WESTCHESTER COUNTY INDEPENDENCE PARTY v. ASTORINO

No. 13-CV-7737(KMK).

137 F.Supp.3d 586 (2015)

The WESTCHESTER COUNTY INDEPENDENCE PARTY, Irma Y. Drace, Dhyalma N. Vazquez, Sam Zherka, and DR. Giulio Cavallo, Plaintiffs, v. Robert P. ASTORINO, Robert A. Astorino, Douglas A. Colety, Kevin J. Plunkett, Daniel L. Pagano, Guy Parisi, Westchester County Board of Elections, Westchester County Republican Party, Morgan D. Abdelnour, Robert G. Alberty, Elisabeth Alberty, Christopher R. Arnold, Nicolina Bommarito, Francesca K. Bossey, Daniel Branda, Lisa Burke, Natasha C. Caputo, Christopher S. Caputo, Thomas P. Casper, James F. Castro-Blanco, John A. Cerino, Theodora Cerino, Sunny K. Chacko, James R. Coleman, Diana Costello, Johnna Culligan, Joseph Dalli, Nicholas S. DeCicco, Maricelly Velez-Delgado, Peter DeLucia, Charles P. Duffy, Jessica R. Egan, Anthony F. Ferriello, Brian P. Furlong, Martin Finneran, Gerard R. Gershonowitz, Deborah Gerace, Phillippe M. Gille, Lindsay Ann Jackson, Joseph D. Kenner, Patricia E. Leavy, Gerard Longarzo, Jr., Mary Jennings Mahon, Sheila Marcotte, James Maisano, John B. McCaffrey, Matthew J. McCarrick, Diana McCaughey, Philomena M. McCloskey, Felicia McCloskey, Edwin J. McCormack, Evelyn M. McCormack, Rosemary A. McGlaughlin, Robert F. Meehan, Eileen Mary Mildenberger, Amanda Modugno, Michael Anthony Monteleone, William M. Mooney, III, Henry C. Neubeck, Deborah S. Ogden, George Oros, Christina A. Oros, Iris Theresa Pagan, Anthony Pilla, Kathryn C. Plunkett, David P. Polizzi, Michael Recca, Thomas M. Reddy, Victoria Roach, Adam Rodriguez, Elena Fortuna Rogliano, Donald B. Scott, Stephanie T. Scott, Christine A. Sculti, Margaret M. Sculti, Bernice Spreckman, Arthur R. Sullivan, Jr., John G. Testa, Britta Vander Linden, Yu Flora Wu-Biagi, Lucas A. Vander Linden, Alberto F. Villate, Holly C. Young, Edward A. Zebzda, Nancy Meehan, Frank Catalina, Hugh Fox, Jr., Katherine Delgado, Moses Pabon, Edward Fagan, Javier Vincens, and Brendan Murnane, Defendants.

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

Signed October 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Howard Tilem, Esq. , Tilem and Campbell, LLP, White Plains, NY, for Plaintiffs.

William Patrick Harrington, Esq. , Richard Francis Markert, Esq. , Susan Elizabeth Galvao, Esq. , Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP, White Plains, NY, for Defendants Robert A. Astorino, Robert P. Astorino, Kevin J. Plunkett, Morgan D. Abdelnour, Robert G. Alberty, Francesca K. Bossey, Daniel Branda, Natasha C. Caputo, Thomas P. Casper, James F. Castro-Blanco, John A. Cerino, Sunny K. Chacko, James R. Coleman, Diana Costello, Joseph Dalli, Maricelly Velez-Delgado, Peter DeLucia, Charles P. Duffy, Jessica R. Egan, Anthony F. Ferriello, Brian P. Furlong, Martin Finneran, Gerard R. Gershonowitz, Phillippe M. Gille, Lindsay Ann Jackson, Joseph D. Kenner, Patricia E. Leavy, Gerard Longarzo, Jr., Sheila Marcotte, James Maisano, John B. McCaffrey, Matthew J. McCarrick, Edwin J. McCormack, Rosemary A. McGlaughlin, Eileen Mary Mildenberger, Amanda Modugno, William M. Mooney, III, Deborah S. Ogden, George Oros, Iris Theresa Pagan, Daniel L. Pagano, Michael Recca, Elena Fortuna Rogliano, Stephanie T. Scott, Christine A. Sculti, Donald B. Scott, Bernice Spreckman, Arthur R. Sullivan, Jr., John G. Testa, Britta Vander Linden, Lucas A. Vander Linden, Yu Flora Wu-Biagi, Katherine Delgado, Edward Fagan, and Brendan Murnane.

Ronald George Crispi, Esq. , Peter Riggs, Esq. , Cerussi & Spring, White Plains, NY, for Defendants Robert A. Astorino, Guy Parisi, Elisabeth Alberty, Christopher S. Caputo, Theodora Cerino, Diana McCaughey, Philomena M. McCloskey, Felicia McCloskey, Evelyn M. McCormack, Henry C. Neubeck, Christina A. Oros, Kathryn C. Plunkett, Thomas M. Reddy, Victoria Roach, Margaret M. Sculti, Frank Catalina, Moses Pabon, Hugh Fox, Jr., and Javier Vincens.

Fred N. Knopf, Esq. , John Martin Flannery, Esq. , Allison Michelle Holubis, Esq. , Peter Alexander Meisels, Esq. , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, White Plains, N.Y. and Stamford, CT, for Defendants Douglas A. Colety and Westchester County Board of Elections.

James John Mahon, Esq. , Lawler Mahon & Rooney LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Daniel L. Pagano, Thomas P. Casper, Joseph Dalli, Charles P. Duffy, Mary Jennings Mahon, Rosemary A. McGlaughlin, and Lucas A. Vander Linden.

John Martin Murtagh, Jr., Esq. , Gaines, Novick, Ponzini, Cossu & Venditti, LLP, White Plains, NY, for Defendant Westchester County Republican Party.

Howard M. Miller, Esq. , Jessica Christine Moller, Esq. , John F. McKay, III, Esq. , Richard S. Finkel, Esq. , Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC, Garden City, NY, for Defendants Christopher R. Arnold, Nicolina Bommarito, Lisa Burke, Johnna Culligan, Nicholas S. DeCicco, Deborah Gerace, Michael Anthony Monteleone, Anthony Pilla, David P. Polizzi, Adam Rodriguez, Alberto F. Villate, Holly C. Young, Edward A. Zebzda, and Nancy Meehan.

Brian S. Sokoloff, Esq. , Mark Anthony Radi, Esq. , Sokoloff Stern LLP, Carle Place, NY, for Robert F. Meehan.

Justin Richard Adin, Esq. , Westchester County Attorney's Office, White Plains, NY, for Defendant Hugh Fox, Jr.


OPINION & ORDER

Irma Y. Drace ("Drace"), Dhyalma N. Vazquez ("Vazquez"), Sam Zherka ("Zherka"), and Dr. Giulio Cavallo ("Cavallo") (collectively, the "Individual Plaintiffs"), and The Westchester County Independence Party (the "Independence Party" or the "Party") (together, with the Individual...

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