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No Order Without a Plaintiff

Robert Timothy Reagan
February 28, 2023

In re 2016 Primary Election (Susan J. Dlott, S.D. Ohio 1:16-mc-5)
A federal district judge ordered a one-hour extension of voting hours in four counties following an anonymous telephone request to the court. A serious traffic accident had resulted in the closure of a transstate bridge. The court of appeals determined that the court was without jurisdiction to issue an order without a plaintiff.
Subject: Poll hours. Topics: Polling hours; presiding remotely; intervention; case assignment; primary election.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.