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JOSEPH FISCHER; FISCHER FOR SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE; ROBERT A. WINTER,JR.,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
HONORABLE KAREN A. THOMAS, as Member, Judicial Conduct Commission, HONORABLE R. MICHAEL SULLIVAN, as Member, Judicial Conduct Commission, HONORABLE EDDY COLEMAN, as Member, Judicial Conduct Commission, JEFF S. TAYLOR, as Member, Judicial Conduct Commission, HONORABLE JOE E. ELLIS, as Member, Judicial Conduct Commission, HONORABLE JANET LIVELY MCCAULEY, as Member, Judicial Conduct Commission, JIMMY SHAFFER, as Executive Secretary, Judicial Conduct Commission,
Defendants-Appellees.
   No. 22-5938
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at Covington.
No. 2:22-cv-00121—Karen K. Caldwell, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: October 28, 2022
Before: GRIFFIN, THAPAR, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


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ORDER
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PER CURIAM. The Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission received complaints that two judicial candidates were engaging in campaign speech that violated the Code of Judicial Conduct. The Commission responded by initiating an investigation. The candidates sued, seeking injunctive relief under the First Amendment. The district court denied preliminary relief ahead of the pending election on the ground that the candidates lacked standing to sue. Because the candidates have shown a likelihood of success on the merits, we grant an injunction pending appeal.