The Coleman campaign has now filed its reply to the Franken camp’s motion yesterday for an expedited appeal in the Minnesota election litigation — arguing that while this case does necessitate a sped-up schedule, they need more time than Franken has asked for.
“Appellants agree this is a time-sensitive case that should be resolved as expeditiously as possible,” the filing says. “Appellants respectfully submit, however, that the parties, and the Court, must be given enough time to fully develop and consider the issues on appeal.”
The proposed schedule from the Coleman side calls for their own brief to be submitted by next Thursday, April 30, for Team Franken to submit its brief by May 11, and for any reply brief from Coleman to be submitted by May 15, with an oral argument scheduled at a convenient time for the court after that.
By contrast, the proposed schedule from Team Franken calls for Coleman to submit his legal brief by next Monday, April 27, for Franken to submit his brief by Saturday, May 2, and for Coleman to file any new reply by that Monday, May 4, with oral arguments scheduled as soon as possible after those preparations.
