GARCIA et al v. 2011 LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMISSION et al

Filing 11

MEMORANDUM AND/OR OPINION ORDER THAT PLAINTIFFS SENATOR DOMINIC PILEGGI, REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL TURZAI AND LOUIS B. KUPPERMAN'S MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND FOR CONVENING OF A THREE-JUDGE PANEL IS DENIED; PLAINTIFFS JOE GARCIA, FER NANDO QUILES AND DALIA RIVERA MATIA'S MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND FOR CONVENING OF A THREE-JUDGE PANEL IS DENIED; AND PLAINTIFF SAMUEL H. SMITH'S MOTION TO CONVENE A THREE-JUDGE PANEL IS DENIED. SIGNED BY HONORABLE R. BARCLAY SURRICK ON 2/8/2012; 2/8/2012 ENTERED AND COPIES MAILED, E-MAILED AND FAXED BY CHAMBERS.(tomg, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATOR DOMINIC PILEGGI, ET AL.
v.
CAROL AICHELE, IN HER OFFICIAL
CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 12-0588

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JOE GARCIA, ET AL.
v.
2011 LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT
COMMISSION, ET AL.

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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 12-0556

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SAMUEL H. SMITH, IN HIS CAPACITY AS
SPEAKER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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CAROL AICHELE, IN HER CAPACITY
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AS SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH :
OF PENNSYLVANIA
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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 12-0488

ORDER
AND NOW, this

8th

day of

February

, 2012, upon consideration of Plaintiffs

Senator Dominic Pileggi, Representative Michael Turzai and Louis B. Kupperman’s Motion for
Temporary Restraining Order and for Convening of Three-Judge Panel, Plaintiffs Joe Garcia,
Fernando Quiles and Dalia Rivera Matias’s Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and for

Convening of a Three-Judge Panel, and Plaintiff Samuel H. Smith’s Motion to Convene a ThreeJudge Panel, after a hearing in open court, and consistent with the Memorandum filed herewith,
it is ORDERED as follows:
1.

Plaintiffs Senator Dominic Pileggi, Representative Michael Turzai and Louis B.
Kupperman’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and for Convening of
Three-Judge Panel is DENIED;

2.

Plaintiffs Joe Garcia, Fernando Quiles and Dalia Rivera Matias’s Motion for a
Temporary Restraining Order and for Convening of a Three-Judge Panel is
DENIED; and

3.

Plaintiff Samuel H. Smith’s Motion to Convene a Three-Judge Panel is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

BY THE COURT:

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R. BARCLAY SURRICK, J.