Boone et al v. Nassau County Legislature et al

Filing 65

ORDER - The case is hereby administratively closed without prejudice to reinstatement upon application to this Court within thirty days of the law at issue being reinstated. So Ordered by Judge Joanna Seybert on 9/23/2011. C/ECF (Valle, Christine)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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MELVIN BOONE, DENNIS O. JONES, REGIS
THOMPSON LAWRENCE, AUBREY PHILLIPS,
And GRISSELLE GONZALEZ, on Behalf of
themselves and all others similarly
situated,
Plaintiffs,
-against-

ORDER
11-CV-2712(JS)(ARL)

NASSAU COUNTY LEGISLATURE, COUNTY OF
NASSAU, NASSAU COUNTY BOARD OF
ELECTIONS, WILLIAM BIAMONTE, PETER
SCHMITT, LOUIS G. SAVINETI, EDWARD
MANGANO, and NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS,
Defendants.
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APPEARANCES
For Plaintiffs:
Frederick K. Brewington, Esq.
Valerie M. Cartright, Esq.
Law Offices of Frederick K.
Brewington
50 Clinton Street, Suite 501
Hempstead, NY 11550
Randolph M. McLaughlin, Esq.
Harwood Feffer LLP
488 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
For Defendants:
Nassau County Legislature,
Nassau County Board of
Elections, Peter Schmitt,
Edward Mangano
County of Nassau

Paul DerOhannesian, II, Esq.
DerOhannesian & DerOhannesian
677 Broadway, Suite 202
Albany, NY 12207
David L. Lewis, Esq.
Lewis & Fiore
225 Broadway
Suite 3300
New York, NY 10007
Paul DeOhannesian, II, Esq
(see above address)

New York State Board
of Elections

Derrick Jeffrey Robinson
N.Y. State Office of the Attorney
General
200 Old Country Road, Suite 460
Mineola, NY 11501

William Biamonte and
Louis Savinetti

No appearances.

SEYBERT, District Judge:
Pending before the Court is Magistrate Judge Arlene R.
Lindsay’s Report and Recommendation that, in light of the New
York State Court of Appeals decision declaring the law at issue
null and void in connection with the 2011 election and upon
agreement

of

the

parties,

this

action

be

administratively

closed.
Finding no clear error, the Court hereby ADOPTS Judge
Lindsay’s

Report

and

Recommendation.

The

case

is

hereby

administratively closed without prejudice to reinstatement upon
application to this Court within thirty days of the law at issue
being reinstated.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ JOANNA SEYBERT______
Joanna Seybert, U.S.D.J.
Dated:

September 23, 2011
Central Islip, NY

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