UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

TALLAHASSEE DIVISION

KIRK NIELSEN, MORGAN 

OUTLAW, REVEL LUBIN, FELICIA 

BRUCE, BARBARA DEVANE, RAY 

DAVIS, DONESA JACKSON, 

ALIANZA FOR PROGRESS, INC., 

FLORIDA ALLIANCE FOR 

RETIRED AMERICANS, INC. and 

PRIORITIES USA, 

Plaintiffs,

v.

RON DESANTIS, in his official 

capacity as Florida Governor, et al.,

Defendants.

 

Consolidated Case No. 

4:20-cv-00236-RH-MJF

JOINT NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

Pursuant to Rule 16.2(A)(1), Local Rules of the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of Florida, Plaintiffs Kirk Nielsen, Morgan Outlaw, Revel 

Lubin, Felicia Bruce, Barbara DeVane, Ray Davis, Donesa Jackson, Alianza for 

Progress, Inc., Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, Inc., and Priorities USA 

(collectively, “Nielsen Plaintiffs”), Plaintiffs 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”), the State Defendants, and the 

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Republican Party Defendant-Intervenors, hereby give notice to the Court that they

have reached a settlement of this action that will be consummated on or before July 

20, 2020. The settlement agreement among the undersigned parties imposes 

requirements on only the State Defendants, Nielsen Plaintiffs, and Dream 

Defenders Plaintiffs; however, pursuant to the parties’ agreement, the Nielsen 

Plaintiffs and Dream Defender Plaintiffs will file a Joint Notice and Stipulation of 

Dismissal of all Claims against All Parties within three (3) business days of 

consummation of the settlement. The parties further agree that their agreement 

does not constitute an enforceable injunctive order of the Court and, as such, the 

Court retains no continuing jurisdiction over the agreement.

For the Nielsen Plaintiffs 

/s/ John Devaney

John Devaney 

PERKINS COIE LLP

700 Thirteenth St., N.W., Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20005-3960

(202) 654-6200 devaney@perkinscoie.com 

For the Dream Defenders Plaintiffs 

/s/ Stuart C. Naifeh

Stuart C. Naifeh 

DEMOS 

80 Broad St, 4th Floor 

New York, NY 10004 

(212) 485-6055 

snaifeh@demos.org 

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For State Defendants

(Secretary of State, Attorney General,

and Members of Florida Election 

Canvassing Commission)

/s/ Bradley R. McVay

Bradley R. McVay (FBN 79034)

General Counsel, Florida Department of State

500 South Bronough Street,

Tallahassee, FL 32399

(850) 245-6536 

brad.mcvay@dos.myflorida.com

/s/ Jeffrey DeSousa__ ____________

Jeffrey Paul DeSousa

Florida Bar No. 110951

Office of the Attorney General

The Capitol, PL-01

Tallahassee, Florida 32399

(850) 414-3300

Jeffrey.desousa@myfloridalegal.com

/s/ Mohammad O. Jazil

Mohammad O. Jazil (FBN 72556)

HOPPING GREEN AND SAMS, P.A.

119 South Monroe Street, Suite 300

Tallahassee, FL 32301

(850) 222-7500 

mjazil@hgslaw.com

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For Republican Party Defendant Intervenors

s/ Benjamin J. Gibson

Benjamin J. Gibson

SHUTTS AND BOWEN, LLP

Fla. Bar No. 058661

215 South Monroe Street, Suite 804

Tallahassee, FL 32301

(850) 241-1717

bgibson@shutts.com

/s/ Jason Torchinsky

Jason Torchinsky

HOLTZMAN VOGEL JOSEFIAK TORCHINSKY, PLLC

2300 N. Street N.W., Suite 643A

Washington, D.C. 20037

(202) 737-8808

jtorchinsky@hvjt.law

Dated: July 19, 2020

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on July 19, 2020 I electronically filed the 

foregoing with the Clerk of the Court by using the CM/ECF system, which will 

send a notice of electronic filing to all counsel of record. 

/s/ Mohammad O. Jazil

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