3:13-cv-02351-JMC

Date Filed 11/18/14

Entry Number 99

Page 1 of 1

AO 450 (Rev. 01/09) Judgment in a Civil Action

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

for the
District of South Carolina

Katherine Bradacs and Tracie Goodwin,

Plaintiffs
v.

Civil Action No.

3:13-2351-JMC

Nimrata (Nikki) Randhawa Haley, in her

official capacity as Governor of South
Carolina; Alan M. Wilson, in his official
Capacity as Attorney General,
Defendants
JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL ACTION
The court has ordered that (check one):
O other: summary judgment is entered for the Plaintiffs, Katherine Bradacs and Tracie Goodwin against the
Defendant, Alan W. Wilson in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of South Carolina as to Plaintiffs
claims that South Carolinas denial of legal recognition to the marriages of same-sex couples who were married in other
states or jurisdictions violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
United States Constitution and this action is dismissed with prejudice.
The court having entered an order of dismissal as to Defendant Nimrata (Nikki) Randhawa Haleys on Eleventh
Amendment immunity grounds, it is further ordered and adjudged that Defendant Nimrata (Nikki) Randhawa Haley is
dismissed from the lawsuit.
This action was (check one):
tried by a jury with Judge
tried by Judge

presiding, and the jury has rendered a verdict.

without a jury and the above decision was reached.

O decided by the Honorable J. Michelle Childs, United States District Judge presiding. The Court having granted in
part the plaintiffs motion for summary judgment.

Date: November 18, 2014

CLERK OF COURT
s/Angie Snipes
Signature of Clerk or Deputy Clerk