Discovery began Monday in the state’s voting rights lawsuit, the Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger, and a tentative court date has been set for March 23, 2020 — the day before Georgia’s presidential primary.
Judge Steve C. Jones issued an order announcing the calendar, which includes a Tentative anticipated pretrial conference date of March 18, 2020.
The suit was filed last November by Fair Fight Action, the nonprofit arm of a voting rights organization founded by former Democrat nominee for Governor Stacey Abrams, and Care in Action, a group that organizes domestic workers in the state. The lawsuit names the state board of elections and then-interim Georgia Secretary of State Robyn Crittenden as its main defendants. However, it appears aim at current-Gov. Brian Kemp during his time as Secretary of State.
Brad Raffensperger has since been elected and sworn in as Georgia’s new Secretary of State.
The filing came shortly after Abrams officially ended her campaign last year.
The calendar is as follows:
Discovery began on July 15, 2019. The parties are assigned to a four-month fact discovery track, which shall be followed by a 30-day expert discovery track. The following schedule governs discovery:
Submission of the parties’ joint proposed protective order: July 15, 2019
Plaintiffs shall serve their Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosures: July 16, 2019
Defendants shall serve their Rule 26(a)(2) expert disclosures: August 16, 2019
Close of Fact Discovery: November 15, 2019
Expert discovery begins: November 15, 2019
Expert discovery ends: December 16, 2019
Dispositive Motions: January 15, 2020
Responses to Dispositive Motions: February 5, 2020
Replies to Dispositive Motions: February 19, 2020
Proposed pretrial order due: March 4, 2020
All motions in limine and Daubert motions shall be filed by March 4, 2020.
Responses shall be filed: March 11, 2020
Replies shall be filed: March 16, 2020
Tentative/anticipated pretrial conference date: March 18, 2020
Tentative/anticipated trial date: March 23, 2020
