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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIOWESTERN DIVISION-----------------------------------------------------League of Women Voters of Ohio, Leagueof Women Voters of Toledo-Lucas County,Darla Stenson, Charlene Dyson, AnthonyWhite, Deborah Thomas, Leonard Jackson,Deborah Barberio, Mildred Casas, SadieRubin, Lena Boswell, Chardell Russell,Dorothy Cooley, and Lula Johnson-Ham,Plaintiffs,v.J. Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary of State of Ohio and Bob Taft, Governor of Ohio,Defendants.-----------------------------------------------------)))))))))))))))Case No. 3:05-CV-7309Hon. James G. Carr
PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS THEAMENDED COMPLAINT AND FOR A STAY OF DISCOVERY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES...........................................................................................................iINTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................1PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND.................................................................................................3ARGUMENT..................................................................................................................................7I Plaintiffs’ Claims Are Not Barred By the 11th Amendment: Plaintiffs Seek ProspectiveRelief to Remedy Ongoing Violations of Equal Protection and Due Process........................7II Defendants’ Claims of Sovereign Immunity are Frivolous: The Court Should Make aCertification of Frivolousness to Prevent Further Unwarranted Delay................................12III There is No Basis for Reconsideration of the Court’s December 2, 2005 Rulings..............13IV Defendants are Not Entitled to a Stay of Discovery.............................................................15CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................15
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIESCases
 
 Abel v. Miller 
, 904 F.2d 394 (7th Cir. 1990)................................................................................12
 Apostol v. Gallion
, 870 F.2d 1335 (7th Cir. 1989).......................................................................12
 Behrens v. Pelletier 
, 516 U.S. 299 (1996)....................................................................................12
Chambers v. NASCO, Inc.
, 501 U.S. 32 (1991)..............................................................................3
City of Los Angeles v. Davis
, 440 U.S. 625 (1979)......................................................................10
Cleveland Branch, N.A.A.C.P. v. City of Parma
, 263 F.3d 513 (6th Cir. 2001)..........................10
 Dickerson v. McClellan
, 37 F.3d 251 (6th Cir. 1994)..................................................................13
 Dunn v
.
 Blumstein
, 405 U.S. 330 (1972)......................................................................................10
 Edelman v. Jordan,
415 U.S
.
651 (1974).......................................................................................7
 Ex parte Young
, 209 U.S. 123 (1908)....................................................................................passim
First Nat’l Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
, 435 U.S. 765 (U.S. 1978).................................................10
 Hutto v. Finney
, 437 U.S. 678 (1978).............................................................................................7
 Johnson v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Serv.
, 2003 WL 21479080 (N.D. Ohio 2003).............................8
Kickapoo Tribe v. Kansas
, 1993 WL 192795 (D. Kan. May 19, 1993).................................12, 13
Klyce v. Ramirez
, 852 F.2d 568 (6th Cir. 1988)...........................................................................14
Ku v. State of Tennessee
, 332 F.3d 431 (6th Cir. 2003).................................................................5
 Lawson v. Shelby County
, 211 F.3d 331 (6th Cir. 2000)................................................................8
 Miller v. Norfolk Southern Rwy
., Co., 208 F. Supp. 2d 851 (N.D. Ohio 2002)..............................3
 Nelson v. Miller 
, 170 F.3d 641 (6th Cir. 1999)...............................................................................8
 Norman v. Reed 
, 502 U.S. 279 (1992)..........................................................................................10
Verizon v. Public Serv. Commn.
, 535 U.S. 635 (2002)...............................................................8, 9
Westside Mothers v. Haveman
, 289 F.3d 852 (6th Cir. 2002)........................................................8
Wrench LLC v. Taco Bell Corp.
, 36 F. Supp. 2d 787 (W.D. Mich. 1998)..................................14
Yates v. City of Cleveland 
, 941 F.2d 444 (6th Cir. 1991).............................................................13
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