IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASEE DIVISION

DREAM DEFENDERS, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

RON DESANTIS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-67-RH-GRJ

Judge Robert L. Hinkle

KIRK NIELSEN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

RON DESANTIS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 4:20-cv-236-RH-MJF

Judge Robert L. Hinkle

UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS

PURSUANT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

Plaintiffs in Case No. 1:20-cv-67, Dream Defenders, New Florida Majority 

Education Fund, Organize Florida Education Fund, Murray Heller, Paulina 

Hernandez Morales, Celcio Eduardo Romero, and Sheila Young (collectively, the 
“Dream Defenders Plaintiffs”), hereby move for voluntarily dismissal of the claims 

asserted in their third amended complaint.

As a basis for this motion, the Dream Defenders Plaintiffs state as follows:

1. On June 19, 2020, the Dream Defenders Plaintiffs entered into an 

agreement with Plaintiffs in the consolidated case of Nielsen, et al. v. Lee, et al., 

Defendants Laurel Lee, Ashley Moody, Jimmy Petronis, and Ron DeSantis in their 

official capacities (collectively “State Defendants”), and Intervenor-Defendant 

Republican Organizations to resolve this litigation.

2. Under to the terms of the settlement agreement, Dream Defenders 

Plaintiffs have agreed to voluntarily dismiss all of their claims with prejudice with 

the exception of claim 14 in their More Definite Statement (ECF No. 68, Case No. 

1:20-cv-67-RH), and to dismiss claim 14 in the More Definite Statement with 

prejudice as to the State Defendants and without prejudice as to the other named 

defendants.

3. The settlement agreement also provides that each party will bear its 

own costs and attorneys’ fees.

4. The Dream Defenders Plaintiffs have conferred with counsel for all of 

the other parties in this litigation, and none object to the requested dismissal.

WHEREFORE, the Dream Defenders Plaintiffs respectfully request 

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2) that, with the exception claim 14 in their More 
Definite Statement (ECF No. 68, Case No. 1:20-cv-67-RH), this Court dismiss 

their claims with prejudice, and that this Court dismiss claim 14 with prejudice as 

to the State Defendants and without prejudice as to all other defendants in Case 

No. 1:20-cv-67-RH.

Respectfully Submitted,

Dated: July 20, 2020

JUDITH A. BROWNE DIANIS**

GILDA DANIELS*

SHARION SCOTT*

JESS UNGER**

JENNIFER LAI-PETERSON**

Advancement Project National Office

1220 L Street N.W., Suite 850

Washington, D.C. 20005

(202) 728-9557

jbrowne@advancementproject.org 

gdaniels@advancementproject.org

junger@advancementproject.org

sscott@advancementproject.org

jlaipeterson@advancementproject.org

CHIRAAG BAINS*

Dēmos

740 6th Street NW, 2nd Floor

Washington, DC 20001

(202) 864-2746

cbains@demos.org

STUART C. NAIFEH*

KATHRYN C. SADASIVAN*

MIRANDA GALINDO*

EMERSON GORDON-MARVIN*

Dēmos

s/Stuart C. Naifeh

JEREMY KARPATKIN

JOCELYN WIESNER*

FLORENCE BRYAN*

WILLIAM OMOROGIEVA*

JUNGHYUM BAEK*

Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

601 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Washington, D.C. 20001-3743

(202) 942-5000

John.Freedman@arnoldporter.com

Jeremy.Karpatkin@arnoldporter.com

Jocelyn.Wiesner@arnoldporter.com

Florence.Bryan@arnoldporter.com

William.Omorogieva@arnoldporter.com

Junghyun.Baek@arnoldporter.com

JEFFREY A. MILLER*

KATIE SCOTT*

Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

3000 El Camino Road

Five Palo Alto Square, Suite 500

Palo Alto, CA 94306-3807

(650) 319-4500

Jeffrey.Miller@arnoldporter.com

THOMAS BIRD** 

JAVIER ORTEGA*
80 Broad St, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10004

(212) 485-6055

snaifeh@demos.org 

ksadasivan@demos.org

mgalindo@demos.org 

egordonmarvin@demos.org

KIRA ROMERO-CRAFT

(FL SBN 49927)

LatinoJustice PRLDEF

523 West Colonial Drive

Orlando, Florida 32804

(321) 418-6354

kromero@latinojustice.org

RANCISCA FAJANA*

JACKSON CHIN*

LatinoJustice PRLDEF

475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1901

New York, NY 10115

(212) 739-7572

ffajana@latinojustice.org

jchin@latinojustice.org

Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

250 West 55th Street

New York, NY 10019-9710

(212) 836-8000

Thomas.Bird@arnoldpoter.com

Javier.Ortega@arnoldporter.com

ANDREW D. BERGMAN*

Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

700 Louisiana Street

Suite 4000

Houston, TX 77002

(713) 576-2400

Andrew.Bergman@arnoldporter.com

JOHN ULIN*

TroyGould PC

1801 Century Park East

Suite 1600

Los Angeles, CA 90067

(310) 553-4441

julin@troygould.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

* admitted pro hac vice

** application for admission pro hac vice forthcoming
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL RULE 7.1

The undersigned counsel for the Dream Defenders Plaintiffs certifies that 

counsel has communicated in good faith with all counsel in this consolidated 

action, and the State Defendants, the Defendant Intervenors, and approximately 60 

Supervisors of Elections do not oppose this motion, and no party has raised any 

objection to this motion.

The undersigned counsel further certifies pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(F) that 

this motion contains 270 words.

s/Stuart C. Naifeh

Stuart C. Naifeh
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned counsel hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the 

foregoing was filed with the Court’s CM/ECF system, which provides notice to all 

parties, on this 18th day of July, 2020.

s/Stuart C. Naifeh

Stuart C. Naifeh