Green v. Richland County Election & Voter Registration et al

Filing 32

ORDER granting 27 MOTION to Substitute Party filed by Samuel J. Selph. Signed by Magistrate Judge Shiva V Hodges on 7/18/2017. (mwal)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA DIVISION
Dr. Cameo Aleece Green,
Plaintiff,
v.
Richland County Election & Voter
Registration; Rokey Suleman, as
director; South Carolina Election
Commission; Billy Way, Jr., as Chair
Commission,
Defendants.

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C/A No. 3:17-cv-00983-JFA-SVH

ORDER SUBSTITUTING PARTY

This matter comes before the court on the motion of defendants to substitute Mr.
Rokey Suleman for Samuel J. Selph. [ECF No. 27]. Defendants represent that Mr. Selph
is no longer associated with the Richland County Elections & Voter Registration
Commission and that Mr. Suleman is the current Director of that Commission. Pursuant
to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), “an action does not abate when a public officer who is a party in
an official capacity . . . otherwise ceases to hold office while an action is pending.”
Moreover, that officer’s successor “is automatically substituted as a party.” Id. The court
grants the motion to substitute [ECF No. 27] and directs the Clerk’s Office to change the
docket, as in the above caption, to reflect the substitution.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

July 18, 2017
Columbia, South Carolina

Shiva V. Hodges
United States Magistrate Judge