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Case Details
Pirkle v. Wolf
Closed
Pirkle v. Wolf, No. 4:20-cv-02088-MWB (M.D. Penn.) |
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| Case Summary | Plaintiffs, Pennsylvania voters, cited the complaint in Trump v. Boockvar and promised forthcoming data-backed analysis to allege that several counties violated voters' Fourteenth Amendment rights by counting "illegal votes." As a remedy, plaintiffs sought to bar results from those counties, including Philadelphia county, in the tabulation of the state's final vote count. | |
| Filed | 11/10/2020 | |
| State | Pennsylvania | |
| Type of Court | Federal | |
| Circuit | Third Circuit | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 05/13/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Signature Verification Standards, Poll Observer Access) In-Person Voting COVID Concern (ID/Documentation Requirements) |
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| Complaint(s) | 11/10/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 11/16/2020: Order/Ruling, Voluntarily dismissed. | |
