Case Name: Robert DOOL; Julie Brown; Donald D. Rosenow; Thomas C. Schermuly, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Anne E. BURKE, in her official capacity as Chairman of the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission; Kerry E. McQueen, in his official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Patricia E. Riley, in her official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Matthew D. Keenan, in his official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Jay F. Fowler, in his official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Carol Gilliam Green, in her official capacity as Clerk of the Kansas Supreme Court, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-13
Citations: 497 F. App'x 782
Docket Number: No. 10-3320
Parties: Robert DOOL; Julie Brown; Donald D. Rosenow; Thomas C. Schermuly, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Anne E. BURKE, in her official capacity as Chairman of the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission; Kerry E. McQueen, in his official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Patricia E. Riley, in her official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Matthew D. Keenan, in his official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Jay F. Fowler, in his official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Carol Gilliam Green, in her official capacity as Clerk of the Kansas Supreme Court, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before O’BRIEN, McKAY, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 497
Pages: 782–795

Head Matter:
Robert DOOL; Julie Brown; Donald D. Rosenow; Thomas C. Schermuly, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Anne E. BURKE, in her official capacity as Chairman of the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission; Kerry E. McQueen, in his official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Patricia E. Riley, in her official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Matthew D. Keenan, in his official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Jay F. Fowler, in his official capacity as Attorney Member of the Kansas Supreme Nominating Commission; Carol Gilliam Green, in her official capacity as Clerk of the Kansas Supreme Court, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 10-3320.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
Sept. 13, 2012.
James Bopp, Jr., Esq., Josiah Neeley, Joseph Adrian Vanderhulst, Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Stephen R. McAllister, Todd N. Thompson, Thompson Ramsdell & Qualseth, P.A., Lawrence, KS, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before O’BRIEN, McKAY, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
PER CURIAM.
A group of Kansas voters, none of them lawyers, sued the attorney members of the Supreme Court Nominating Commission (Commission) and the Clerk of the Appellate Courts requesting a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent any vacancies from being filled while this lawsuit is pending. The Commission is composed of five attorneys elected by attorneys and four non-attorneys appointed by the Governor. Appellant voters claim the selection of the Commission's attorney members violates the one person, one vote principle of the Equal Protection Clause because the franchise is closed to all but attorneys. The district court denied the preliminary requests for relief before going on to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. The voters appealed from the dismissal.
AFFIRMED.
This order and judgment is an unpublished decision, not binding precedent. 10th Cir. R. 32.1(A). Citation to unpublished decisions is not prohibited. Fed. R.App. 32.1.
It is appropriate as it relates to law of the case, issue preclusion and claim preclusion. Unpublished decisions may also be cited for their persuasive value. 10th Cir. R. 32.1(A). Citation to an order and judgment must be accompanied by an appropriate parenthetical notation — (unpublished). Id.