WILSON v. BIRNBERG

No. 11-20035 Summary Calendar.

660 F.3d 206 (2011)

David Buren WILSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gerald BIRNBERG, In His Capacity as Chairman of the Harris County Democratic Party; Beverly Kaufman, Harris County Clerk; Hope Andrade, Secretary of State; Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General; Edward Emmett, Harris County Judge, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Alexander Gross , League City, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael Martin Essmyer, Sr. , Essmyer, Tritico & Rainey, L.L.P., Lisa Rice Hulsey , Asst. County Atty., F. Clinton Gambill, II , County Attorney's Office for the County of Harris, Houston, TX, James Patrick Sullivan , Asst. Sol. Gen., Kathlyn C. Wilson , Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before DAVIS, SMITH and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

David Buren Wilson brought suit against various officials arising from his name not being placed on the 2010 primary election ballot in Houston, Texas. His complaint was dismissed for failure to state a claim. We AFFIRM.

On January 4, 2010, Wilson filed an application to run for Harris County Commissioner in the Democratic Party primary election. It was filed 15 minutes before the close of business on the last day applications...

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