De Luca v. North Carolina State Board of Elections et al

Filing 35

ORDER granting 21 Motion to Intervene. Signed by Chief Judge James C. Dever III on 11/30/2016. (Briggeman, N.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
No. 5:16-CV-913-D

FRANCIS X. DELUCA,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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THE NORTH CAROLINA
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STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
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KIM WESTBROOK STRACH,
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A. GRANT WIDTNEY,
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RHONDA K. AMOROSO,
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JOSHUA D. MALCOLM,
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JAMES BAKER, and MAJA KRIKER, )
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Defendants.
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ORDER

On November 29,2016, proposed defendant-intervenor North Carolina State Conference of
the NAACP filed a motion to intervene [D.E. 21] as of right or permissibly and filed a supporting
memorandum. See [D.E. 21, 22]; Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a), (b). In its motion, proposed defendantintervenor states that it does not know defendants' position concerning the motion to intervene, that
plaintiff opposes the motion to intervene, and that defendant-intervenors support the motion. See
[D.E. 21] 3.
The court has considered the entire record and governing precedent. The court GRANTS
proposed defendant-intervenor's motion for permissive intervention under Federal Ru1e of Civil
Procedure 24(b)(1) [D.E. 21]. Defendant-intervenor may file a response in opposition to plaintiff's
motion for a preliminary injunction. Any such response is due no later 5:00p.m. on Monday,
December 5, 2016.

SO ORDERED. This ..3..0_ day ofNovember 2016.

Chief United States District Judge

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