FAVORS v. CUOMO

No. 11-cv-5632 (DLI).

39 F.Supp.3d 276 (2014)

Mark A. FAVORS, Howard Leib, Lillie H. Galan, Edward A. Mulraine, Warren Schreiber, and Weyman A. Carey, Plaintiffs, v. Donna Kaye Drayton, Edwin Ellis, Aida Forrest, Gene A. Johnson, Joy Woolley, Sheila Wright, Melvin Boone, Grisselle Gonzalez, Dennis O. Jones, Regis Thompson Lawrence, Aubrey Phillips, Linda Lee, Shing Chor Chung, Julia Yang, Jung Ho Hong, Juan Ramos, Nick Chavarria, Graciela Heymann, Sandra Martinez, Edwin Roldan, Manolin Tirado, Linda Rose, Everet Mills, Anthony Hoffman, Kim Thompson-Werekoh, Carlotta Bishop, Carol Rinzler, George Stamatiades, Josephine Rodriguez, Scott Auster, and Yitzchok Ullman, Intervenor Plaintiffs, v. Andrew M. CUOMO, as Governor of the State of New York, Robert J. Duffy, as President of the Senate of the State of New York, Dean G. Skelos, as Majority Leader and President Pro Tempore of the Senate of the State of New York, Sheldon Silver, as Speaker of the Assembly of the State of New York, John L. Sampson, as Minority Leader of the Senate of the State of New York, Brian M. Kolb, as Minority Leader of the Assembly of the State of New York, the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Apportionment ("Latfor"), John J. McEneny, as Member of Latfor, Robert Oaks, as Member of Latfor, Roman Hedges, as Member of Latfor, Michael F. Nozzolio, as Member of Latfor, Martin Malave Dilan, as Member of Latfor, and Welquis R. Lopez, as Member of Latfor, Defendants.

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

Signed August 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Esmeralda Simmons , Joan P. Gibbs , Brooklyn, NY, Frederick K. Brewington , Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington, Hempstead, NY, Jeffrey M. Norton , Randolph M. McLaughlin , Newman Ferrara LLP, Glenn Duque Magpantay , Kenneth Kimerling , Asian American Legal Defense Fund, James Herschlein , Noah Barnett Peters , Kaye Scholer LLP, Jackson Chin , Jose Luis Perez , Latino Justice Prldef, New York, NY, for Intervenor Plaintiffs.

Joshua Benjamin Pepper , Office of the Attorney General, David L. Lewis , Lewis & Fiore, Alexander G.P. Goldenberg , Eric Jason Hecker , Cuti Hecker Wang LLP, Leonard M. Kohen , Leonard Kohen , Elaine M. Reich , C. Daniel Chill , Graubard Miller, New York, NY, Michael A. Carvin , John M. Gore , Louis K. Fisher , Todd R. Geremia , Jones Day, Jeffrey M. Wice , Washington, DC, Jonathan Halsby Sinnreich , Timothy F. Hill , Vincent J. Messina, Jr. , Sinnreich Kosakoff & Messina LLP, Central Islip, NY, Jennifer K. Harvey , Kevin M. Lang , Couch White LLP, Albany, NY, for Defendants.


SUMMARY ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

This Order is written for the benefit of the parties regarding the issue of the award of attorneys' fees and costs.1 Familiarity with the underlying facts and the history of this redistricting litigation is presumed.

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