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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

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MARCIE FISHER-BORNE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
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JOHN W. SMITH, et al.,
Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 1:12-cv-00589
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ELLEN W. GERBER, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
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ROY COOPER, et al.,
Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 1:14-cv-00299
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The State Defendants Response to Plaintiffs
Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings.

The State Defendants in the above captioned actions respond to Plaintiffs
Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, as follows:
1. The mandate issued by the Fourth Circuit in Bostic v. Schaefer,
No. 14-1167, __ F.3d __, 2014 WL 3702493 (4th Cir. July 28, 2014), cert.
denied sub nom. McQuigg v. Bostic, ___ S.Ct. ____, 2014 WL 4354536
(Oct. 6, 2014), constitutes binding precedent on this Court, and the parties
hereto.
2. That opinion addresses and resolves in Plaintiffs favor the 14
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Amendment claims asserted by them with these actions.
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This the [9th] day of October 2014.
ROY COOPER
North Carolina Attorney General



/s/ Amar Majmundar
Amar Majmundar
Special Deputy Attorney General
North Carolina State Bar No. 24668
N.C. Department of Justice
Post Office Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
Telephone: (919) 716-6821
Facsimile: (919) 716-6759
Email: amajmundar@ncdoj.gov

/s/ Olga E. Vysotskaya de Brito
Olga E. Vysotskaya de Brito
Special Deputy Attorney General
North Carolina State Bar No. 31846
North Carolina Department of Justice
Post Office Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602
Telephone: (919) 716-0185
Facsimile: (919) 716-6759
Email: ovysotskaya@ncdoj.gov

/s/ Charles Whitehead
Charles G. Whitehead
Special Deputy Attorney General
North Carolina State Bar No. 39222
N.C. Department of Justice
Post Office Box 629
Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
Telephone: (919) 716-6840
Email: cwhitehead@ncdoj.gov


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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on October 9, 2014, I electronically filed the
foregoing Response with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF
system which will send notification of such filing to all counsel of record.


/s/ Charles Whitehead
Charles G. Whitehead
Special Deputy Attorney General
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