Judge Extends La., Mo. AGs' Reply Brief Deadline, Sets May 26 Hearing
U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty granted in part plaintiffs Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) and Missouri AG Andrew Bailey’s (R) motion requesting an extension to file their reply brief in support of their motion for a preliminary injunction…
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in their freedom of speech lawsuit against President Joe Biden and nearly 70 government officials and agencies. The Tuesday filing (docket 3:22-cv-01213) in U.S. District Court for Western Louisiana in Monroe said plaintiffs may file a reply brief on or before Saturday, and the hearing will remain for May 26. In their Tuesday memorandum in opposition to plaintiffs' motion for an extension, defendants said plaintiffs’ requested extension of time “would substantially prejudice Defendants because it would result in virtually no time to review and analyze Plaintiffs’ reply brief” and related submissions before the May 26 preliminary injunction hearing (docket 3:22-cv-01213). Defendants are “constrained to oppose” plaintiffs’ motion, unless a short continuance of the preliminary injunction hearing is granted, they said.