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P E R C UR I AM L ynne Landes fi l ed tw o s ui t s i n t he D i s t r i ctC our tforthe East ern D i s t r i ctof Penns y l vani a aga i ns ts t at e and f eder al governm entoffi ci al s s eeki ng i nj unct i ve and decl ar at or yr el i ef f

oral l eged vi ol at i ons of A r t i cl e I § 2 of the U ni t ed St at es C ons t i tut i on, t he Fi r s tA m endment , t he Four t eenth A m endment , the V ot i ng R i ght s A ctof 1965 ( 42 U . S. C . § 1971 et . s eq) , and 42 U . S. C . § 1983. T he fi r s ts ui tchal l enged the us e of e lec tro n ic v o tin g m a c h in e s, E .D . P a . C iv il N o . 0 4 -c v -0 3 1 6 3 , an d th e se c o n d su it chal l enged the us e of a bs ent ee ba l l ot i ng, E . D . Pa. C i vi l N o. 04- cv- 03164. See Suppl ement al A ppendi x ( N os . 04- 4421/ 4439) at1- 18, 48- 57. I n bot h cas es , the D i s tr i ct C our tgr ant ed the governm entoffi ci al s ’ m ot i ons t o di s m i s s , fi ndi ng thatL andes l acke d s t andi ng t o br i ng s ui t . A ppendi x ( N o. 04- 4421) at3- 7; A ppendi x ( N o. 04- 4439) at3- 8. T he appe al of the vot i ng m achi ne s ui ti s docket ed atN o. 04- 4439, and the abs ent ee ba l l ot s u it is d o c k e te d a t N o . 0 4 -4 4 2 1 . T h e a p p e a ls w e re c o n s o lid a te d f o r d is p o s itio n . O u r r e v ie w o f

th e D is tr ic t C o u rt ’s d is m is s a l f o r l a c k o f

s ta n d in g is p le n a ry. Penns y l vani a Ps y chi atr i c Soc. v. G r een Spr i ng H eal t h Ser v. , I nc. , 280 F. 3d 278, 282 ( 3d C ir . 2 0 0 2 ). A per s on s eeki ng t o i nvoke fe der al j ur i s di ct i on m us tes t abl i s h hers t andi ng t o s ue underA r t i cl e I I I § 2 of the C ons t i tut i on, w hi ch l i m i t s the court s t o hear i ng actual cas es or c o n t r o v e r s i e s . Anj e l i n o v . New Y o r k Ti me s , 2 0 0 F. 3 d 7 3 , 8 7 ( 3 d Ci r . 1 9 9 9 ) . To e s ta b lis h s ta n d in g , th e p a rt ym u s t s e t f o rt h , in tera lia , sp e c if

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fac tt hati s “conc r et e and pa r t i cul ar i zed a nd actual ori m m i nent , notconj ectur al or h yp o thetical. ” S tori n o v . B o rou g h o f P o int Plea san t B ea ch , 3 2 2 F . 3 d 2 9 3 , 2 9 6 (3d C ir . 2003) ; s ee a l s o R ai nes v. B yr d, 521 U . S. 811, 818- 20 ( 1997) . V i ew i ng the fa ct s al l eged in L a n d e s’ c o m p lain ts in th e lig h t m o st f a v o ra b le to h e r, se e P e n n sy lv a n ia P sy c h iatric Soc. , 280 F. 3d at283, w e agr ee w i t h the D i s t r i ctC our t ’ s concl us i on thatL andes does not a l l e g e a “ c o n c r e t e a n d p a r t i c u l a r i z e d ” i n j u r y, a n d th e r e b y l a c k s s t a n d i n g . A c c o r d i n g l y, we wi l l a f

f i r m.