UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION BRUCE T. MORGAN, an individual, and BRIAN P. MERUCCI, an individual, Plaintiffs, v RICK SNYDER, in his official capacity as the Governor of the State of Michigan, and MARY HOLLINRAKE, in her official capacity as the County Clerk and Register of Kent County, Michigan, Defendants. No. 14-cv-00632 HON. GORDON J. QUIST Stephanie D. Myott (P76697) Attorney for Plaintiffs Rhoades McKee, P.C. 161 Ottawa Ave. NW, Suite 600 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 235-3500 Michael F. Murphy(P29213) Joshua O. Booth (P53847) Christina M. Grossi (P67482) Attorneys for Defendant Snyder MI Department of Attorney General State Operations Division P.O. Box 30754 Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 373-1162 Thomas J. Dempsey (P48792) Linda S. Howell (P44006) Attorneys for Defendant Hollinrake Kent County Corporate Counsel 300 Monroe Ave. NW, Ste. 301 Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2206 (616) 632-7573 /
DEFENDANT GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER’S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO LIFT STAY ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED
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The stay should remain in effect because the only change in circumstance cited by Plaintiffs that was not previously considered by this Court in entering the stay is the release of a non-precedential and factually distinguishable decision in
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INDEX OF AUTHORITIES
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Cases
Camreta v. Greene
, 131 S. Ct. 2020 (2011) ........................................................................................... iii, 3
Caspar v. Snyder
, __ F. Supp. 3d __ (E.D. Mich. 2015); No. 14-cv-11499; 2015 WL 224741 .. iii, 2, 3, 4
DeBoer v. Snyder
, __ F.3d __, 2014 WL 5748990 (6th Cir. Nov. 6, 2014) ..................................... iii, 1, 3
DeBoer, et al. v. Snyder
, et al., 973 F. Supp. 2d 757 (E.D. Mich. 2014) ...................................................................... 1
Monaghan v. Sebelius
, 2013 WL 3212597 (E.D. Mich. 2013) (unpublished) ............................................ iii, 2
Rules
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 ........................................................................... 2, 4 Local Rule 7.2(c) ............................................................................................................. 2
Treatises
18 J. Moore et al., Moore’s Federal Practice § 134.02[1] [d], p. 134–26 (3d ed. 2011) ..................................................................... 3 ii
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