LOUISVILLE (WSIL) -- State Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) is asking the Appellate Court to voluntarily vacate his restraining order against Gov. JB Pritzker's extended stay at home order.
Bailey was granted the temporary restraining order during a in Clay County Circuit Court.
The restraining order only applied to Bailey.
He says he plans to file an amended complaint alleging "newly discovered facts and issues."
“In light of new documentation recently uncovered, which the Governor’s office and the Department of Public Health failed to provide as required by Illinois law, we feel it is in the best interest of the people of the State of Illinois to voluntarily ask the Appellate Court to vacate the temporary restraining order. I will then file ask to file an amended complaint in the circuit court alleging the newly discovered facts and issues," said Rep. Bailey in a statement Friday morning.
“This new information offers a more complete picture and brings to light additional problems in regard to the procedural and substantive shortcomings of the Governor’s office and the Board of Health’s safeguarding of the civil rights of the citizens of the state. This will strengthen our efforts to ensure the liberty of all Illinoisans,� he added.
You can read the original complaint . A copy of the request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction filed by Bailey can be found .
