1:16-cv-00425 Text Order Aug 17

Text Order (August 17, 2016)  [Docket Text Only]

TEXT ORDER signed by JUDGE THOMAS D. SCHROEDER on 8/17/2016. For good cause shown, IT IS ORDERED that the motion to expedite responses to motion to stay proceedings by Defendants and Plaintiff North Carolinians for Privacy (Doc. 114 in 1:12CV236 and 142 in 1:16CV425) is hereby GRANTED; Plaintiffs’ response to the motion to stay proceedings, if any, shall be filed on or before Monday, August 22, 2016; because Defendants and Plaintiff North Carolinians for Privacy have agreed to forego filing a reply in support of their stay motion, the motion will therefore be submitted to the court upon the filing of a response by Plaintiffs, assuming that a response is filed by Monday, August 22, 2016. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion of Defendants State of North Carolina, Governor McCrory, and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, and Intervenor-Defendants President Pro Tempore Phil Berger and Speaker Tim Moore for leave to submit a memorandum not to exceed 70 pages in opposition to the United States’ motion for preliminary injunctive relief (Doc. 144 ) is hereby GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion of Attorney Holly A. Thomas to Withdraw as attorney for Proposed Amici Curiae (Doc. 145 ) is hereby GRANTED; and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that UNC Defendants unopposed motion for leave to submit a consolidated reply brief of up to 18 pages (Doc. 117 in 1:16CV236 and 146 in 1:16CV425) in support of its motions to dismiss in United States v. North Carolina (1:16CV425)and Carcao v. McCrory (1:16CV236) is hereby GRANTED. The UNC Defendants are directed to file their reply brief in both cases forthwith. Associated Cases: 1:16cv425, 1:16cv236 (Engle, Anita) (Entered: 08/17/2016)