No. 24-1198

Association for Government Accountability, et al. v. Steve Simon, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Minnesota Secretary of State, et al.

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: drivers-privacy-act ex-parte-young federal-court injunctive-relief seminole-tribe state-officials
Key Terms:
Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ex Parte Young exception for prospective injunctive relief applies in federal court actions against state officials in their official capacities under the Drivers Protection Privacy Act of 1994

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the Ex Parte Young exception for prospective injunctive relief applies in federal court actions against state officials in their official capacities under the Drivers Protection Privacy Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. 2721, et seq., where the Act omits “state officials” as a defined “person” and the Act’s remedial scheme is not detailed and incomplete because it omits relief from continuing individual “state official” violations of federal law questioning the application of the exception to the Ex parte Young exception articulated in Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44 (1996).

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-05-27
Waiver of right of respondent Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State to respond filed.
2025-05-19

Attorneys

Association for Government Accountability, et al.
Erick G. KaardalMohrman, Kaardal & Erickson P.A., Petitioner
Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State
Nathan J. HartshornOffice of the Minnesota Attorney General, Respondent