Indiana Right To Life Victory Fund v. Morales

Ct. of Appeals denied plaintiffs-appellants’ “Motion Requesting Judicial Notice” under Rule 201, where plaintiffs wanted to substitute current Indiana Secretary of State (Diego Morales) for prior Indiana Secretary of State, who was named party in instant case, and where plaintiffs sought judicial notice as to Morales’s position on enforcement of specific campaign finance laws. Plaintiffs’ request for judicial notice regarding substitution of Morales as party in case was not necessary as said substitution was governed by Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2) and happens automatically. Moreover, plaintiffs could not seek judicial notice with respect to Morales’s position on enforcement of specific campaign finance laws, since likelihood that Morales would enforce said laws was open to debate, and thus was not adjudicative fact that was not subject to reasonable dispute. Also, plaintiffs could not attempt to highlight any gap in evidentiary record via filing of instant motion, since record speaks for itself.