Samuelsen v. Treadwell (Sharon L. Gleason, D. Alaska 3:12-cv-118)
Six days after the candidate filing deadline for Alaska’s legislature, four voters filed a federal complaint in the District of Alaska claiming that although Alaska’s initial 2011 redistricting had been precleared pursuant to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, modifications ordered by Alaska’s supreme court in May had not. On the day before a three-judge district court was to hear the case, the modifications were precleared.
Subject: District lines. Topics: Section 5 preclearance; three-judge court; recusal; case assignment; primary election.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.