No. 23-1021

Kari Lake, et al. v. Adrian Fontes, Arizona Secretary of State, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
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Latest Conference: 2024-04-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an Article III case or controversy existed at all relevant times and still exists

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED As 2022 candidates for Governor and Secretary of State, petitioners sued Arizona’s Secretary of State and two counties to challenge whether electronic voting machines assure a fair and accurate vote under the Due Process Clause and their rights as candidates and voters. Petitioners also sought a preliminary injunction, and six cyber or national-security experts testified on the voting machines’ unsuitability to provide a secure and accurate vote. The testimony and evidence showed actual electronic vote tampering in prior elections, which the district court disregarded in finding petitioners’ claims too speculative for Article III standing, based in part on safeguards the counties claimed to follow. The Ninth Circuit affirmed citing, inter alia, Lance v. Coffman, 549 U.S. 487 (2007), for the lack of particularized injury in voters’ challenges. New evidence from other litigation and public-record requests shows defendants made false statements to the district court regarding the safeguards allegedly followed to ensure the accuracy of the vote, on which the district court relied. That enables petitioners to seek to amend their allegations on standing under 28 U.S.C. §1653 to show a non-speculative likelihood that the same harms will recur in future elections, which harms did indeed occur in the 2022 election. The questions presented are: 1. Whether an Article III case or controversy existed at all relevant times and still exists. 2. Whether petitioners may amend their allegations of jurisdiction under §1653 to allege recently discovered pre-litigation injury. 3. Whether petitioners’ injuries—if moot—are nonetheless capable of repetition, yet evading review.

Docket Entries

2024-04-22
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-17
Brief amici curiae of Maricopa County Republican Committee and 10 Other Republican County Committees, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-04-11
Brief amici curiae of Georgia Republican Party, Inc.,et al. (Distributed)
2024-04-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/19/2024.
2024-03-27
Waiver of right of respondent Pima County Board of Supervisors to respond filed.
2024-03-27
Waiver of right of respondent Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to respond filed.
2024-03-27
Waiver of right of respondents Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, et al. to respond filed.
2024-03-20
Motion to expedite considerarion filed by petitioner Kari Lake, et al.
2024-03-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 17, 2024)
2024-02-05
Application (23A622) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 14, 2024.
2024-02-01
Application (23A622) to extend further the time from February 15, 2024 to March 14, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2024-01-05
Application (23A622) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 15, 2024.
2024-01-03
Application (23A622) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 14, 2024 to February 15, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes
Kara Marie KarlsonArizona Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Kara Marie KarlsonArizona Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Georgia Republican Party, Inc., Republican Party of Arizona, LLC, and Republican State Committee of Delaware
William Jeffrey OlsonWilliam J. Olson, P.C., Amicus
Kari Lake, et al.
Lawrence J. JosephLaw Office of Lawrence J. Joseph, Petitioner
Lawrence J. JosephLaw Office of Lawrence J. Joseph, Petitioner
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, et al.
Thomas Purcell LiddyMaricopa County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Thomas Purcell LiddyMaricopa County Attorney's Office, Respondent
Maricopa County Republican Committee and 10 Other Republican County Committees, Nebraska Republican Party, Republican Party of New Mexico, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund
William Jeffrey OlsonWilliam J. Olson, P.C., Amicus
William Jeffrey OlsonWilliam J. Olson, P.C., Amicus
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Daniel S. JurkowitzPima Cnty. Attorney's Office, Respondent
Daniel S. JurkowitzPima Cnty. Attorney's Office, Respondent