United States Ninth Circuit

Tribes and community organizations brought a challenge to Arizona's Proposition 200, which amended Arizona law to require persons wishing to register to vote for the first time in Arizona to present proof of citizenship, and to require all Arizona voters to present identification when they vote in person at the polls. Denial of preliminary injunctive relief with respect to the voter registration requirement is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying relief, as the limited record did not establish that the balance of hardships and likelihood of success on the merits of plaintiffs' claims justified an injunction at this stage of the proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/08/2007
• Decided 04/20/2007
• Published 04/20/2007

Judges

• SCHROEDER, Chief Judge., Before MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Circuit Judge, JOHN T. NOONAN, Circuit Judge, and GEORGE P. SCHIAVELLI, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas L. Hudson, Phoenix, Arizona, for ITCA plaintiffs.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joel M. Spector, Lakewood, CO, for defendant-intervener/appellant Yes on Proposition 200., Nina Perales, San Antonio, TX, for plaintiffs-appellees/appellants Gonzalez, et al., Mary O'Grady, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona, for defendants/appellees, State of Arizona, et al.