Plaintiffs file this action seeking declaratory and injuctive relief to prevent the implementation and enforcement of the Legislature's Congressional Plan in any future election. 

Appellants respectfully move the Court, pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 27 and Tenth Circuit Local Rule 27.3, for an order to revise the case caption to identify Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., Phillip G. Sapien, and Antonio Maestas as Appellants in this case and to lodge Appellants’ Brief (attached as Exhibit A) on their behalf. For the foregoing reasons, Appellants’ Motion should be granted.

The Campaign Legal Center, filed a brief on behalf of plaintiffs in Fairley v. Hattiesburg,urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reverse the District Court’s erroneous and dangerous rejection of their Voting Rights Act challenge to the 2012 Hattiesburg City Council redistricting plan.  The brief argues that the redistricting plan violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act because it deprives Black voters of an equal opportunity to elect representatives of their choice on account of their race. 

Letter written by the Voting Rights Institute to the Department of Justice urging them to investigate Daphe City Council's reduction in the number of polling places and enactment of a new reidstricting plan that may dilute the influence of the Black community in Daphne, Alabama. 

In November 2015, the Supreme Court noted probable jurisdiction in this case.  Oral argument will be heard on March 21, 2016.  The Campaign Legal Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of the plaintiff-appellees. ​