, James William (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Fairbanks, Philip G (Kentucky) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Howell, Laura Elizabeth (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Mangan, Mary (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Messick, Misty Shawn Fairbanks (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Sinclair, Winfield J. (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000
Other Lawyers	Ayers, Marc James (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000 Weller, Christopher W. (Alabama) show/hide docs CJ-AL-0015-9000

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