FILED - UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION

The Court also had the benefit of the parties’ briefs, three amicus briefs, and a statement of interest filed by the Attorney General of the United States. [...] The Court enjoined the Secretary from using the 2023 Plan because it does not remedy the likely Section Two violation that this Court found and the Supreme Court affirmed, and in the alternative, because the Milligan Plaintiffs are substantially likely to establish anew that the 2023 Plan violates Section Two. [...] 162 at 7.) In the light of that urgency, and to balance the deference given to the Legislature with the considerations outlined by the Supreme Court in Purcell v. [...] We enjoined the Secretary from using the 2023 Plan because it does not remedy the likely Section Two violation that we found and the Supreme Court affirmed, and in the alternative, because the Milligan Plaintiffs are substantially likely to establish anew that the 2023 Plan violates Section Two. [...] 26, 2023).5 After that summary denial, the Secretary stipulated the dismissal of his appeal to the Supreme Court and his appeal of the Caster preliminary injunction to the Eleventh Circuit.