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COMMON CAUSE v. LEWIS

No. 5:18-CV-589-FL.

358 F.Supp.3d 505 (2019)

COMMON CAUSE; North Carolina Democratic; Paula Ann Chapman; Howard DuBose; George David Gauck; James Mackin Nesbit; Dwight Jordan; Joseph Thomas Gates; Mark S. Peters; Pamela Morton; Virginia Walters Brien; John Mark Turner; Leon Charles Schaller; Edwin M. Speas, Jr.; Rebecca Harper; Lesley Brook Wischmann; David Dwight Brown; Amy Clare Oseroff; Kristin Parker Jackson; John Balla; Rebecca Johnson; Aaron Wolff; Mary Ann Peden-Coviello; Karen Sue Holbrook; Kathleen Barnes; Ann McCracken; Jackson Thomas Dunn, Jr.; Alyce Machak; William Service; Donald Rumph; Stephen Douglas McGrigor; Nancy Bradley; Vinod Thomas; Derrick Miller; Electa E. Person; Deborah Anderson Smith; Rosalyn Sloan; Julie Ann Frey; Lily Nicole Quick; Joshua Brown; and Carlton E. Campbell, Sr., Plaintiffs, v. Representative David R. LEWIS in His Official Capacity as Senior Chairman of the House Select Committee on Redistricting; Senator Ralph E. Hise, Jr. in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Redistricting; Speaker of the House Timothy K. Moore; Andy Penry Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement; Joshua Malcolm Vice-chair of the North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement; Ken Raymond Secretary of the North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement; Stella Anderson Member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement; President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate Philip E. Berger; the State of North Carolina; the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement; Damon Circosta Member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement; Stacy "Four" Eggers, IV Member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement; Jay Hemphill Member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement; Valerie Johnson Member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement; John Lewis Member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement; the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement; Robert Cordle Member of the North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Western Division.

Signed January 7, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1441 Notice of Removal
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Common Cause, pro se.

North Carolina Democratic Party, pro se.

Paula Ann Chapman, pro se.

Howard DuBose, pro se.

George David Gauck, pro se.

James Mackin Nesbit, pro se.

Dwight Jordan, pro se.

Joseph Thomas Gates, pro se.

Mark S. Peters, pro se.

Pamela Morton, pro se.

Virginia Walters Brien, pro se.

John Mark Turner, pro se.

Leon Charles Schaller, pro se.

Rebecca Harper, pro se.

Lesley Brook Wischmann, pro se.

David Dwight Brown, pro se.

Amy Clare Oseroff, pro se.

Kristin Parker Jackson, pro se.

John Balla, pro se.

Rebecca Johnson, pro se.

Aaron Wolff, pro se.

Mary Ann Peden-Coviello, pro se.

Karen Sue Holbrook, pro se.

Kathleen Barnes, pro se.

Phillip J. Strach , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Raleigh, NC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This matter came before the court on plaintiffs' emergency motion for remand (DE 5). On January 2, 2019, the court granted the motion, remanded the matter to state court, and denied plaintiffs' request for costs and expenses under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c).

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