US v. Bellows, et al
| UNITED STATES |
| SHENNA BELLOWS, in the official capacity as Secretary of the State of Maine, STATE OF MAINE, JOHN SCHNECK, MARPHEEN CHANN and LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MAINE |
| AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MAINE, MARY ESTILL BUCHANAN, MILES RAPOPORT, BEN YSURSA, JOAN ANDERSON GROWE, JOHN GALE, PHIL KEISLING, KATHY BOOCKVAR, LEIGH M. CHAPMAN, SAM REED, STATE OF ARIZONA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, STATE OF COLORADO, STATE OF DELAWARE, STATE OF HAWAII, STATE OF ILLINOIS, STATE OF MARYLAND, STATE OF MICHIGAN, STATE OF MINNESOTA, STATE OF NEVADA, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, STATE OF NEW MEXICO, STATE OF NEW YORK, STATE OF OREGON, STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, STATE OF VERMONT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, DAVID BECKER, GREGORY B. FRIEL, BRADLEY HEARD, BRIAN HEFFERNAN, ROBERT KENGLE, TIMOTHY LAMBERT, JUSTIN LEVITT, STEVEN MULROY, STEPHEN B. PERSHING, JOHN POWERS, JOSEPH RICH, BOB RUSH, ELIZABETH RYAN, BRYAN SELLS, AVNER MICHAEL SHAPIRO and THOMAS SHERAN |
| 26-1676 |
| June 15, 2026 |
| U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit |
| Voting |
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| MOTION for Attorney Jason Anton to withdraw as counsel filed by Appellees Shenna Bellows and State of Maine. Served on 08/10/2026. [26-1676] (JRB) [Entered: 08/10/2026 01:35 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellees Marpheen Chann and John Schneck filed by Attorney Branden D. Lewiston. Served on 08/05/2026. [26-1676] (BDL) [Entered: 08/05/2026 05:44 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellees Marpheen Chann and John Schneck filed by Attorney Tori A. Shaw. Served on 08/05/2026. [26-1676] (TS) [Entered: 08/05/2026 05:03 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellees Marpheen Chann and John Schneck filed by Attorney Qizhou Ge. Served on 08/05/2026. [26-1676] (QG) [Entered: 08/05/2026 05:02 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellees John Schneck and Marpheen Chann filed by Attorney Christopher D. Dodge. Served on 08/05/2026. [26-1676] (CDD) [Entered: 08/05/2026 04:53 PM] |
| FIVE (5) paper copies of appendix [ # 6828390-2 ] submitted by Appellant US. [26-1676] (LEC) [Entered: 07/31/2026 09:12 AM] |
| NINE (9) paper copies of appellant's brief [ # 6828387-2 ] submitted by Appellant US. [26-1676] (LEC) [Entered: 07/31/2026 09:20 AM] |
| APPELLANT'S BRIEF filed by Appellant US. Served on 07/17/2026. Nine paper copies identical to that of the electronically filed brief must be submitted so that they are received by the court on or before 07/30/2026 . Brief due 08/17/2026 for APPELLEES Shenna Bellows, Marpheen Chann, League of Women Voters of Maine, John Schneck, and State of Maine. [26-1676] (NP) [Entered: 07/23/2026 01:52 PM] |
| APPENDIX filed by Appellant US. Served on 07/17/2026. Five paper copies of the electronically filed appendix must be submitted so that they are received by the court on or before 07/30/2026. [26-1676] (NP) [Entered: 07/23/2026 01:55 PM] |
| APPENDIX tendered by Appellant US. Served on 07/17/2026. [26-1676] (AB) [Entered: 07/17/2026 08:33 PM] |
| BRIEF tendered by Appellant US. [26-1676] (AB) [Entered: 07/17/2026 08:22 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellees Shenna Bellows and State of Maine filed by Attorney Jack Dafoe. Served on 07/14/2026. [26-1676] (JD) [Entered: 07/14/2026 12:18 PM] |
| NOTICE issued. The following attorneys have failed to register for an appellate ECF account and will no longer receive notice of court issued documents in this case: Robert Bonta for State of California, Charity R. Clark for State of Vermont, Keith Ellison for State of Minnesota, Aaron D. Ford for State of Nevada, Letitia James for State of New York, Kathleen Jennings for State of Delaware, Anne E. Lopez for State of Hawaii, Kristin K. Mayes for State of Arizona, Dana Nessel for State of Michigan, Matthew J. Platkin for State of New Jersey, Kwame Raoul for State of Illinois, Daniel A. Rayfield for State of Oregon, Raul Torrez for State of New Mexico and Philip J. Weiser for State of Colorado. [26-1676] (JW) [Entered: 07/10/2026 05:47 PM] |
| BRIEFING schedule set. Brief and Appendix due 08/17/2026 for appellant United States. Pursuant to F.R.A.P. 31(a), appellee's brief will be due 30 days following service of appellant's brief and appellant's reply brief will be due 21 days following service of appellee's brief. [26-1676] (JW) [Entered: 07/06/2026 02:11 PM] |
| NOTICE issued. The following attorneys have failed to register for an appellate ECF account and will no longer receive notice of court issued documents in this case: Brittany E. Bennett for US, Michael Gates for US, Timothy F. Mellett for US, Alexis Denae Grady for League of Women Voters of Maine, Katherine S. Hamilton for League of Women Voters of Maine, Daniel S. Lenz for League of Women Voters of Maine, Renata S. O'Donnell for League of Women Voters of Maine, Heather S. Szilagyi for League of Women Voters of Maine, Donald K. Sherman for Mary Estill Buchanan, Miles Rapoport, Joan Anderson Growe, Kathy Boockvar, Leigh M. Chapman, Ben Ysursa, John Gale, Phil Keisling and Sam Reed and Jonathan J. Topaz for American Civil Liberties Union of Maine. [26-1676] (JW) [Entered: 07/06/2026 01:56 PM] |
ORDER entered by Gustavo A. Gelp , Jr., Appellate Judge: In each of the above-captioned appeals, plaintiff-appellant has filed a motion to consolidate and a motion to expedite. The court has received responses and replies and has considered carefully the arguments set out in each relevant filing. The requests to consolidate and to expedite are resolved as follows. Regarding the request to consolidate, the appeals will be briefed separately, but the court will coordinate resolution of the appeals to the extent practicable and appropriate. Regarding the request to expedite, a standard briefing schedule immediately will be entered in each appeal. Plaintiff-appellant is free to file its opening brief in each case before the deadline set out in the operative schedule and is free to file any reply brief immediately upon service of the relevant response brief. See generally Fed. R. App. P. 31(a) ("The appellee must serve and file a brief within 30 days after the appellant's brief is served. The appellant may serve and file a reply brief within 21 days after service of the appellee's brief . . . ."). Oral argument, to the extent ultimately deemed necessary, will be scheduled as soon as practicable. [26-1657, 26-1665, 26-1676] (JW) [Entered: 07/06/2026 01:38 PM]
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| REPLY filed by Appellant US to response [ # 6821911-2 ], response [ # 6821559-2 ], response [ # 6821430-2 ]. Served on 06/30/2026. [26-1676] (AB) [Entered: 06/30/2026 10:27 PM] |
| RESPONSE filed by Appellees Shenna Bellows and State of Maine to motion to expedite [ # 6819020-2 ], motion to consolidate cases [ # 6819019-2 ]. Served on 06/29/2026. [26-1676] (JRB) [Entered: 06/29/2026 05:23 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee League of Women Voters of Maine filed by Attorney Andrew B. Garber. Served on 06/29/2026. [26-1676] (ABG) [Entered: 06/29/2026 01:37 PM] |
| RESPONSE filed by Appellee League of Women Voters of Maine to motion to expedite [ # 6819020-2 ], motion to consolidate cases [ # 6819019-2 ]. Served on 06/26/2026. [26-1676] (SSJ) [Entered: 06/26/2026 12:34 PM] |
| RESPONSE filed by Appellees John Schneck and Marpheen Chann to motion [ # 6819020-2 ]. Served on 06/26/2026. [26-1676] (DRF) [Entered: 06/26/2026 05:30 PM] |
| TRANSCRIPT report/order form filed by Appellant US indicating all necessary transcripts have already been filed in district court. Served on 06/24/2026. [26-1676] (JTT) [Entered: 06/24/2026 02:38 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee League of Women Voters of Maine filed by Attorney Andrew B. Garber. Served on 06/24/2026. [26-1676] CLERK'S NOTE: The document is incomplete (missing case number and short title). THE FILER IS DIRECTED TO RE-FILE THE DOCUMENT WITHIN TWO DAYS (7/1/2026). (ABG) [Entered: 06/24/2026 10:23 AM] |
| DOCKETING statement filed by Appellant US. Served on 06/24/2026. [26-1676] (JTT) [Entered: 06/24/2026 10:10 AM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee League of Women Voters of Maine filed by Attorney Maura Eileen O'Connor. Served on 06/23/2026. [26-1676] (MEO) [Entered: 06/23/2026 09:13 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee League of Women Voters of Maine filed by Attorney Robert Brent Ferguson. Served on 06/18/2026. [26-1676] (RBF) [Entered: 06/18/2026 10:49 AM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee League of Women Voters of Maine filed by Attorney Sejal Jhaveri. Served on 06/18/2026. [26-1676] (SSJ) [Entered: 06/18/2026 10:26 AM] |
| MOTION to expeditefiled by Appellant US. Served on 06/17/2026. [26-1676] (JTT) [Entered: 06/17/2026 01:42 PM] |
| MOTION to consolidate cases filed by Appellant US. Served on 06/17/2026. [26-1676] (JTT) [Entered: 06/17/2026 01:40 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellant US filed by Attorney David N. Goldman. Served on 06/16/2026. [26-1676] (DNG) [Entered: 06/16/2026 09:11 AM] |
| DOCKETING statement filed by Appellant US. Served on 06/16/2026. [26-1676] CLERK'S NOTE: The signature on the document does not match the name of the ECF filer under whose login and password the document was filed. THE FILER IS DIRECTED TO RE-FILE THE DOCUMENT WITHIN TWO DAYS (6/26/2026). (JTT) [Entered: 06/16/2026 07:31 AM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellant US filed by Attorney Andrew G. Braniff. Served on 06/16/2026. [26-1676] (AB) [Entered: 06/16/2026 09:03 AM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellant US filed by Attorney James Thomas Tucker. Served on 06/16/2026. [26-1676] (JTT) [Entered: 06/16/2026 07:25 AM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellant US filed by Attorney Meredith L. Baker. Served on 06/16/2026. [26-1676] (MB) [Entered: 06/16/2026 09:21 AM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellees Shenna Bellows and State of Maine filed by Attorney Jonathan R. Bolton. Served on 06/16/2026. [26-1676] (JRB) [Entered: 06/16/2026 12:09 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellees John Schneck and Marpheen Chann filed by Attorney David R. Fox. Served on 06/16/2026. [26-1676] (DRF) [Entered: 06/16/2026 01:17 PM] |
| NOTICE of appearance on behalf of Appellee League of Women Voters of Maine filed by Attorney Allan K. Townsend. Served on 06/16/2026. [26-1676] CLERK'S NOTE: The ECF filer did not select the option that best describes the document. Correction made by clerk's office. No further action required. (AKT) [Entered: 06/16/2026 02:32 PM] |
| CIVIL CASE docketed. Notice of appeal (doc. #116) filed by Appellant US. Appearance form, Docketing Statement, and Transcript Report/Order form due 06/29/2026. [26-1676] (JW) [Entered: 06/15/2026 09:13 PM] |
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