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Case Details
Dhillon v. Wobensmith
Closed. Settled and/or Withdrawn
Dhillon v. Wobensmith, No. 1:20-cv-02197 (D. Md.), 2020 WL 4432559 |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiff is a prospective, unaffiliated mayoral candidate for Baltimore City in the Nov. 2020 election and seeks to challenge the Maryland election law's signature-gathing requirements for unaffiliated candidates in light of the difficulty created by the COVID-19 crisis to obtain such signatures. He seeks an injunction allowing him to satisfy a lower burden (.1% of the BC population / 400 signatures) than the current election laws permit, and an order that his name be placed on the ballot for the 2020 General Election. | |
| Filed | 07/28/2020 | |
| State | Maryland | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Fourth Circuit | |
| Status | Closed. Settled and/or Withdrawn () | |
| Last Updated | 09/07/2020 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Candidate Signature Requirement (Threshold Number) | |
| Complaint(s) | 07/28/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 07/31/2020: Order/Ruling, PI Denied - The court has already relaxed requirements for unaffiliated candidates in light of the difficulties associated with COVID-19; to further modify them is not necessary and would run afoul of the public interest. | |
| 08/28/2020: Order/Ruling, Settlement order. | ||
