Libertarian Party of Virginia v. VA State Board of Election

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:10-cv-00615-LMB-TCB. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998604420].. [10-2175]

Appeal: 10-2175

Document: 23

Date Filed: 06/03/2011

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-2175

LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF VIRGINIA; MATTHEW MOSLEY; WILBUR WOOD;
WILLIAM REDPATH; CATHERINE BARRETT; ROBERT BENEDICT,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
VA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
Leonie M. Brinkema,
District Judge. (1:10-cv-00615-LMB-TCB)

Submitted:

May 13, 2011

Decided:

June 3, 2011

Before MOTZ, WYNN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Gary Sinawski, Brooklyn, New York, for Appellants.
Kenneth T.
Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General of Virginia, E. Duncan
Getchell, Jr., Solicitor General, Stephen R. McCullough, Senior
Appellate Counsel, Charles E. James, Jr., Chief Deputy Attorney
General, Wesley G. Russell, Jr., Deputy Attorney General,
Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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Document: 23

Date Filed: 06/03/2011

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PER CURIAM:
The
Wilbur

Libertarian

Wood,

William

Party

Redpath,

of

Virginia,

Catherine

Matthew

Barrett,

Mosley,

and

Robert

Benedict appeal the district court’s order granting the Virginia
State Board of Elections’ motion to dismiss.

After reviewing

the record and the district court’s opinion, we agree that the
Appellants’

suit

therefore affirm.
of

Elections,

2010).
legal
before

No.

is

barred

by

the

Eleventh

Amendment

and

See Libertarian Party of Va. v. Va. St. Bd.
1:10-cv-00615-LMB-TCB

(E.D.

Va.

Sept.

16,

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
contentions
the

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.

AFFIRMED

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