Evans v. Columbia, City of

Filing 10

ORDER granting 6 Motion for Designation of a Three-Judge Panel, designating Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., Judge William B. Traxler, and Judge J. Michelle Childs to constitute a District Court of three judges as provided by 28 U.S.C. 2284. Signed by Honorable William B Traxler on 04/14/2011.(bshr, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA

AT COLUMBIA

PATRICIA A. EVANS,

Plaintiff,

v.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:11-cv-00826-JFA

CITY OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
Defendant.

o

R D E R

IT APPEARING to the undersigned Chief Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that a civil
action as above entitled has been instituted in the United
States District Court for the District of South Carolina wherein
the plaintiff claims that the defendant has failed to comply
with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act; and
IT FURTHER APPEARING that a request to convene a threejudge district court has been presented to the United States
District Court for the District of South Carolina, which has
notified the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§

2284 of the

pendency of such request to the end that a court of three judges

may be convened as required by 42 U.S.C.
§

§

1973c and 28 U.S.C.

2284:
NOW, THEREFORE, I DO HEREBY DESIGNATE the Honorable Joseph

F. Anderson, Jr., United States District Judge for the District
of South Carolinai and the Honorable J. Michelle Childs, United
States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, to
serve with me in the hearing and determination of this action,
as provided by law, the three to constitute a district court of
three judges as provided by 28 U.S.C.
This

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§

2284.

day of April, 2011.

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William B. Traxler, Jr.
Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Fourth Circuit