Court Opinion

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Case: 14-41127          Document: 00513413499        Page: 1   Date Filed: 03/09/2016

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                   FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                      _____________________

                                          No. 14-41127
                                      _____________________

MARC VEASEY; JANE HAMILTON; SERGIO DELEON; FLOYD
CARRIER; ANNA BURNS; MICHAEL MONTEZ; PENNY POPE; OSCAR
ORTIZ; KOBY OZIAS; LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN
CITIZENS; JOHN MELLOR-CRUMMEY, KEN GANDY; GORDON
BENJAMIN, EVELYN BRICKNER

                 Plaintiffs – Appellees

TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC COUNTY JUDGES AND COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS,

                 Intervenor Plaintiffs - Appellees

v.

GREG ABBOTT, in his Official Capacity as Governor of Texas; CARLOS
CASCOS, Texas Secretary of State; STATE OF TEXAS; STEVE MCCRAW,
in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public
Safety,

                 Defendants - Appellants

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                  Plaintiff - Appellee

TEXAS LEAGUE OF YOUNG VOTERS EDUCATION FUND; IMANI
CLARK,

                  Intervenor Plaintiffs - Appellees

v.
      Case: 14-41127          Document: 00513413499        Page: 2   Date Filed: 03/09/2016

STATE OF TEXAS; CARLOS CASCOS, Texas Secretary of State; STEVE
MCCRAW, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of
Public Safety,

                   Defendants - Appellants
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TEXAS STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACP BRANCHES; MEXICAN
AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, TEXAS HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES,

                  Plaintiffs - Appellees
v.

CARLOS CASCOS, Texas Secretary of State; STEVE MCCRAW, in his
Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety,

                    Defendants - Appellants
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LENARD TAYLOR; EULALIO MENDEZ, JR.; LIONEL ESTRADA;
ESTELA GARCIA ESPINOSA; MARGARITO MARTINEZ LARA;
MAXIMINA MARTINEZ LARA; LA UNION DEL PUEBLO ENTERO,
INCORPORATED,

                 Plaintiffs - Appellees

v.

STATE OF TEXAS; CARLOS CASCOS, Texas Secretary of State; STEVE
MCCRAW, in his Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of
Public Safety,

                Defendants - Appellants

                                                                 Defendant  Appellant

                                  __________________________

                 Appeal from the United States District Court for the
                    Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi
                            __________________________
    Case: 14-41127    Document: 00513413499      Page: 3   Date Filed: 03/09/2016

             (Opinion August 5, 2015, 5 Cir., 2015, 796 F.3d 487)

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, JOLLY, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DENNIS,
CLEMENT, PRADO, OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES,
HIGGINSON and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

      A member of the court having requested a poll on the petition for
rehearing en banc, and a majority of the circuit judges in regular active
service and not disqualified having voted in favor,

      IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc
with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a
briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.