Brooks v. State Board of Elections

EDENFIELD, Chief Judge.

ORDER

I. INTRODUCTION

After nearly nine years of litigation in this Voting Rights Act (“VRA”) class action, the representative Plaintiffs now move, under F.R.Civ.P. 23(d) and 41(a)(2), to decertify the class and dismiss the case without prejudice. They concede that intervening law forecloses the remedy they have sought; hence, they “no longer desire to prosecute their [VRA and constitutional] claim[s] and [maintain that they] can no longer represent the absent members of the class on th[e]se issue[s].” Doc. # 261 at 2. Opposing the motion, Defendants contend that the…