No. 19-1064

Kealii Makekau, et al. v. Hawaii, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-28
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: 42-usc-1988 all-writs-act civil-rights civil-rights-attorneys-fees election-cancellation injunctions judicial-imprimatur merits prevailing-party statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2020-05-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court's grant of an injunction constitutes a sufficient consideration of the merits to be the 'judicial imprimatur' necessary for prevailing-party status

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Court’s grant of an injunction pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651(a), which requires a “finding that [plaintiff] has a significant possibility of success on the merits,” Dunn v. McNabb, 138 S. Ct. 369 (2017), constitutes, in the absence of any statement to the contrary, a sufficient consideration of the merits to be the “judicial imprimatur” necessary for prevailing-party status under 42 U.S.C. § 1988. 2. Whether the cancellation of a challenged election during the voting period, and the cancellation in advance of a second, challenged election, constitute an enduring change in the legal relationship of the parties, so that the plaintiffs who challenged those elections may be deemed prevailing parties under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.

Docket Entries

2020-05-04
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
2020-03-17
Waiver of right of respondent State of Hawaii, et al. to respond filed.
2020-03-13
Waiver of right of respondent Na'i Aupuni Foundation to respond filed.
2020-03-13
Waiver of right of respondent The Akamai Foundation to respond filed.
2020-03-11
Waiver of right of respondents Office of Hawaiian Affairs respondents to respond filed.
2020-02-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 30, 2020)

Attorneys

Kealii Makekau, et al.
Robert D. PopperJudicial Watch, Inc., Petitioner
Robert D. PopperJudicial Watch, Inc., Petitioner
Na'i Aupuni Foundation
David Justin MinkinMcCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP, Respondent
David Justin MinkinMcCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP, Respondent
Office of Hawaiian Affairs respondents
Kannon K. ShanmugamPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Respondent
Kannon K. ShanmugamPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Respondent
State of Hawaii, et al.
Robert T NakatsujiDepartment of the Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Respondent
Robert T NakatsujiDepartment of the Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Respondent
The Akamai Foundation
William K. Meheula IIISullivan Meheula Lee, LLLP, Respondent
William K. Meheula IIISullivan Meheula Lee, LLLP, Respondent