LOPEZ v. CITY OF HOUSTON

No. 09-20534.

617 F.3d 336 (2010)

Lillie Ann LOPEZ; Jana Young, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF HOUSTON; Peter Brown; Sue Lovell; Melissa Noriega; Ronald Green; Jolanda Jones; Toni Lawrence; Jarvis Johnson; Anne Clutterbuck; Wanda Adams; Mike Sullivan; M.J. Kahn; Pam Holm; James G. Rodriguez; Bill White; Annise D. Parker, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vidal Gregory Martinez (argued), Franklin, Cardwell & Jones, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Claude Robert Heath (argued), Bickerstaff, Heath, Delgado & Acosta, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before GARWOOD, SMITH and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, a group of minority voters residing in Houston, Texas ("the City") allege constitutional and statutory violations stemming from changes in the way the City calculates its population for purposes of redistricting and adding city council seats. The district court dismissed the case as frivolous. Because we hold that appellants' claims are not justiciable, we affirm.

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