RICHARDSON et al v. TRUMP et al

Filing 14

MOTION for Preliminary Injunction by GINA ARFI, CHRISTOPHER CARROLL, TERESA RICHARDSON, AIDA ZARGAS (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Androphy, Joel)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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- - - - - - - RICHARDSON, CHRISTOPHER CARROLL,
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GINA ARFI, and AIDA ZYGAS,
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Case No. 20-cv-02262 (EGS)
Plaintiffs,
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DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of :
the United States,
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LOUIS DEJOY, in his official capacity as Postmaster
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General of the United States,
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE,
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Defendants.
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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING
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PLAINTIFFS’ APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
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Plaintiffs’ Application for a Preliminary Injunction is granted. It is hereby ORDERED
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that Defendants shall immediately:
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(1) return postal operations and restore postal service to that in place on January 1, 2020;
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(2) replace or restore the removed the high-speed sorting machines and mailboxes that
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have been taken out of service and put them back into operation;
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(3) restore overtime pay and lift the hiring freeze so that USPS can hire additional
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employees when and where necessary to ensure the timely processing and delivery of
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mail-in ballots;
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(4) make all late mail deliveries instead of letting mail:be delayed or go undelivered;
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(5) restore seasoned employees to their former positions, including the employees who
were reassigned or displaced in the recent USPS reorganization; and
(6) refrain from any and all other conduct that is intended to interfere and/or interferes
with Plaintiffs’ fundamental right to vote in United States elections, including but not
limited to the 2020 presidential election.

A subsequent Order appointing a Special Master to oversee the implementation of this
Order will follow.
Signed this __________ day of August, 2020 at Washington, D.C.

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Emmet G. Sullivan
United States District Judge

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