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Allegations of Politically Motivated Degradations of Postal Services

Robert Timothy Reagan
November 21, 2023

Jones v. United States Postal Service (Victor Marrero, S.D.N.Y. 1:20-cv-6516); National Urban League v. DeJoy (George L. Russell III, D. Md. 1:20-cv-2391); Washington v. Trump (Stanley A. Bastian, E.D. Wash. 1:20-cv-3127); Pennsylvania v. DeJoy (Gerald Austin McHugh, E.D. Pa. 2:20-cv-4096); and Richardson v. Trump (1:20-cv-2262), NAACP v. United States Postal Service (1:20-cv-2295), New York v. Trump (1:20-cv-2340), and Vote Forward v. DeJoy (1:20-cv-2405) (Emmet G. Sullivan, D.D.C.)
Lawsuits filed in five districts alleged that operation changes by the postal service during a global infectious pandemic would interfere with alternatives to risky in-person voting. Four district judges issued preliminary injunctions. The lawsuits were largely resolved following the inauguration of a new presidential administration.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Absentee ballots; early voting; Covid-19; case assignment; enforcing orders; class action.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

Update: Final Judgment, New York v. Biden, No. 1:20-cv-2340 (D.D.C. Feb. 2, 2024), D.E. 129, appeal pending, No. 24-5047 (D.C. Cir. Mar. 7, 2024).