Flores et al v. Town of Islip et al

Filing 116

SHORT ORDER: SEE ATTACHED. Therefore, the Plaintiffs are directed to file a letter that details the precise form of relief they seek in this proceeding (the Letter). The Letter must not be longer than one page and shall be filed on or before April 19, 2019. SO Ordered by Judge Arthur D. Spatt on 4/18/2019. (Cubano, Jazmin)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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ANA FLORES, RENE FLORES, MARIA
MAGDALENA HERNANDEZ, MAGALI
ROMAN, MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK,
and NEW YORK COMMUNITIES FOR
CHANGE,

FILED 
CLERK 

4/18/2019 1:55 pm

U.S. DISTRICT COURT 
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
LONG ISLAND OFFICE 

SHORT ORDER
2:18-cv-3549 (ADS)(GRB)

Plaintiffs,
-againstTOWN OF ISLIP, ISLIP TOWN BOARD,
SUFFOLK COUNTY BOARD OF
ELECTIONS,
Defendants.
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SPATT, District Judge.
The Court assumes the parties’ familiarity with the facts and procedural history of this
action. Additional detail that is relevant to the instant order is provided below. On March 1, 2019,
the Plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction (the “Motion”). See Docket Entry (“Dkt.”)
35. The Motion requests an injunction, pursuant to Rule 65(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure “preliminary enjoining Defendants Town of Islip, Islip Town Board, and Suffolk
County Board of Elections from conducting any election for the Islip Town Board under the
current at-large system.” Id. at 2; see also Memorandum of Law in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion
for a Preliminary Injunction, Dkt. 50 at 1 (“Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the Town of Islip … and the
Suffolk County Board of Elections … from holding any elections for the Islip Town Board …
under the current at-large system because that system violates Section 2 of the [VRA].” (citing 52
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U.S.C. § 10301)). However, in Plaintiffs’ opening statement before this Court, they represented
that rather than seeking to “cancel the 2019 elections,” they “want the 2019 elections to proceed,
but with councilmatic districts.” Transcript of Preliminary Injunction on April 9, 2019 at 26:2-7.
In order for this hearing to proceed, the Court requires clarity on this matter.
Therefore, the Plaintiffs are directed to file a letter that details the precise form of relief
they seek in this proceeding (the “Letter”). The Letter must not be longer than one page and shall
be filed on or before April 19, 2019.

SO ORDERED
Dated: Central Islip, New York
April 18, 2019

___/s/ Arthur D. Spatt_____
ARTHUR D. SPATT
United States District Judge

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