WRIGHT v. SUMTER COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS

Nos. 18-11510, 18-13510, 20-10394.

979 F.3d 1282 (2020)

Mathis Kearse WRIGHT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SUMTER COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REGISTRATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan L. Sells , Law Office of Bryan L. Sells, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

E. Mark Braden , Katherine McKnight , Richard Raile , Trevor M. Stanley , Baker & Hostetler, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, Kimberly A. Reid , Lawson & Reid, LLC, Cordele, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before GRANT, MARCUS and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges.


On February 25, 2014, Georgia's House Bill 836 changed the school board district map in Sumter County. The bill reduced the size of the board from nine members to seven. And where previously, all nine members had come from single-member districts, now only five would, and two would be drawn from at-large seats. The plaintiff...

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