SHARMA v. HIRSCH

No. 23-2164.

121 F.4th 1033 (2024)

Siddhanth SHARMA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alan HIRSCH, Chairman of NCBOE, in his official capacity; Karen Brinson Bell, in his official capacity; Jeff Carmon, in his official capacity; Siobhan Millen, in his official capacity; Stacy Eggers, IV, in his official capacity; Kevin Lewis, in his official capacity; State of North Carolina, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 14, 2024.

Amended: November 20, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Madelyn Strohm, Peyton Mitchell, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellant. Nicholas Scott Brod, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John J. Korzen, Maxwell J. Anthony, C. Isaac Hopkin, Luul Y. Lampkins, Appellate Advocacy Clinic, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellant. Joshua H. Stein, Attorney General, Terence Steed, Special Deputy Attorney General, Mary Carla Babb, Special Deputy Attorney General, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Affirmed in part; vacated and remanded in part by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion in which Judge Richardson and Judge Rushing joined.


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