HARPER v. LEWIS

No. 5:19-CV-452-FL.

REBECCA HARPER, AMY CLARE OSEROFF, DONALD RUMPH, JOHN BALLA, RICHARD R. CREWS, LILY NICOLE QUICK, GETTYS COHEN, JR., SHAWN RUSH, JACKSON THOMAS DUNN, MARK S. PETERS, JOSEPH THOMAS GATES, KATHLEEN BARNES, VIRGINIA WALTERS BRIEN, and DAVID DWIGHT BROWN, Plaintiffs, v. DAVID R. LEWIS, Representative, in his official capacity as Sr. Chair of the House Select Committee on Redistricting; RALPH HISE in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Committee on Redistricting; WARREN DANIEL in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Redistricting; PAUL NEWTON in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Redistricting; TIMOTHY K. MOORE Speaker of the NC House of Representatives; PHILIP E. BERGER President Pro Tempore of the NC Senate; THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; DAMON CIRCOSTA in his official capacity as Chairman of the NC State Board of Elections; STELLA ANDERSON in her official capacity as Secretary of the NC Board of Elections; KENNETH RAYMOND in his official capacity as Member of the NC State Board of Elections; DAVID C. BLACK in official capacity as Member of the NC State Board of Elections; and JEFF CARMON in his official capacity as Member of the NC State Board of Elections, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Western Division.

October 22, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1446
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1446 Notice of Removal
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Harper, Amy Clare Oseroff, Donald Rumph, John Balla, Richard R. Crews, Lily Nicole Quick, Gettys Cohen, Jr., Shawn Rush, Jackson Thomas Dunn, Mark S. Peters, Joseph Thomas Gates, Kathleen Barnes, Virginia Walters Brien & David Dwight Brown, Plaintiffs, represented by Narendra K. Ghosh , Patterson Harkavy LLP, Daniel F. Jacobson , Arnold & Porter, Elisabeth S. Theodore , Arnold & Porter & Robert S. Jones , Arnold & Porter.

David R. Lewis, Representative, in his official capacity as Sr. Chair of the House Select Committee on Redistricting, Ralph Hise, in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Committee on Redistricting, Warren Daniel, in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Redistricting, Paul Newton, in his official capacity as Co-Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Redistricting, Timothy K. Moore, Speaker of the NC House of Representatives & Philip E. Berger, President Pro Tempore of the NC Senate, Defendants, represented by Phillip J. Strach , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Alyssa Riggins , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Michael Douglas McKnight , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. & Thomas A. Farr , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections, Damon Circosta, in his official capacity as Chairman of the NC State Board of Elections, Stella Anderson, in her official capacity as Secretary of the NC Board of Elections, Kenneth Raymond, in his official capacity as Member of the NC State Board of Elections & David C. Black, in official capacity as Member of the NC State Board of Elections, Defendants, represented by Amar Majmundar , North Carolina Deptartment of Justice, Paul M. Cox , NC Department of Justice & Stephanie Ann Brennan , North Carolina Deptartment of Justice.

Jeff Carmon, in his official capacity as Member of the NC State Board of Elections, Defendant, represented by Stephanie Ann Brennan , North Carolina Deptartment of Justice.


ORDER

This matter is before the court on plaintiffs' emergency motion to remand and to expedite resolution of motion to remand (DE 18). Defendants Philip E. Berger, Warren Daniel, Ralph Hise, David R. Lewis, Timothy K. Moore, and Paul Newton (collectively, the "Legislative Defendants") responded in opposition...

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