Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER

L. Scott Coogler, United States District Judge

I. Introduction

In this action to enjoin enforcement of Alabama’s Photo ID Law, Ala. Code § 17-9-30, the only remaining defendant, Alabama’s Secretary of State John Merrill (“Secretary Merrill” or “the Secretary”), has moved this Court for a protective order preventing him from having to sit for a deposition, or in the alternative, for a protective order limiting his *408deposition to no more than one hour and limiting it to only those topics where Plaintiffs have demonstrated that he possesses unique personal knowledge…