Plaintiffs in Robocall Mail-in Vote Case Want Trial to Begin After July 5
The plaintiffs in the case against Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for their roles in the threatening and intimidating robocall to suppress Black citizens' mail-in votes in the 2020 election want U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero for Southern New York…
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to schedule a trial to begin no earlier than July 5, “but as soon thereafter as is convenient” to the court, their counsel wrote Marrero in a letter Tuesday (docket 1:20-cv-08668). The letter didn’t say whether the plaintiffs would prefer a jury or a bench trial, though the attorney for Wohl and Burkman recently told the judge his clients would “insist” on a jury trial (see 2304070020). The plaintiffs want Marrero to defer briefing on injunctive relief until after trial, said their letter.