EARLS v. NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL STANDARDS COMMISSION, THE

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ANITA S. EARLS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) 1:23-cv-734 ) NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL ) STANDARDS COMMISSION, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER OSTEEN, JR., District Judge Before this court is a Motion for Preliminary Injunction, (Doc. 3), filed by Plaintiff, Justice Anita S. Earls. Plaintiff alleges that the Defendant North Carolina Judicial Standards Commission’s investigation into comments Plaintiff made about her North Carolina Supreme Court colleagues unconstitutionally infringes upon her…