IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
COMMON CAUSE, et al.,
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.,

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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 1:16-CV-1026-WO-JEP
THREE-JUDGE COURT

Defendants.

League of Women Voters of North
Carolina, et al.,
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 2016 Joint Select Committee on
Congressional Redistricting, et al.,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 1:16-CV-1164-WO-JEP
THREE-JUDGE COURT

Defendants Robert A. Rucho, David R. Lewis, Philip E. Berger, and Timothy K.
Moore (“legislative defendants”) in the above-captioned consolidated actions hereby give
notice of their appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States from the Memorandum

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 Opinion and associated Order [D.E. 118 in Case No. 1:16-cv-1026 & D.E. 116 in Case
No. 1:16-cv-1164] entered by the Court on January 9, 2018.
This appeal is taken under 28 U.S.C. § 1253.
Respectfully submitted this 11th day of January, 2018.

OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH
SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.
/s/ Phillip J. Strach
Phillip J. Strach
N.C. State Bar No. 29456
Michael D. McKnight
N.C. State Bar No. 36932
phil.strach@ogletreedeakins.com
michael.mcknight@ogletreedeakins.com
4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1100
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
Telephone: (919) 787-9700
Facsimile: (919) 783-9412
Counsel for Legislative Defendants

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 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
It is hereby certified that the foregoing NOTICE OF APPEAL has been
electronically filed with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will provide
electronic notification of the same to the following:
Edwin M. Speas, Jr.
Carolina P. Mackie
Poyner Spruill LLP
P.O. Box 1801 (27602-1801)
301 Fayetteville St., Suite 1900
Raleigh, NC 27601
espeas@poynerspruill.com
cmackie@poymerspruill.com
Attorneys for Common Cause Plaintiffs

Gregory L. Diskant
Susan Millenky
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
gldiskant@pbwt.com
smillenky@pbwt.com
Attorneys for Common Cause Plaintiffs

Emmet J. Bondurant
Jason J. Carter
Benjamin W. Thorpe
Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 3900
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
bondurant@bmelaw.com
carter@bmelaw.com
bthorpe@bmelaw.com
Attorneys for Common Cause Plaintiffs

Alexander McC. Peters
Senior Deputy Attorney General
N.C. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602

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 Allison Riggs
SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL
JUSTICE
1415 W. HWY. 54, STE. 101
DURHAM, NC 27707
Email: emily@southerncoalition.org
Email: anita@southerncoalition.org
Attorneys for League of Women Voters of
North Carolina Plaintiffs

Annabelle E. Harless
Ruth M. Greenwood
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER
73 W. MONROE ST., STE. 322
CHICAGO, IL 60603
312-561-5508
Fax: 202-736-2222
Email: aharless@campaignlegalcenter.org
Attorneys for League of Women Voters of
North Carolina Plaintiffs

Danielle M. Lang
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER
1411 K STREET NW
SUITE 1400
WASHINGTON, DC 20005
202-736-2200
Fax: 202-736-2222
Email: dlang@campaignlegalcenter.org
Attorneys for League of Women Voters of
North Carolina Plaintiffs

Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW
SCHOOL
1111 E 60TH STREET
CHICAGO, IL 60637
773-702-4226
Email: nsteph@uchicago.edu\
Attorneys for League of Women Voters of
North Carolina Plaintiffs

This the 11th day of January, 2018.
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH
SMOAK & STEWART, P.C.
/s/ Phillip J. Strach
Phillip J. Strach
32593982.1

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