intervention motions with the Court. Later that day, I set a briefing schedule.30
Additionally, November 17, 2020 was set aside for oral argument on any motions
to dismiss, and the Court further told the parties to reserve November 19, 2020 in
their calendars in the event that the Court determined that an evidentiary hearing
was necessary. Subsequent to the Court’s scheduling order, the proposedintervenors filed their motions, and the parties filed their briefings. Plaintiffs then
filed a motion for a preliminary injunction on November 12, 2020.31
On November 12, 2020, Plaintiffs also underwent their first change in
counsel. Attorneys Ronald L. Hicks, Jr., and Carolyn B. McGee with Porter
Wright Morris & Arthur LLP filed a motion seeking to withdraw from the case.
The Court granted this motion, and Plaintiffs retained two attorneys from Texas,
John Scott and Douglas Brian Hughes, to serve as co-counsel to their original
attorney, Linda A. Kerns.
The next day, November 13, 2020, was a relatively quiet day on the docket
for this case, but an important one for the parties. That day, the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision in Bognet v. Secretary
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.32 This decision, though not factually connected
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Doc. 89.
No. 20-3214, 2020 WL 6686120 (3d Cir. Nov. 13, 2020) (pending publication).
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