Ninth Circuit order - WA electors' appeal

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FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

P. BRET CHIAFALO and LEVI GUERRA, Plaintiffs-Appellants,

No.

DEC 16 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

16-36034

D.C. No. 2:16-cv-01886-JLR Western District of Washington, Seattle

v. JAY INSLEE, in his official capacity as Governor of Washington; et al.,

ORDER

Defendants-Appellees, WASHINGTON STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY; et al., Intervenor-DefendantsAppellees.

Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, LEAVY and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges. Appellants’ emergency motion for a temporary restraining order and injunction pending appeal (Docket Entry No. 4) is denied. We do not find that appellants have shown a likelihood of success or serious questions going to the merits, or that appellants have shown a likelihood of irreparable harm. See Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20 (2008); Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, 632 F.3d 1127, 1131-35 (9th Cir. 2011). hmb/MOATT


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The previously established briefing schedule for this preliminary injunction appeal remains in effect.

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