Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. v. Boockvar

Decision Date10 October 2020
Docket NumberNo. 2:20-cv-966,2:20-cv-966
Citation493 F.Supp.3d 331
Parties DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC., et al., Plaintiffs v. Kathy BOOCKVAR, in her capacity as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al., Defendants.
CourtU.S. District Court — Western District of Pennsylvania

Ronald L. Hicks, Jr., Carolyn Batz McGee, Jeremy A. Mercer, Russell D. Giancola, Devin A. Winklosky, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Justin R. Clark, Pro Hac Vice, Matthew Earl Morgan, Pro Hac Vice, Elections LLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Daniel T. Donovan, Pro Hac Vice, Caroline Darmody, Pro Hac Vice, Kristen Leigh Bokhan, Michael Glick, Pro Hac Vice, Susan Marie Davies, Pro Hac Vice, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Howard G. Hopkirk, Karen Mascio Romano, Keli Marie Neary, Pro Hac Vice, Nicole Boland, Pro Hac Vice, Stephen Moniak, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Kathleen M. Kotula, Kenneth L. Joel, M. Abbegael Giunta, Governor's Office of General Counsel, Timothy Gates, Pennsylvania Department of State Office of Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, PA, Daniel T. Brier, Donna A. Walsh, John B. Dempsey, Nicholas F. Kravitz, Pro Hac Vice, Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP, Scranton, PA, Jaywin Singh Malhi, Pro Hac Vice, Madelyn Morris, Sara S. Tatum, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Kathy Boockvar.

Molly R. Mudd, Pro Hac Vice, County of Adams, Gettysburg, PA, for Defendant Adams County Board of Elections.

Andrew F. Szefi, Allan J. Opsitnick, George M. Janocsko, Allegheny County Law Department, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant Allegheny County Board of Elections.

Steven B. Silverman, Molly E. Meacham, Sean R. Keegan, Andrew Degory, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Babst Calland, State College, PA, for Defendants Armstrong County Board of Elections, Bedford County Board of Elections, Centre County Board of Elections, Columbia County Board of Elections, Fayette County Board of Elections, Indiana County Board of Elections, Lackawanna County Board of Elections, Lebanon County Board of Elections, Montour County Board of Elections, Northumberland County Board of Elections, Venango County Board of Elections.

Nathan A. Morgan, Beaver, PA, for Defendant Beaver County Board of Elections.

Christine D. Steere, Deasey, Mahoney & Valentini, Ltd., Media, PA, for Defendant Berks County Board of Elections.

Steven B. Silverman, Molly E. Meacham, Sean R. Keegan, Andrew Degory, Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Babst Calland, State College, PA, Nathan W. Karn, Evey Black Attorneys LLC, Hollidaysburg, PA, for Defendant Blair County Board of Elections.

Mark A. Aronchick, Christina Matthias, Pro Hac Vice, John B. Hill, Pro Hac Vice, Michele D. Hangley, Pro Hac Vice, Peter V. Keays, Robert Wiygul, Pro Hac Vice, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph J. Khan, County of Bucks, Doylestown, PA, for Defendant Bucks County Board of Elections.

William Gleason Barbin, Cambria County Solicitor's Office, Ebensburg, PA, for Defendant Cambria County Board of Elections.

Gerard Joseph Geiger, Pro Hac Vice, Newman Williams, Stroudsburg, PA, for Defendant Carbon County Board of Elections.

Mark A. Aronchick, Christina Matthias, Pro Hac Vice, John B. Hill, Pro Hac Vice, Michele D. Hangley, Pro Hac Vice, Robert Wiygul, Pro Hac Vice, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Chester County Board of Elections.

Christopher P. Gabriel, Carfardi Ferguson Wyrick Weis + Gabriel, Sewickley, PA, for Defendant Clarion County Board of Elections.

Frank A. Blum, III, Jefferson Hills, PA, for Defendant Clearfield County Board of Elections.

Keith A. Button, Shafer Law Firm, Meadville, PA, for Defendant Crawford County Board of Elections.

Keith O. Brenneman, Law Office of Keith O. Brenneman, P.C., Mechanicsburg, PA, for Defendant Cumberland County Board of Elections.

Steven B. Silverman, Molly E. Meacham, Sean R. Keegan, Andrew Degory, Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Babst Calland, State College, PA, Joseph A. Curcillo, III, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, PA, for Defendant Dauphin County Board of Elections.

Edward D. Rogers, Pro Hac Vice, Elizabeth Wingfield, Pro Hac Vice, Kahlil Williams, Pro Hac Vice, David S. Fryman, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Terence Grugan, Pro Hac Vice, Ballard Spahr, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Delaware County Board of Elections.

Thomas S. Talarico, Talarico & Niebauer, Erie, PA, for Defendant Erie County Board of Elections.

Andrew W. Norfleet, Frank J. Lavery, Jr., Stephen B. Edwards, Lavery Law, Harrisburg, PA, for Defendants Franklin County Board of Elections, Perry County Board of Elections.

Robert Eugene Grimm, Robert Eugene Grimm Attorney, Smithfield, PA, for Defendant Greene County Board of Elections.

Peter M. McManamon, Pro Hac Vice, Gill, McManamon & Ghaner, Huntingdon, PA, Steven B. Silverman, Molly E. Meacham, Sean R. Keegan, Andrew Degory, Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Babst Calland, State College, PA, for Defendant Huntingdon County Board of Elections.

C.J. Zwick, Zwick & Zwick LLP, DuBois, PA, Gregory D. Sobol, Brookville, PA, for Defendant Jefferson County Board of Elections.

Donald Zagurskie, Pro Hac Vice, Johnston & Zagurskie, PC, Mifflin, PA, for Defendant Juniata County Board of Elections.

Christina L. Hausner, Pro Hac Vice, County of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, for Defendant Lancaster County Board of Elections.

Steven B. Silverman, Molly E. Meacham, Sean R. Keegan, Andrew Degory, Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Thomas W. Leslie, New Castle, PA, Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Babst Calland, State College, PA, for Defendant Lawrence County Board of Elections.

Thomas M. Caffrey, Pro Hac Vice, PO BOX A, Coplay, PA, Sarah Mae Murray, Pro Hac Vice, County of Lehigh, Allentown, PA, for Defendant Lehigh County Board of Elections.

Lawrence J. Moran, Jr., Matthew J. Carmody, Joyce, Carmody & Moran, P.C., Regina M. Blewitt, Joyce Carmody Moran, Pittston, PA, for Defendant Luzerne County Board of Elections.

Joseph D. Smith, McCormick Law Firm, Williamsport, PA, for Defendant Lycoming County Board of Elections.

Anthony V. Clarke, The Clarke Firm, Bradford, PA, for Defendant Mckean County Board of Elections.

Steven B. Silverman, Molly E. Meacham, Sean R. Keegan, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, William J. Madden, Solicitor, Mercer County, Sharon, PA, Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Babst Calland, State College, PA, for Defendant Mercer County Board of Elections.

Gerard Joseph Geiger, Newman Williams, Stroudsburg, PA, for Defendants Monroe County Board of Elections, Pike County Board of Elections, Schuylkill County Board of Elections, Snyder County Board of Elections, Wayne County Board of Elections.

Mark A. Aronchick, Christina Matthias, Pro Hac Vice, John B. Hill, Pro Hac Vice, Michele D. Hangley, Pro Hac Vice, Robert Wiygul, Pro Hac Vice, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, PA, Maureen Calder, Pro Hac Vice, Montgomery County Solicitor's Office, Norristown, PA, for Defendant Montgomery County Board of Elections.

Brian Taylor, Pro Hac Vice, Richard E. Santee, Pro Hac Vice, County of Northampton, Easton, PA, Timothy P. Brennan, Pro Hac Vice, County of Northampton, PA, PA, for Defendant Northampton County Board of Elections.

Mark A. Aronchick, Christina Matthias, Pro Hac Vice, John B. Hill, Pro Hac Vice, Michele D. Hangley, Robert Wiygul, Pro Hac Vice, Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Zachary Strassburger, City of Philadelphia Law Department, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Philadelphia County Board of Elections.

Thomas R. Shaffer, Glassmire & Shaffer Law Offices, Coudersport, PA, for Defendant Potter County Board of Elections.

Michael P. Barbera, Barbera, Melvin, Svonavec & Sperlazza LLP, Somerset, PA, for Defendant Somerset County Board of Elections.

Kenneth R. Levitzky, Kenneth R. Levitzky, Esquire, Dushore, PA, for Defendants Sullivan County Board of Elections, Wyoming County Board of Elections.

Robert Gawlas, Robert Schaub, Rosenn Jenkins & Greenwald LLP, Wilkes-Barre, PA, for Defendant Susquehanna County Board of Elections.

Christopher P. Gabriel, Carfardi Ferguson Wyrick Weis + Gabriel, Sewickley, PA, Raymond E. Ginn, Jr., Pro Hac Vice, Ginn & Vickery, P.C., Wellsboro, PA, for Defendant Tioga County Board of Elections.

Steven B. Silverman, Sean R. Keegan, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Allen P. Page, McNerney, Page, Vanderlin & Hall, Williamsport, PA, for Defendant Union County Board of Elections.

Nathaniel Justus Schmidt, Schmidt Law Firm, Warren, PA, for Defendant Warren County Board of Elections.

Robert J. Grimm, Swartz Campbell, Ryan Michael Joyce, Swartz Campbell, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant Washington County Board of Elections.

David A. Regoli, New Kensington, PA, for Defendant Westmoreland County Board of Elections.

Michelle Pokrifka, Pro Hac Vice, York County Solicitor's Office, York, PA, Steven B. Silverman, Molly E. Meacham, Sean R. Keegan, Andrew Degory, Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Babst Calland, State College, PA, for Defendant York County Board of Elections.

Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux, Pro Hac Vice, Dale E. Ho, Pro Hac Vice, Sophia Lin Lakin, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Christopher R. Noyes, Pro Hac Vice, Eleanor Davis, Pro Hac Vice, Jared Vasconcellos Grubow, Pro Hac Vice, Lori A. Martin, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, Benjamin David Geffen, Mary McKenzie, Public Interest Law Center, Philadelphia, PA, David P. Yin, Pro Hac Vice, Sarah E. Brannon, Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, John Michael Powers, Pro Hac Vice, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Jason H. Liss, Pro Hac Vice, Boston, MA, Samantha Picans, Pro Hac Vice, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Denver, CO, Witold...

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