Brian Mecinas v. Katie Hobbs

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

BRIAN MECINAS; CAROLYN VASKO; No. 20-16301

DNC SERVICES CORPORATION, DBA

Democratic National Committee; D.C. No. DSCC; PRIORITIES USA; PATTI 2:19-cv-05547-

SERRANO, DJH

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. OPINION

KATIE HOBBS, the Arizona Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Diane J. Humetewa, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 14, 2022 Pasadena, California

Filed April 8, 2022

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and Jed S. Rakoff, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Rakoff

* The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Civil Rights

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal of a complaint challenging Arizona’s Ballot Order Statute, A.R.S. § 16-502, which requires that, in each county, candidates affiliated with the political…