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 30 31 32 See Doc. 35. Doc. 89. No. 20-3214, 2020 WL 6686120 (3d Cir. Nov. 13, 2020) (pending publication). -8-

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