Mississippi: briefing deadline extended in Noxubee Co. case
AP reports: A federal judge has extended until April 9 the deadline for attorneys to file final briefs in a government lawsuit in which a black Democratic Party official in Noxubee County is accused of trying to limit white voters' participation in local elections.
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee, in an order filed Monday, gave attorneys for Ike Brown and the Justice Department an extra two weeks to file briefs in the case. The deadline had been March 26.
Brown, the chairman of Noxubee County's Democratic Executive Committee, is accused of violating the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which was written to protect racial minorities when Southern states strictly enforced segregation. -- Judge extends briefs deadline in voting rights case - The Clarion-Ledger