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N PAR TY, Pla i ntiffs-Appe lla

nts,

v. LINDA M c C U LLOC H , in he r offic ia l c a pa c i ty a s M onta na ’ s Se c re ta

ry of State ; REGINA PLETTENB ER G, in he r offic ia l No. 15-35967 DC . No. 6:14 c v-0058 B M M D M o nt., He le na ORDER 

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JUL 22 2016 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U

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pa c i ty a s the Ele c tion Administra tor of R av a lli C ounty ; C H ARLOTTE M ILLS, n he r offic ia l c a

pa c ity a s the Ele c tion Adm inistra

tor of Ga lla

tin C ounty ; B OB B I C HR ISTENSEN, in he r offic ia l c a pa c ity a s the Ele c tion Administra t or of Sande rs C ounty ; SHIRLEY KR

EIM AN, in he r offic ia l c a pa c ity a s the Ele c tion Adm inistra

tor of Da wson C o unty ; PAULINE M ISHLER , in he r c a pa c ity a s the Ele c tion Administra

tor of Stillwa

te r C ounty ; STEPHANIE VER HASSELT, in he r offic ia l c a

pa c ity a s the Ele c tion Adm inistra

tor for R ic hla

nd C ounty ; JUDY C HR ISTENSEN, in he r offic ia l c a pa c ity a s the Ele c tion Administra t or for C arbon C ounty ; PAULA R OB INSON, in he r offic ia l c a pa c ity a s the Ele c tion Adm inistra

tor for Fla

the a d C ounty ; PEGGY STEM LER , in he r offic ia l c a pa c i ty a s the Ele c tion Administra tor for M a dison c ounty ; KIM B ERLY YARLOTT, in he r offic ia l c a pa c ity a s the Ele c tion Administra

t or for B ig Horn C ounty , De fe nda

n ts-Appe lle e s.

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the Distric t of M o nta

na B ria n M

. M orris, Distric t

Judge , Pre siding

2Subm i ssion De fe rre d M ay 4, 2016 Portla nd, Ore gon Subm itte d July 20, 2016 * B e fore : TASHIM A , TALLM AN, a nd HUR W ITZ, C irc uit Judge s. This is a n a ppe a l from the de nia l of a pre lim ina

ry injunc tion. Pla intiffs’

m otion sought the

pre lim i na

ry injunc tion to prohibit c e rta i n a c t ion by State offic ia ls with re spe c t to the the n-a pproa c hing June2016 prim ary e le c tion. B e c a

use
we c annot gra

nt e ffe c tive re lie f with re spe c t to a n e le c tion tha

t ha s a l re a dy

ta ke n pla c e , this a c tion is moot. Se e Ve gas Diamond Props. LLC v . FDIC , 669 F.3d 933, 936, (9th C ir. 2012) (“ This a c tion is moot be c ua se the a c t ivitie s sought to be

e njoine d ha

ve a lre a dy

oc c urre d a

nd c an no longe r be pre v e nte d.” ). M ore ove r, C ounty

C om m itte e Pla intiffs-Appe l la

nts ha ve volunta

rily dism isse d the unde rly ing a c tion with pre judic e . The offic e of a

pre lim ina

ry injunc tion is, of c ourse , to gra nt ne c e ssa

ry injunc tive re lie f pe n d

e ntelite and its te rm of offic e e xpire s onc e the litiga tion c o m e s to a

n e nd. He re , the dism issa l of the unde rly ing a c t ion ha s obvia te d a ny ne e d to c onside r pre lim ina ry injunc tive

re lie f. To the e xte nt tha

t a ppe l la nts se e k to ra ise othe r or broa de r issue s, the y have

* The pa

ne l una nim ously finds this c a se suita

ble for de c ision without ora l argum e nt. S

e e Fe d. R . App. P. 34(a )(2)(C ). 3now notic e d a nothe r pe nding a

ppe a l from

the orde r dism issing the

a c tion, in No. 16-35375, whe re , pre sum a bly , suc h que stions c an be litiga te d. Appe a l DISM ISSE D. No c osts.

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