O. John Benisek v. Bobbie Mack, No. 14-1417 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-1417 O. JOHN BENISEK; STEPHEN M. SHAPIRO; MARIA B. PYCHA, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. BOBBIE S.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 Before NIEMEYER Circuit Judge. and KING, Circuit Decided: Judges, and October 7, 2014 DAVIS, Senior Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 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. have reviewed the record and find no reversible We 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 materials legal before contentions are adequately this and argument court presented would not in the aid the decisional process. AFFIRMED 2

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