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Parties Involved:
Fred L. Plump
Plaintiff
Bob Riley
Defendant

Document Text:

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

FRED L. PLUMP, )

)

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) CASE NO. 2:07cv1014-MEF

) (WO)

HONORABLE BOB RILEY, as )

Governor of the State of )

Alabama, )

)

Defendant. )

Before Rosemary Barkett, Circuit Judge, Mark E. Fuller, Chief District Judge, and W. Harold

Albritton, District Judge.

JUDGMENT

In accordance with the Memorandum Opinion entered this date, it is the FINAL

JUDGMENT of the court that:

(1) Declaratory Judgment is entered in favor of the Plaintiff Fred L. Plump and against

Defendant Governor Bob Riley. 

(2) The Defendant has 90 days from the date of this order to obtain preclearance in

accordance with § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. 

a. If the Defendant chooses not to seek preclearance, but instead to immediately appeal

this Judgment, the Defendant shall so notify this court in writing on or before February 5, 2008. 

In the absence of such notification, the Jefferson County Commission seat currently occupied by

General George F. Bowman shall be vacated on that date without further order of this court.

b. If the Defendant chooses to seek preclearance, he shall so notify the court in writing on

or before February 5, 2008. In that event, if preclearance is not obtained by 90 days from the

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date of this Judgment, the Jefferson County Commission seat currently occupied by General

George F. Bowman shall be vacated on that date without further order of this court.

The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to enter this document on the civil docket as a final

judgment pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure so that appeal may be

taken and the case consolidated with Kennedy v. Riley, 07-77, if the U.S. Supreme Court deems

consolidation appropriate.

Done this the22nd day of January, 2008.

/s/ Rosemary Barkett 

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE

 /s/ Mark E. Fuller 

CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

/s/ W. Harold Albritton 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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