American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio v. Taft

ORDER

SARGUS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court for consideration of Plaintiffs Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Motion for Preliminary Injunction pursuant to Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Doc. # 2). Plaintiff seeks from this Court an injunction requiring Defendant to issue a writ of election ordering a special election to fill a vacant seat in the United States House of Representatives. The vacancy in the Seventeenth District has occurred as a result of the expulsion from Congress of James Traficant, Jr. who was elected as the district’s…