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U.S. DISTRICT COURT a preliminary injunction and declaratory relief to
reduce the petition signature requirement to 1% of
registered party members due to COVID-19, ar-
guing that the COVID-19 restrictions imposed an
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW • unconstitutional burden. The court denied plain-
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW tiffs’ relief, finding they did not demonstrate a clear
and substantial likelihood of success on the merits.
Court Orders Preliminary Injunction The court found the restrictions on social interac-
To Resume Fingerprint Gathering For tion were an obstacle, however they did not make it
Handgun Registration impossible nor virtually exclude or severely burden
the ability to meet the signature requirements. The
CASE: Connecticut Citizens Defense League, Inc. v. Lamont court denied the injunction.

COURT: U.S. District Court for Connecticut CIVIL PROCEDURE • DISCOVERY
DOC. NO.: 3:20-cv-00646
COURT OPINION BY: Meyer
DATE: June 08, 2020 • PAGES: 26 Court Grants Motion To Stay
Subpoenas Pending Resolution Of
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor
issued an executive order temporarily suspending
the collection of fingerprints from applications Motion To Quash
for possession of a firearm. This order effectively
terminated the issuance of possession permits, CASE: In re Application of Kidd
and plaintiffs brought an action for violation of COURT: U.S. District Court for Connecticut
their second amendment rights. Plaintiffs sought DOC. NO.: 3:20-mc-00016
a preliminary injunction requiring the resump- COURT OPINION BY: Dooley
tion of fingerprinting or an alternative means of DATE: June 05, 2020 • PAGES: 10

Petitioner Kidd is the plaintiff in a proceeding in
acquiring a handgun permit. The court found Scotland arising from the sale of a company to a
that suspending the collection of fingerprints private equity firm in which the same law firm rep-
no longer bore a substantial relation to public resented the seller and (unofficially) the buyer. A
health, and entered the preliminary injunction to magistrate judge ruled ex parte to issue subpoenas
require the resumption of fingerprint activities by on respondents Thomas and McCall for discov-
June 15. The court found irreparable harm, and ery documents, with the magistrate allowing them
a substantial likelihood of success on the merits. to challenge the subpoenas under the rules of civil
procedure. Respondents moved to quash subpoe-
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW • nas served on them as part of the application for
ELECTION AND POLITICAL LAW discovery. Respondents argued that the subpoenas
were unduly burdensome and that the documents
sought should have been obtained from the corpo-
Court Finds Electoral Regulations rate entities rather than the individuals, and sought
Not Sufficiently Burdensome During a motion to stay the subpoenas. The court granted
COVID-19 Pandemic To Grant Injunction the motion to stay the subpoenas pending a ruling
on the motion to quash.

CASE: Gottlieb v. Lamont
COURT: U.S. District Court for Connecticut
DOC. NO.: 3:20-CV-0623 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

COURT OPINION BY: Hall Court Grants Summary Judgment For
DATE: June 08, 2020 • PAGES: 22
Connecticut’s ballot access laws require candidates, University In Cancelling Scholarship For
that do not receive party endorsement at the party Student Athlete Who Made Obscene
convention, to receive either 15% of delegate vote Gesture
from a party or a petition with 5% of enrolled
voters of the party in the district to appear on the
provisional ballot. In light of the COVID-19 out- CASE: Radwan v. Univ. of Connecticut Bd. of Tr.
COURT: U.S. District Court for Connecticut
break, Governor Lamont extended the petition DOC. NO.: 3:16-cv-2091
deadline an additional two days and eliminated the COURT OPINION BY: Bolden
in-person signature requirement. Plaintiffs sought DATE: June 06, 2020 • PAGES: 59

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