The Court of Appeals of Maryland has agreed to hear the case Prince George’s County v. Robert E. Thurston, et al., following a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari. This case involves an appeal against a decision by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County that invalidated the redistricting map approved by the County Council.
An order related to this case is available, and in a separate order concerning the 2022 Legislative Districting of the State, the Court has extended certain election deadlines to allow time for judicial review.
The case has been added to the regular docket as No. 63, September Term, 2021. The Court has also set an expedited briefing schedule:
- February 18: Deadline for e-filing appellant’s briefs and printed record extracts
- February 25: Deadline for e-filing appellees’ briefs
- March 1: Deadline for e-filing appellant’s reply brief
Oral arguments are scheduled for Friday, March 4, 2022, and will be webcast on the Court of Appeals’ website at https://www.courts.state.md.us/coappeals/webcasts.