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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING STAY Lee H. Rosenthal, Chief United States District Judge The City of Pasadena is appealing the injunction issued on January 16, 2017 and wants this court to stay enforcement until the appellate court decides.1 A stay would likely result in another City Council election held under the map and plan that the court found to violate the federal Voting

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION SETTING OUT FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW Lee H. Rosenthal, Chief United States District Judge TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction... 673 I. The Law Governing the Court’s Inquiry, Findings, and Conclusions... 674 A. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Fifteenth Amendment.. .675 B. The Fou

122 Cal.App.3d 559 (1981) 176 Cal. Rptr. 23 YOUNG LIFE CAMPAIGN, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DOUGLAS X. PATINO, as Director, etc., Defendant and Appellant. MOUNT HERMON ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DOUGLAS X. PATINO, as Director, etc., Defendant and Appellant. Docket Nos. 19408, 19409. Court of Appeals of California, Third District. <

Dale A. Drozd, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE On April 22, 2016, plaintiffs, who are Latino1 citizens and registered voters in Kern County, commenced this action against the County of Kern, its Board of Supervisors, and other County officials (collectively, "defendants"), challenging Kern County's 2011 redistricting plan under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act,

Filed 12/15/17 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE THE PEOPLE, B275518 Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. GA097057) v. JASMINE NICOLE RICHARDS, Defendant and Appellant. APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of

Mark E. Walker, Chief United States District Judge Here we are again. The clock hits 6:00 a.m. Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" starts playing. Denizens of and visitors to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania eagerly await the groundhog's prediction. And the state of Florida is alleged to violate federal law in its handling of elections.2 Puerto Ricans are American citizens. Unique among American

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING STAY Lee H. Rosenthal, Chief United States District Judge Harris County, five Harris County Hearing Officers, and fifteen Harris County Criminal Court at Law Judges are appealing this court’s Order of Preliminary Injunction issued;on April 28, 2017.1 These defendants-2 pow ask the court to stay enforcement of the prelim

LUI, J. *553Defendant and appellant Jasmine Nicole Richards appeals from the judgment following a jury trial in which she was convicted of one count of attempting to take another person from the lawful custody of *97a peace officer by means of a riot in viola

NELVA GONZALES RAMOS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Plaintiffs challenge statewide, at-large elections of all justices to the Supreme Court of Texas and judges to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10301. They allege that at-large voting has diluted the

GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge: *301 A district court found that the boundaries for Mississippi State Senate District 22 dilute African-American voting strength and prevent those citizens from having the equal opportunity "to participate in the political process and to elect representatives of

Case: 19-60133 Document: 00514887045 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/25/2019 REVISED March 25, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit ___________________ FILED March 22, 2019

RULING JUDGE JAMES J. BRADY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT This matter is before the Court pursuant. to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1966 (“Section 2”), 52 U.S.C. § 10301 (previously codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1973), and the Fourteenth and. Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. A bench trial was held on March 13-20 and April 26-28, 2017. The Court heard from 27 witnesses, and over 3

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] *Page 93 James Hovermale and Roy Smith were charged jointly with the crime of robbery by an indictment returned by the grand jury of Los Angeles County. The prosecution proceeded with the trial against Hovermale in the absence of Smith, who at that time had not been apprehended. From the judgment of the court upon a verdict