13 October 13, 2015 Re: Scott, et al. v. Schedler, et al., Case No. 13-31147 By ECF Lyle W. Cayce, Clerk United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 600 S. Maestri Place New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Dear Mr. Cayce: Yesterday, Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellees filed the attached monthly status report for the above-noted appeal. Accidentally, however, counsel filed the attached under a different case number associated with a separate appeal in this same litigation (Scott, et al. v. Schedler, et al., Case No. 15-30652). Counsel regret any inconvenience caused by this inadvertent error. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Natasha M. Korgaonkar Natasha M. Korgaonkar cc (by ECF): Ronald Wilson, Attorney at Law Sarah E. Brannon, Project Vote Israel David, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Jesse Ryan Loffler, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Leah Aden, NAACP LDF Celia Cangelosi, Attorney at Law T. Carey Jones, Attorney at Law
Case: 15-30652 Document: 00513227908 00513230152 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/12/2015 13 October 12, 2015 Re: Scott, et al. v. Schedler, et al., Case No. 13-31147 By ECF Lyle W. Cayce, Clerk United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 600 S. Maestri Place New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 Dear Mr. Cayce: Pursuant to the Court s Memorandum attached to the March 13, 2015 order, see Doc. 00512967920, granting the stay requested by Defendant-Appellant Secretary of State Schedler, Plaintiffs-Appellees Mr. Luther Scott, Jr. and the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP submit this status report in the above-noted appeal. The District Court referred the matter of an attorneys fees reduction, in light of the merits panel s November 5, 2014 order and remand (see Case No. 13-30185, Docs. 00512929056, 00512929057), to Magistrate Judge Wilkinson. The parties have submitted fees-related briefing to Judge Wilkinson. On September 21, Appellant Schedler filed his brief in the separate appeal of the District Court s Amended Permanent Injunction against the Secretary of State (see Case No. 15-30652, Doc. 00513200887). Appellees brief is due on October 21. The Secretary has also indicated, in a District Court filing, his intent to file a motion to stay the Amended Permanent Injunction. See Exhibit A, Doc. 493. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Natasha M. Korgaonkar Natasha M. Korgaonkar cc (by ECF): Ronald Wilson, Attorney at Law 1 of 68
Case: 15-30652 Document: 00513227908 00513230152 Page: 2 Date Filed: 10/12/2015 Sarah E. Brannon, Project Vote Israel David, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Jesse Ryan Loffler, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Leah Aden, NAACP LDF Celia Cangelosi, Attorney at Law T. Carey Jones, Attorney at Law 2 2 of 68
Case: 15-30652 Document: 00513227909 00513230152 Page: 13 Date Filed: 10/12/2015 Exhibit A 3 of 68
Case: 15-30652 Document: 00513227909 00513230152 Page: 24 Date Filed: 10/12/2015 Case 2:11-cv-00926-JTM-JCW Document 493 Filed 10/31/13 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LUTHER SCOTT, JR., and LOUISIANA CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:11-00926 STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP JTM - JCW v. TOM SCHEDLER in his official capacity as the Louisiana Secretary of State, SUZY SONNIER, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services, and BRUCE D. GREENSTEIN, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals NOTICE OF APPEAL Notice is hereby given that Tom Schedler, in his official capacity as Louisiana Secretary of State ( Schedler ), defendant in the above named case, hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from: (1) Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, (Doc 436) signed January 22, 2013, and filed January 23, 2013, finding plaintiffs the prevailing party and granting the recovery of reasonable attorney fees, litigation expenses, and costs ; (2) Order (Doc 491) filed October 22, 2013 granting in part and denying in part Plaintiffs Motion To Set Attorneys Fees and Costs; and (3) Judgment (Doc 492) filed October 22, 2013, rendering judgment in favor of plaintiffs and against Defendant Tom Schedler, in his official capacity as Louisiana Secretary of State, in the full amount of $355,489.38 in reasonable attorney s fees and $34,251.57 in reimbursable expenses. Schedler further intends to move for a stay of the district court Order (Doc 491) and Judgment (Doc 492) pending appeals. 4 of 68
Case: 15-30652 Document: 00513227909 00513230152 Page: 35 Date Filed: 10/12/2015 Case 2:11-cv-00926-JTM-JCW Document 493 Filed 10/31/13 Page 2 of 3 Respectfully Submitted: s/celia R. Cangelosi CELIA R. CANGELOSI Bar Roll No. 12140 918 Government Street, Suite 101 P.O. Box 3036 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Telephone: (225) 387-0511 Facsimile: (225) 387-1973 Email: celiacan@bellsouth.net s/carey T. Jones CAREY T. JONES Bar Roll No. 07474 1234 Del Este Avenue, Suite 803 P.O. Box 700 Denham Springs, LA 70727 Telephone: (225) 664-0077 Facsimile: (225) 664-9477 tjones@tomjoneslaw.com Attorneys for Defendant, Tom Schedler in his official capacity as Louisiana Secretary of State 5 of 68
Case: 15-30652 Document: 00513227909 00513230152 Page: 46 Date Filed: 10/12/2015 Case 2:11-cv-00926-JTM-JCW Document 493 Filed 10/31/13 Page 3 of 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of the above and foregoing Notice of Appeal was sent electronically or via U.S. First Class Mail, postage prepaid, to the following: Ronald L. Wilson (cabral2@aol.com) 701 Poydras Street, Suite 4100 New Orleans, LA 70139 Natasha Korgaonkar (nkorgaonkar@naacpldf.org) Ryan P. Haygood (rhaygood@naacpldf.org) 99 Hudson Street, Suite 1600 New York, NY 10013 Stephen R. Russo (stephen.russo@la.gov) David McCay (david.mccay@la.gov) Douglas L. Cade (douglas.cade@la.gov) Kimberly L. Humbles (kim.humbles@la.gov) Rebecca Claire Clement (rebecca.clement@la.gov) Brandon James Babineaux (brandon.babineaux@la.gov) th 628 N. 4 Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Niyati Shah (nshah@projectvote.org) Michelle Rupp (mrupp@projectvote.org) Sarah Brannon (sbrannon@projectvote.org) th 737 ½ 8 Street SE Washington, DC 20003 Israel David (israel.david@friedfrank.com) Michael B. De Leeuw (michael.deleeuw@friedfrank.com) Jesse Loffler (jesse.loffler@friedfrank.com) One New York Plaza Charles L. Dirks, III (charlie_dirks@gmail.com) P.O. Box 3233 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 st Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this 31 of October, 2013. Harry Joseph Philips, Jr. (skip.philips@taylorporter.com) Amy C. Lambert (amy.lambert@taylorporter.com) Katia Desrouleaux (katia.desrouleaux@taylorporter.com) 451 Florida St., 8th Floor P. O. Box 2471 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Celia Alexander (celia.alexander@la.gov) Eboni Townsend (eboni.townsend@la.gov) P.O. Box 1887 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 s/celia R. Cangelosi CELIA R. CANGELOSI 6 of 68
Case: 15-30652 Document: 00513230197 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/12/2015 LYLE W. CAYCE CLERK United States Court of Appeals FIFTH CIRCUIT OFFICE OF THE CLERK TEL. 504-310-7700 600 S. MAESTRI PLACE NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 October 13, 2015 Ms. Sarah E. Brannon Project Vote 805 15th Street, N.W. Suite 250 Washington, DC 20005 Mr. Israel David Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, L.L.P. 1 New York Plaza Ms. Amanda Giglio Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, L.L.P. 1 New York Plaza Ms. Natasha M. Korgaonkar NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. 40 Rector Street 5th Floor New York, NY 10006 Mr. Jesse Ryan Loffler Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, L.L.P. 1 New York Plaza Mr. Ronald Lawrence Wilson 701 Poydras Street 1 Shell Square Suite 4100 New Orleans, LA 70139 Mr. David Scott Yellin Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, L.L.P. 1 New York Plaza 7 of 8
Case: 15-30652 Document: 00513230197 Page: 2 Date Filed: 10/12/2015 No. 15-30652 Luther Scott, Jr., et al v. Tom Schedler USDC No. 2:11-CV-926 Dear Counsel, We received your status report in case 15-30652. The document was filed in the incorrect case. The document is captioned in case 13-31147, but electronically filed in case 15-30652. In light of this, we are taking no action on this document. Sincerely, LYLE W. CAYCE, Clerk By: Shea E. Pertuit, Deputy Clerk 504-310-7666 cc: Ms. Celia Rhea Cangelosi Mr. Carey Thompson Jones 8 of 8