IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

)

OHIO A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE, )

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OHIO, )

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE )

DEMOCRATS, NORTHEAST OHIO YOUNG )

BLACK DEMOCRATS, HAMILTON COUNTY )

YOUNG DEMOCRATS, LINDA GOLDENHAR, )

DOUGLAS BURKS, SARAH INSKEEP, )

CYNTHIA LIBSTER, KATHRYN DEITSCH, )

LUANN BOOTHE, MARK JOHN GRIFFITHS, )

LAWRENCE NADLER, CHITRA WALKER, )

TRISTAN RADER, RIA MEGNIN, )

ANDREW HARRIS, AARON DAGRES, )

ELIZABETH MYER,BETH HUTTON, )

TERESA THOBABEN, )

and CONSTANCE RUBIN, ) No. 1:18-cv-00357-TSB

)

Plaintiffs, ) Judge Timothy S. Black

) Judge Karen Nelson Moore

v. ) Judge Michael H. Watson

) Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz

LARRY HOUSEHOLDER, Speaker of the )

Ohio House of Representatives, LARRY OBHOF, )

President of the Ohio Senate, and )

FRANK LAROSE, Secretary of State of Ohio, )

in their official capacities, )

)

Defendants. )

________________________________________ )

DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL

Defendants Larry Householder, Larry Obhof, and Frank LaRose (“Defendants”) in the 

above-captioned action hereby give notice of their appeal to the Supreme Court of the United 

States from the Opinion and Order [Doc. 262] and Final Judgment [Doc. 263] entered by the 

Court on May 3, 2019.

This appeal is taken under 28 U.S.C. § 1253.

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Respectfully submitted this 6

th day of May, 2019.

DAVE YOST

Ohio Attorney General

By: /s/Phillip J. Strach

Phillip J. Strach*

N.C. State Bar No. 29456

phil.strach@ogletree.com

*Lead and Trial Counsel

By: /s/Michael D. McKnight

Michael McKnight

N.C. State Bar No. 36932

michael.mcknight@ogletree.com

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1100

Raleigh, NC 27609

Tel.: (919) 787-9700

Facsimile: (919) 783-9412

Attorneys for Defendants Householder & Obhof

/s/Ann Yackshaw

Ann Yackshaw

Ohio State Bar No. 0090623

Ohio Attorney General's Office 

Constitutional Offices Section

30 E. Broad Street, 16th Floor

Columbus, Ohio 43215

Tel: (614) 466-2872

Fax: (614) 728-7592

Attorneys for Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Alyssa Riggins, hereby certify that I have this day filed the foregoing document with 

the CM/ECF system which will provide notice to all counsel of record in this matter including 

the following:

T. Alora Thomas-Lundborg

Dale E. Ho

Theresa J. Lee

Emily Rong Zhang

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 

125 Broad Street, 18th Floor

New York, NY 10004 

Tel.: (212) 549-2500

athomas@aclu.org

dho@aclu.org

tlee@aclu.org

erzhang@aclu.org

Freda J. Levenson (0045916)

American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Fdtn.

4506 Chester Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44103

Tel.: (216) 472-2220

Facsimile: (216) 472-2210

flevenson@acluohio.org

Paul Moke (0014099) 

Cooperating Attorney for ACLU of Ohio 

Wilmington College*

1252 Pyle Center 

Wilmington, OH 45177 

Tel.: 937-725-7501 

paul.moke@gmail.com 

* Institutional affiliation for the purpose of 

identification only

Robert Fram

Nitin Subhedar

Jeremy Goldstein

Covington & Burling LLP

415 Mission Street, Suite 4500

San Francisco, CA 94105

Tel.: (415) 591-6000

rfram@cov.com

nsubhedar@cov.com

jgoldstein@cov.com

Michael Baker

Perrin Cooke

Peter Rechter

Isaac Wood

Covington & Burling LLP

850 Tenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001

Tel.: (202) 662-6000 

mbaker@cov.com

pcooke@cov.com

prechter@cov.com

iwood@cov.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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By: /s/Alyssa Riggins

Alyssa Riggins

N.C. State Bar No. 52366

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1100

Raleigh, NC 27609

Tel.: (919) 787-9700

Facsimile: (919) 783-9412

Attorney for Defendants Householder & Obhof

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