Raleigh Wake Citizens Association et al v. Barefoot et al

Filing 65

JUDGMENT:IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED plaintiffs have failed to prove that either the 2013 Wake County School Board Plan or the 2015 Wake County Commissioners Plan violates the one person one vote requirement in the United States and North Ca rolina Constitutions. Plaintiffs also have failed to prove that the 2015 General Assembly racially gerrymandered District 4 in the 2015 Wake County Commissioners Plan. Accordingly, the court enters judgment in favor of the defendant Wake County Board of Elections. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that pursuant to the Notice of Voluntary Dismissal entered on June 5, 2015, defendants Chad Barefoot, Philip E. Berger, and Tim Moore, are voluntarily dismissed without prejudice. Signed by Nicole Briggeman for Julie Richards Johnston, Clerk of Court on 2/26/2016. (Briggeman, N.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION

RALEIGH WAKE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION,
INC, JANNET B. BARNES, BEVERLEY S.
CLARK, WILLIAM B. CLIFFORD, BRIAN
FITZSIMMONS, GREG FLYNN, DUSTIN
MATTHEW INGALLS, AMY T. LEE, ERVIN
PORTMAN, SUSAN PORTMAN, JANE C.
ROGERS, BARBARA D.VANDENBERGH,
JOHN G.VANDENBERGH, AMY WOMBLE,
AND PERRY WOODS,

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CALLA WRIGHT, WILLIE BETHEL,
AMY LEE, AMYGAYLE WOMBLE,
JOHN VANDENBERGH, BARBARA
VANDENBERGH, AJAMU DILLAHUNT,
ELAINE DILLAHUNT, LUCINDA
MACKETHAN, WILLIAM CLIFFORD, ANN
LONG CAMPBELL, GREG FLYNN, BEVERLY
CLARK, CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN,
AND RALEIGH WAKE CITIZENS
ASSOCIATION,
PLAINTIFFS,
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND
WAKE COUNTY BOARD
OF ELECTIONS,
Defendants.

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JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE
CASE NO. 5:15-CV-156-D

JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE
CASE NO. 5:13-CV-607-D

Decision by Court.
This action came before this Court for ruling as follows.
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED plaintiffs have failed to prove that either
the 2013 Wake County School Board Plan or the 2015 Wake County Commissioners Plan
violates the one person one vote requirement in the United States and North Carolina
Constitutions. Plaintiffs also have failed to prove that the 2015 General Assembly racially
gerrymandered District 4 in the 2015 Wake County Commissioners Plan. Accordingly, the court
enters judgment in favor of the defendant Wake County Board of Elections.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that pursuant to the Notice of
Voluntary Dismissal entered on June 5, 2015, defendants Chad Barefoot, Philip E. Berger, and
Tim Moore, are voluntarily dismissed without prejudice.
SO ORDERED. This 26th day of February, 2016.

This Judgment Filed and Entered on February 26, 2016, and Copies To:
Alexander McClure Peters

(via CM/ECF Notice of Electronic Filing)

Melissa L. Trippe

(via CM/ECF Notice of Electronic Filing)

Anita S. Earls

(via CM/ECF Notice of Electronic Filing)

George E. Eppsteiner

(via CM/ECF Notice of Electronic Filing)

Allison Jean Riggs

(via CM/ECF Notice of Electronic Filing)

Charles F. Marshall, III

(via CM/ECF Notice of Electronic Filing)

Claire Alise Hunter

(via CM/ECF Notice of Electronic Filing)

Jessica Thaller-Moran

(via CM/ECF Notice of Electronic Filing)

Matthew B. Tynan

(via CM/ECF Notice of Electronic Filing)

DATE:

JULIE RICHARDS JOHNSTON, CLERK

February 26, 2016

(By) /s/ Nicole Briggeman
Deputy Clerk