League of Women Voters of North Carolina et al v. Rucho et al

MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

M.D.N.C.November 28, 2016

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA NO. 1:16-CV-1164 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA, WILLIAM COLLINS, ELLIOTT FELDMAN, CAROL FAULKNER FOX, ANNETTE LOVE, MARIA PALMER, GUNTHER PECK, ERSLA PHELPS, JOHN QUINN, III, AARON SARVER, JANIE SMITH SUMPTER, ELIZABETH TORRES EVANS, and WILLIS WILLIAMS, Plaintiffs, v. ROBERT A. RUCHO, in his official capacity as Chairman of the North Carolina Senate Redistricting Committee for the 2016 Extra Session and Co- Chairman of the Joint Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS Pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Fed. R. Civ. P., Defendants hereby move to dismiss plaintiffs’ amended complaint. Defendants are filing a supporting memorandum in support of this motion. Respectfully submitted this 28th day of November, 2016. Case 1:16-cv-01164-WO-JEP Document 30 Filed 11/28/16 Page 1 of 4 2 OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH SMOAK & STEWART, P.C. /s/ Thomas A. Farr Thomas A. Farr N.C. State Bar No. 10871 Phillip J. Strach N.C. State Bar No. 29456 Michael D. McKnight N.C. State Bar No. 36932 thomas.farr@ogletreedeakins.com phil.strach@ogletreedeakins.com 4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1100 Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 Telephone: (919) 787-9700 Facsimile: (919) 783-9412 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE By: /s/ Alexander McC. Peters Alexander McC. Peters Senior Deputy Attorney General N.C. State Bar No. 13654 apeters@ncdoj.gov N.C. Department of Justice P.O. Box 629 Raleigh, NC 27602 Telephone: (919) 716-6900 Facsimile: (919) 716-6763 Counsel for Defendants Case 1:16-cv-01164-WO-JEP Document 30 Filed 11/28/16 Page 2 of 4 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Thomas A. Farr, hereby certify that I have this day electronically filed the foregoing Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will provide electronic notification of the same to the following: Anita S. Earls Allison J. Riggs Emily Seawell Southern Coalition for Social Justice anitaearls@southerncoalition.org allisonriggs@southerncoalition.org emilyseawell@southerncoalition.org 1415 Highway 54, Suite 101 Durham, NC 27707 Telephone: 919-323-3380 ext. 115 Facsimile: 919-323-3942 Counsel for All Plaintiffs J. Gerald Hebert Ruth Greenwood Annabelle Harless Danielle Lang Campaign Legal Center 1411 K Street NW, Suite 1400 Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: (202) 736-2200 ghebert@campaignlegalcenter.org rgreenwood@campaignlegalcenter.org aharless@campaignlegalcenter.org dlang@campaignlegalcenter.org Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos University of Chicago Law School 1111 E 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Telephone: (773) 702-4226 nsteph@uchicago.edu Case 1:16-cv-01164-WO-JEP Document 30 Filed 11/28/16 Page 3 of 4 4 This the 28th day of November, 2016. OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH SMOAK & STEWART, P.C. /s/ Thomas A. Farr Thomas A. Farr N.C. State Bar No. 10871 4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1100 Raleigh, NC 27609 Telephone: 919.787.9700 Facsimile: 919.783.9412 thomas.farr@odnss.com Co-Counsel for Defendants 27662262.1 Case 1:16-cv-01164-WO-JEP Document 30 Filed 11/28/16 Page 4 of 4