United States of America v. State of California, et al.
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
| DEAN LOGAN, in his official capacity as the County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, SHIRLEY WEBER, PH.D., in her official capacity as the California Secretary of State and STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
| LOS ANGELES BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, CALIFORNIA-HAWAII STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, MI FAMILIA EN ACCION and SERVICES, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND EDUCATION NETWORK |
| 26-7070 |
| October 23, 2026 |
| U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit |
| Civil Rights Voting |
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Filing 67
CORRECTED ORDER FOR PUBLICATION FILED. (Mark J. BENNETT, Patrick J. BUMATAY, Gabriel P. SANCHEZ) (Concurrence by Judge BENNETT; Concurrence by Judge SANCHEZ; Dissent by Judge BUMATAY) Correction: typos corrected on pgs. 58, 62, 74, 86. [Entered: 10/27/2026 08:55 AM]
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| Filing 66 MANDATE ISSUED Mark J. BENNETT, Patrick J. BUMATAY, Gabriel P. SANCHEZ. The judgment of this Court, entered 10/26/2026, takes effect this date. [Entered: 10/26/2026 07:38 PM] |
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Filing 65
ORDER FILED. S.R. THOMAS, Senior Circuit Judge and En Banc Coordinator. No party filed a petition for rehearing en banc from the panels October 26, 2026, order. A deadline was set by which any judge could request a vote on whether the panels October 26, 2026, order should be reheard en banc. No judge requested a vote within the time period. Accordingly, en banc proceedings with respect to the panels order are concluded. The mandate shall issue forthwith. [Entered: 10/26/2026 07:35 PM]
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Filing 64
ORDER FILED. Any petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc from the panels October 26, 2026, order is due at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday, October 26. [Entered: 10/26/2026 03:24 PM]
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Filing 63
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION FILED. (Mark J. BENNETT, Patrick J. BUMATAY, Gabriel P. SANCHEZ) (Concurrence by Judge BENNETT; Concurrence by Judge SANCHEZ; Dissent by Judge BUMATAY) [SEE ORDER FOR FULL TEXT] Accordingly, we grant the Countys motion to dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction and deny as moot the United Statess emergency motion for relief. [Entered: 10/26/2026 03:16 PM]
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| Filing 62 ADDED Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Tyler Bishop [Entered: 10/26/2026 02:19 PM] |
| Filing 61 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Tyler Bishop for Intervenor - Pending Mi Familia en Accion, Intervenor - Pending Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network. [Entered: 10/26/2026 01:53 PM] |
| Filing 60 ADDED Counsel for Appellee Joshua Karsh [Entered: 10/26/2026 01:48 PM] |
| Filing 59 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Joshua Karsh for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/26/2026 01:42 PM] |
| Filing 58 REPLY to Response to Motion to Dismiss (DE 56) filed by Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/25/2026 11:55 AM] |
| Filing 57 REPLY to Response to Motion for Injunctive Relief (DE 30) filed by Appellant United States of America. [Entered: 10/25/2026 08:42 AM] |
| Filing 56 RESPONSE to Motion to Dismiss (DE 36) filed by Appellant United States of America. [Entered: 10/25/2026 08:40 AM] |
| Filing 55 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Norman Larry Eisen for Intervenor - Pending California-Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Intervenor - Pending League of United Latin American Citizens, Intervenor - Pending Los Angeles Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Intervenor - Pending National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. [No action necessary; counsel added to the docket at DE 33] [Entered: 10/25/2026 07:12 AM] [Edited: 10/25/2026 08:55 AM] |
| Filing 54 ACKNOWLEDGMENT of hearing notice filed by Matthew Donnelly for Appellant United States of America. Hearing in San Francisco - Courtroom 2 in San Francisco, on 10/25/2026 1:00:00 PM. Filer argument time: By myself. (Argument minutes: [-]). Special accommodations: No. Filer admission status: I certify that I am admitted to practice before this Court. [Entered: 10/24/2026 08:22 PM] |
| Filing 53 ADDED Counsel for Appellee Alex Scandroli, Counsel for Appellee Abigail G. Urquhart [Entered: 10/24/2026 07:21 PM] |
| Filing 52 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Abigail G. Urquhart for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/24/2026 06:49 PM] |
| Filing 51 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Alex Scandroli for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/24/2026 04:47 PM] |
| Filing 50 ACKNOWLEDGMENT of hearing notice filed by Seth P. Waxman for Appellee Dean Logan. Hearing in San Francisco - Courtroom 2 in San Francisco, on 10/25/2026 1:00:00 PM. Filer argument time: Sharing with another attorney. (Argument minutes: 15). Special accommodations: No. Filer admission status: I certify that I am admitted to practice before this Court. [Entered: 10/24/2026 03:49 PM] |
| Filing 49 ACKNOWLEDGMENT of hearing notice filed by Samuel P. Siegel for Appellee State of California, Appellee Shirley Weber. Hearing in San Francisco - Courtroom 2 in San Francisco, on 10/25/2026 1:00:00 PM. Filer argument time: Sharing with another attorney. (Argument minutes: 15 minutes). Special accommodations: No. Filer admission status: I certify that I am admitted to practice before this Court. [Entered: 10/24/2026 03:26 PM] |
| Filing 48 ADDED Counsel for Appellant Matthew Donnelly [Entered: 10/24/2026 02:49 PM] |
| Filing 47 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Matthew Donnelly for Appellant United States of America. [Entered: 10/24/2026 02:41 PM] |
| Filing 46 NOTICE OF REMOTE ORAL ARGUMENT on Sunday, October 25, 2026 - 1:00 P.M. View the Oral Argument Calendar for your case #here. Be sure to review the #GUIDELINES for important information about your hearing. If you are the specific attorney or self-represented party who will be arguing, use the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HEARING NOTICE filing type in ACMS no later than 28 days before the hearing date. No form or other attachment is required. If you will not be arguing, do not file an acknowledgment of hearing notice. Link to remote oral argument will be available on the court's public website (www.ca9.uscourts.gov) under Cases and Hearings > Streaming Today. [26-7070] [COURT UPDATE: updating docket text to reflect that this is a fully report hearing and how the public can watch the argument, and updating docket text to remove duplicative sentences] [Entered: 10/24/2026 02:35 PM] [Edited: 10/24/2026 03:00 PM] |
| Filing 45 ADDED Counsel for Appellee Seth P. Waxman [Entered: 10/24/2026 02:32 PM] |
| Filing 44 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Seth P. Waxman for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/24/2026 02:04 PM] |
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Filing 43
ORDER FILED. Mark J. BENNETT, Patrick J. BUMATAY, Gabriel P. SANCHEZ. The court will hear remote oral argument via Zoom on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 1 p.m. PDT. Oral argument will be 60 minutes. Each side will have 30 minutes. Defendants-appellees State of California, Shirley Weber, and Dean Logan may divide up appellees 30 minutes however they see fit. If they are unable to agree to a distribution, each appellee will have 15 minutes. Appellees may file an optional reply to appellants response to the motion to dismiss by Sunday, October 25, 2026, at noon PDT. [Entered: 10/24/2026 01:42 PM]
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| Filing 42 ADDED Counsel for Appellee Daniel Volchok, Counsel for Appellee Michael J. Mongan [Entered: 10/24/2026 01:34 PM] |
| Filing 41 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Michael J. Mongan for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/24/2026 01:14 PM] |
| Filing 40 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT pursuant to FRAP 26.1 and CR 26.1-1 filed by Intervenor - Pending League of United Latin American Citizens, Intervenor - Pending National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Intervenor - Pending California-Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Intervenor - Pending Los Angeles Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. [Entered: 10/24/2026 01:12 PM] |
| Filing 39 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Daniel Volchok for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/24/2026 01:11 PM] |
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Filing 38
ORDER FILED. Appellant United States of America may file an optional reply to the responses to the motion for injunction pending appeal by October 25, 2026 at 9 a.m. PDT. Appellant United States of America must file a response to appellee Dean C. Logans emergency motion under Circuit Rule 27-3 to dismiss appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction (Docket Entry No. 36) by October 25, 2026 at 9 a.m. PDT. [Entered: 10/24/2026 12:52 PM]
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| Filing 37 ADDED Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Pooja Chaudhuri, Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Olivia N. Sedwick, Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Kristen M. Clarke, Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Sejal Jhaveri, Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Aseem Mulji, Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Stacey Leyton, Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Danielle Leonard, Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Jonah J. Lalas [Court added counsel for intervenor-pending parties from document filed at DE 31] [Entered: 10/24/2026 12:48 PM] |
| Filing 36 EMERGENCY MOTION to Dismiss filed by Appellee Dean Logan. [COURT UPDATE: motion originally filed at DE 34; court-entered using correct filing type] [Entered: 10/24/2026 12:09 PM] |
| Filing 35 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Anna Marks Baldwin for Intervenor - Pending California-Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Intervenor - Pending League of United Latin American Citizens, Intervenor - Pending Los Angeles Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Intervenor - Pending National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. [COURT UPDATE: no action necessary; counsel added at DE 33] [Entered: 10/24/2026 11:59 AM] [Edited: 10/24/2026 12:19 PM] |
| Filing 34 DEFECTIVE - Emergency MOTION Circuit Rule 27-3 Certificate filed by Appellee Dean Logan. [Court refiled at DE 36 using correct filing type] [Entered: 10/24/2026 11:55 AM] [Edited: 10/24/2026 12:09 PM] |
| Filing 33 ADDED Intervenor - Pending League of United Latin American Citizens, Intervenor - Pending National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Intervenor - Pending California-Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Intervenor - Pending Los Angeles Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Norman Larry Eisen, Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Anna Marks Baldwin [Entered: 10/24/2026 11:52 AM] |
| Filing 32 RESPONSE to Motion for Injunctive Relief (DE 6) filed by Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/24/2026 11:47 AM] |
| Filing 31 MOTION of Proposed Intervenor-Defendants and in the Alternative Amici Curiae to File Response to Emergency Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal filed by LULAC; NAACP; NAACP California/Hawaii State Conference; NAACP Los Angeles Branch. [Court updated docket text to reflect content of filing] [Entered: 10/24/2026 11:41 AM] [Edited: 10/24/2026 12:04 PM] |
| Filing 30 RESPONSE to Motion for Injunctive Relief (DE 6) filed by Appellee State of California, Appellee Shirley Weber. [Entered: 10/24/2026 11:32 AM] |
| Filing 29 ADDED Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Julianna D. Astarita [Entered: 10/24/2026 11:08 AM] |
| Filing 28 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Julianna D. Astarita for Intervenor - Pending Mi Familia en Accion, Intervenor - Pending Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network. [Entered: 10/24/2026 11:03 AM] |
| Filing 27 MOTION for Leave to File Proposed Response in Opposition to Emergency Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal and Proposed Opposition filed by Intervenor - Pending Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network, Intervenor - Pending Mi Familia en Accion. [Court updated docket text to reflect content of filing] [Entered: 10/24/2026 10:31 AM] [Edited: 10/24/2026 11:01 AM] |
| Filing 26 ADDED Counsel for Appellee Helen H. Hong, Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Robert Golan-Vilella [Entered: 10/24/2026 08:32 AM] |
| Filing 25 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Robert Golan-Vilella for Intervenor - Pending Mi Familia en Accion, Intervenor - Pending Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network. [Entered: 10/24/2026 07:50 AM] |
| Filing 24 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Helen H. Hong for Appellee Shirley Weber, Appellee State of California. [Entered: 10/24/2026 06:46 AM] |
| Filing 23 ADDED Counsel for Appellee Christine Bass [Entered: 10/23/2026 08:31 PM] |
| Filing 22 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Christine Bass for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/23/2026 08:26 PM] |
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Filing 21
ORDER FILED. On October 23, 2026, appellant filed a motion for injunction pending appeal at Docket Entry No. 6. Appellees must file a response to the motion by Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. PDT. [Entered: 10/23/2026 06:33 PM]
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| Filing 20 ADDED Counsel for Appellee Kyra E. Sikora [Entered: 10/23/2026 05:17 PM] |
| Filing 19 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Kyra E. Sikora for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/23/2026 04:55 PM] |
| Filing 18 ADDED Counsel for Intervenor - Pending Branden D. Lewiston [Entered: 10/23/2026 03:59 PM] |
| Filing 17 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Branden D. Lewiston for Intervenor - Pending Mi Familia en Accion, Intervenor - Pending Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network. [Entered: 10/23/2026 03:36 PM] |
| Filing 16 ADDED Counsel for Appellee Christopher Khoo Pelham [Entered: 10/23/2026 03:33 PM] |
| Filing 15 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Uzoma Nkem Nkwonta for Intervenor - Pending Mi Familia en Accion, Intervenor - Pending Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network. [Entered: 10/23/2026 03:32 PM] |
| Filing 14 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Christopher Khoo Pelham for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/23/2026 03:30 PM] |
| Filing 13 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT pursuant to FRAP 26.1 and CR 26.1-1 filed by Intervenor - Pending Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network, Intervenor - Pending Mi Familia en Accion. [Entered: 10/23/2026 03:28 PM] |
| Filing 12 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Sharanya Mohan for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/23/2026 03:24 PM] |
| Filing 11 ADDED Intervenors - Pending Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network and Mi Familia en Accion, with counsel Uzoma Nkem Nkwonta. [Entered: 10/23/2026 02:43 PM] |
| Filing 10 ADDED Counsel for Appellee Sharanya Mohan, Counsel for Appellee Toby Merrill [Entered: 10/23/2026 02:28 PM] |
| Filing 9 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Sharanya Mohan for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/23/2026 02:21 PM] |
| Filing 8 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Toby Merrill for Appellee Dean Logan. [Entered: 10/23/2026 02:17 PM] |
| Filing 7 MOTION to Intervene filed by Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network; Mi Familia en Accin. [Entered: 10/23/2026 02:15 PM] |
| Filing 6 MOTION for Injunctive Relief filed by Appellant United States of America. [COURT ENTERED FILING of motion at DE 5.] [Entered: 10/23/2026 02:09 PM] |
| Filing 5 Emergency MOTION Circuit Rule 27-3 Certificate filed by Appellant United States of America. [Entered: 10/23/2026 01:56 PM] |
| Filing 4 ADDED Counsel for Appellee Samuel P. Siegel [Entered: 10/23/2026 10:29 AM] |
| Filing 3 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Samuel P. Siegel for Appellee Shirley Weber, Appellee State of California. [Entered: 10/23/2026 10:26 AM] |
| Filing 2 PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION SCHEDULE NOTICE. Mediation Questionnaire due (Appellant) 10/28/2026,Preliminary Injunction Opening Brief Due (Appellant) 11/20/2026, Preliminary Injunction Answering Brief Due (Appellee) 12/18/2026. For appeal no. 26-7070, 2:26-cv-12025-DOC-ADS.All briefs shall be served and filed pursuant to FRAP 31 and 9th Cir. R. 31-2.1. Failure of the petitioner(s)/appellant(s) to comply with this briefing schedule will result in automatic dismissal of the appeal. See 9th Cir. R. 42-1. [Entered: 10/23/2026 08:32 AM] |
| Filing 1 CASE OPENED. A copy of your notice of appeal / petition filed in 2:26-cv-12025-DOC-ADS has been received in the Clerk's office of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The U.S. Court of Appeals docket number 26-7070 has been assigned to this case. All communications with the court must indicate this Court of Appeals docket number. Please carefully review the docket to ensure the name(s) and contact information are correct. It is your responsibility to alert the court if your contact information changes. Resources Available For more information about case processing and to assist you in preparing your brief, please review the Case Opening Information (for #attorneys and #pro se litigants) and review the #Appellate Practice Guide. Attorneys should consider contacting the court's #Appellate Mentoring Program for help with the brief and argument. [Entered: 10/23/2026 08:30 AM] |
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