RODRIGUEZ v. PATAKI

Nos. 02 Civ. 618(RMB)(FM), 02 Civ. 3239(RMB)(FM).

280 F.Supp.2d 89 (2003)

Eric RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. George E. PATAKI, et al., Defendants. Howard T. Allen, et al., Plaintiffs, v. George E. Pataki, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Charles Soumas, Gregory C. Soumas, New York City, for Eric Rodriguez, James R. Jubilee, Martin Malave-Divan.

Ira J. Lipton, Assist. corp. Counsel, Fredric S. Newman, Hoguet, Newman & Regal, LLP, New York City, for George E. Pataki.

Fredric S. Newman, Hoguet, Newman & Regal, LLP, New York City, Todd D. Valentine, Albany, NY, for Mary O' Donohue.

Eliot L. Spitzer, Joel Graber, Office of Atty. General of State of N.Y., for Eliot Spitzer, Charles Nesbitt.

Traci L. Lovitt, Jones Day, New York City, John Richard Braatz, New york City, Gregg M. Mashberg, Proskauer, Rose, LLP, New York City, for Joseph L. Bruno.

Nancy R. Sills, C. Daniel Chill, Graubard, Mollen, Horowitz, Pomeranz & Shapiro, New York City, for Sheldon Silver.

Brian J. Clark, Clifton, Budd & Demaria, LLP, New York City, for John J. Faso.

Arnold J. Ludwig, New York City, H. Reed Witherby, Boston, MA, for Martin E. Connor.

Todd D. Valentine, Albany, NY, for Crol Berman, Neil W. Kelleher, Evelyn J. Aquila.

Henry T. Berger, New York City, for Howard T. Allen, Jeannette Santos, Donald J. Jirak, Richard Flateau, Charlotte A. Taylor, Mervyn A. Campbell, Sarah Brockus.

Enry T. Berger, Center for Law and Social Justice Medger Evers College City Univ. of N.Y., Brooklyn, NY, for Sandra Rivers, Rosemari Mealy, Ronald Cranshaw, Sandra Bradford.

Gayle N. Wolkenberg, David J. Molton, Buchanan, Ingersoll, PC, New York City, for Raymond M. Fink, Stephen R. Gocinski, John Quaglione, Patricia Mustaro, Lena Yu.

Paul Wooten, Paul Wooten & Assoc., Brooklyn, NY, for New York State Council of Black Elected Democrats, Leslie Barbour, Michelle Romero, William O. Low, Cecilia Guiterrez, Evelyn Miller, Seretta C. McKnight, Tracey Edwards, Donna Swain.

Kenneth Kimerling, Glenn D. Magpanty, Asian Amer. Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, for Asian Amer. Legal Defense and Educ. Fund.

Todd D. Valentine, Albany, NY, for Neil W. Kelleher.

Foster Maer, Puerto Rican Defense & Educ. Fund, Inc., New York City, for Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Educ. Fund.

Gregory Charles Soumas, New york City, for James R. Jubilee, Martin, Malave-Divan.

Lawrence A. Mandelker, Kantor, Davidoff, Wolfe, Rabbino & Kass, New York City, for Robert A. Radulski, Bernard T. Kozykowski, Benjamin A. Gilman.

Nancy R. Sills, Graubard Miller, New York City, Cassandra Lentchner, Perkins, Cole, LLP, Washington, DC, for Anthony Creaney, Thomas Terry.


OPINION AND ORDER

MAAS, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. Introduction

These consolidated actions (hereinafter, "action") challenging the New York Legislature's 2002 State Senate and Congressional redistricting plans are pending before Chief Circuit Judge Walker and District Judges Berman and Koeltl.1 The three-judge court recently denied the defendants' motion to dismiss, concluding that any determination...

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