Moore v. Circosta

Application for stay denied on Oct. 28, 2020

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Wise v. Circosta

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
20a72	4th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2020

Issue: Whether the Supreme Court should stay, pending appeal, an order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit leaving in place an extension of the deadline to receive absentee ballots for the 2020 election in North Carolina.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Court wont block extended deadline for North Carolina mail-in ballots (updated) (Amy Howe, October 29, 2020)
Trump campaign, North Carolina Republicans ask justices to stop extension of absentee-ballot deadline (updated) (Amy Howe, October 22, 2020)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
10/22/2020	Application (20A72) for injunctive relief, submitted to The Chief Justice.
10/22/2020	Response to application (20A72) requested by The Chief Justice, due Saturday, October 24, by 3 p.m.
10/24/2020	Response to application from respondents Damon Circosta, Chair, State Board of Elections, et al. filed.
10/24/2020	Response to application from respondents North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, et al. filed.
10/24/2020	Motion for leave to file amici brief and motion for leave to file brief in compliance with Rule 33.2 filed by District of Columbia, et al.
10/25/2020	Reply of applicants Timothy K. Moore, et al. filed.
10/28/2020	Application (20A72) referred to the Court.
10/28/2020	Application (20A72) denied by the Court. The application for injunctive relief presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is denied. JUSTICE BARRETT took no part in the consideration or decision of this application. JUSTICE THOMAS would grant the application. JUSTICE GORSUCH, with whom JUSTICE ALITO joins, dissenting from denial of application for injunctive relief. (Detached Opinion).