COCA v. CITY OF DODGE CITY

Case No. 22-1274-EFM.

669 F.Supp.3d 1131 (2023)

Miguel COCA and Alejandro Rangel-Lopez, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF DODGE CITY, a municipal corporation, the Dodge City Commission, E. Kent Smoll, in his official capacity as Mayor of Dodge City, Michael Burns, in his official capacity as Vice-Mayor of Dodge City, Rick Sowers, in his official capacity as a member of the Dodge City Commission, Chuck Taylor, in his official capacity as a member of the Dodge City Commission, and Joseph Nuci, in his official capacity as a member of the Dodge City Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

Signed April 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abena Mainoo , Pro Hac Vice, Elizabeth R. Baggott , Pro Hac Vice, Colavecchio, JD , Pro Hac Vice, Jonathan I. Blackman , Pro Hac Vice, Mijin Kang , Pro Hac Vice, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, Jonathan Topaz , Pro Hac Vice, Luis Manuel Rico Roman , Pro Hac Vice, Sophia Lin Lakin , Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Bernadette Samson Reyes , Chad W. Dunn , Pro Hac Vice, Sonni Waknin , UCLA Voting Rights Project, Los Angeles, CA, Scott T. Fuqua , Pro Hac Vice, Fuqua Law & Policy, PC, Sante Fe, NM, Sharon Brett , ACLU Foundation of Kansas, Overland Park, KS, for Plaintiffs.

Anthony F. Rupp , Sarah Elizabeth Stula , Tara S. Eberline , Foulston Siefkin LLP, Overland Park, KS, Clayton J. Kaiser , Foulston Siefkin LLP, Wichita, KS, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 37) Plaintiffs Miguel Coca and Alejandro Rangel-Lopez's claims under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act ("VRA"), the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, and the Fifteenth Amendment pursuant to Federal...

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