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Parties Involved:
O. John Benisek
Appellant
Linda H. Lamone
Appellee
Bobbie S. Mack
Appellee
Maria B. Pycha
Appellant
Stephen M. Shapiro
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 

No. 14-1417

O. JOHN BENISEK; STEPHEN M. SHAPIRO; MARIA B. PYCHA, 

 Plaintiffs - Appellants, 

 v. 

BOBBIE S. MACK, Chairman; LINDA H. LAMONE, 

 Defendants - Appellees. 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. James K. Bredar, District Judge. 

(1:13-cv-03233-JKB) 

Submitted: September 30, 2014 Decided: October 7, 2014 

Before NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge. 

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

O. John Benisek, Stephen M. Shapiro, Maria B. Pycha, Appellants 

Pro Se. Jennifer L. Katz, Assistant Attorney General, Douglas 

F. Gansler, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, 

Baltimore, Maryland; Daniel Alan Friedman, Kathryn Michele Rowe, 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Annapolis, Maryland, 

for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

Certiorari Granted by Supreme Court, June 8, 2015 

Reversed and Remanded by Supreme Court, December 8, 2015

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PER CURIAM:

O. John Benisek, Stephen Shapiro, and Maria Pycha

appeal the district court’s order dismissing a civil complaint 

challenging, on several grounds, Maryland’s congressional 

districting plan enacted by the state legislature in 2011. We 

have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. 

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district 

court. Benisek v. Mack, No. 1:13-cv-03233-JKB (D. Md. Apr. 8, 

2014). We deny Shapiro’s motion for oral argument because the 

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the

materials before this court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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