It’s over! The lawsuit never made much sense for a major national campaign against its political party acting as data vendor, and now it has been voluntarily dismissed from court. The case cannot be refiled as the dismissal was with prejudice, and both sides will bear their own costs.
The DNC was scheduled to submit its answer to Bernie 2016’s complaint if the lawsuit had remained alive through today. The case was originally filed on December 18, 2015, but through the Campaign first delaying formal service of the suit and then both sides agreeing to an extension on April 7, essentially nothing had happened in court up to today.
The case was moot from the date of filing, as news reports indicated that both sides had come to full agreement at that time on the matters of data access and follow up investigation. There is no information here about follow up. The full text of the dismissal notice is as follows.
NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A), Plaintiff Bernie 2016, Inc., by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby gives notice that this action shall be DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, as settled, with each party to bear its own costs.
And here is the new entry on the docket.
Date Filed |
# |
Docket Text |
04/07/2016 |
9 |
NOTICE of Appearance by Robert Felix Bauer on behalf of DNC SERVICES CORPORATION (Bauer, Robert) (Entered: 04/07/2016) |
04/07/2016 |
10 |
Consent MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer re 1 Complaint, by DNC SERVICES CORPORATION (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Frost, Elisabeth) (Entered: 04/07/2016) |
04/29/2016 |
11 |
NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by BERNIE 2016, INC. (Griffin, Sean) (Entered: 04/29/2016)
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