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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

WESTERN DIVISION

OHIO A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE, Case No. 1:18-cv-357

et al.,

Judge Timothy S. Black

Plaintiffs, Judge Karen Nelson Moore

Judge Michael H. Watson

v.

LARRY HOUSEHOLDER, Speaker of the

Ohio House of Representatives, et al.,

Defendants.

 ORDER REGARDING POST-TRIAL BRIEFING

On March 23, 2019, Plaintiffs shall file: (1) one document containing their 

proposed findings of fact (which is not subject to any page limitation); and (2) one 

document that incorporates proposed conclusions of law into a post-trial brief (not 

exceeding seventy-five pages). 

On March 28, 2019, Defendants and Intervenors shall jointly file: (1) one 

document containing their proposed findings of fact (which is not subject to any page 

limitation); (2) one document that incorporates proposed conclusions of law into a posttrial brief (not exceeding seventy-five pages). The proposed findings of fact and posttrial brief containing conclusions of law shall each note when Defendants and Intervenors 

adopt Plaintiffs’ proposed findings; and (3) one spreadsheet containing all of their 

objections to evidence cited by Plaintiffs (“D/I Spreadsheet”), which may be

supplemented by a brief (not exceeding forty pages).

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On April 2, 2019, Plaintiffs shall file: (1) their response, in a new column in the 

D/I Spreadsheet, to Defendants’ and Intervenors’ evidentiary objections, which may be 

supplemented by a brief (not exceeding forty pages); (2) a separate spreadsheet 

containing all of Plaintiffs’ objections to evidence cited by Defendants and Intervenors

(“P Spreadsheet”); and (3) any reply post-trial brief addressing conclusions of law and/or 

findings of fact (not exceeding forty pages). If Plaintiffs need to include additional 

proposed findings of fact in order to respond to Defendants’ and Intervenors’ post-trial 

brief, Plaintiffs may include such additional proposed findings of fact with the reply 

brief, but additional proposed findings of fact must be limited to only those necessary for 

rebuttal. 

On April 7, 2019, Defendants and Intervenors shall file their response to Plaintiffs’ 

evidentiary objections in a new column in the P Spreadsheet, which may be 

supplemented by a brief (not exceeding forty pages).

All existing evidentiary objections—and only existing objections—shall be 

included in the spreadsheets. All objections shall be explained sufficiently to permit the 

opposing party to offer a substantive response and to permit the Court to rule on the 

objection. Each party lodging an evidentiary objection shall cite the record as well as 

supporting authority for the objection (the Court envisions a few sentences or paragraphs 

explaining the basis for each objection). The Court will summarily overrule any 

conclusory objection. 

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Finally, each citation to evidence filed on the docket shall include the pertinent 

docket number. Citations to evidence not filed on the docket shall be sufficiently 

described to permit the Court to easily locate the cited evidence. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: March 14, 2019 s/ Timothy S. Black 

TIMOTHY S. BLACK 

United States District Judge 

s/ Karen Nelson Moore 

KAREN NELSON MOORE 

United States Circuit Judge 

s/ Michael H. Watson 

MICHAEL H. WATSON 

United States District Judge

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