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Nature of Suit Code: 441
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Voting
Cause of Action: 42:1973 Voting Rights Act

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

JOHN DILLARD, et al., )

)

Plaintiffs, )

)

v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO.

) 2:87cv1265-MHT

TOWN OF NEWTON, ) (WO)

)

Defendant. )

OPINION

By order entered on June 11, 2003 (Doc. No. 49), the

court granted the plaintiffs’ motion for proceedings

leading to dismissal of this action, filed May 19, 2003

(Doc. No. 47), to the extent that defendant Town of

Newton was “to notify the court by no later than May 28,

2004, as to whether its single-member district plan has

been precleared.” The court further stated that, “If the

plan has been precleared by then, the court will then

award counsel for plaintiffs an attorney’s fee of

$ 500.00, and this case will be dismissed.” The May 28

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deadline was extended several times (Doc. Nos. 55, 60,

62, 67, & 71).

On July 3, 2006 (Doc. No. 72), the Town of Newton

filed with the court a motion to dismiss, attached to

which is a notice from the Voting Section of the Civil

Rights Division of the United States Justice Department

indicating that the Town of Newton has obtained

preclearance, as required by § 5 of the Voting Rights

Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973c. Accordingly, the

plaintiffs are now entitled to an attorney’s fee of

$ 500.00 and this case is due to be dismissed.

An appropriate judgment will be entered.

DONE, this the 6th day of July, 2006.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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