American Freedom Defense Initiative et al v. Suburban Mobility Authority For Regional Transportation (SMART) et al

Filing 41

ORDER Deeming Moot Defendants' Motion for Stay and Emergency Motion for Ruling on Pending Motion to Stay 35 . Signed by District Judge Denise Page Hood. (LSau)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

AMERICAN FREEDOM DEFENSE
INITIATIVE, PAMELA GELLER, and
ROBERT SPENCER,
Plaintiffs,
V.

Case No. 10-cv-12134
Honorable Denise Page Hood

SUBURBAN MOBILITY AUTHORITY
FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
(“SMART”); GARY L. HENDERICKSON,
Individually and in his official capacity as
Chief Executive of SMART, JOHN HERTEL,
Individually and in his official capacity as
General Manager of SMART, and BETH
GIBBONS, individually and in her official
capacity as Marketing Program Manager of
SMART,
Defendants.
/
ORDER DEEMING MOOT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR STAY AND EMERGENCY
MOTION FOR RULING ON PENDING MOTION TO STAY
Now before the Court is Defendants’ Emergency Motion for Stay of Order Granting
Plaintiff’s Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal and Emergency Motion Requesting Ruling on
Pending Motion to Stay. In their Motion for Stay, Defendants requested that the Court stay its
enforcement of the preliminary injunction pending appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The
Sixth Circuit issued an Opinion reversing the grant of the preliminary injunction on October 25,
2012.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion for Stay [Docket No. 27, filed April 21, 2011]
and Emergency Motion Requesting Ruling on Pending Motion for Stay [Docket No. 35, filed July
19, 2011] are deemed MOOT.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

S/Denise Page Hood
Denise Page Hood
United States District Judge
Dated: November 19, 2012
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon counsel of record on
November 19, 2012, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
S/LaShawn R. Saulsberry
Case Manager

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