Garcia v. 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Commission

MEMORANDUM

SURRICK, District Judge.

Presently before the Court are Defendant 2011 Legislative Reapportionment Committee’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 20), Defendant Carol Aichele’s Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 35), and Plaintiffs Joe Garcia, Fernando Quiles, and Dalia Rivera Matias’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (ECF No. 19). For the following reasons, Defendants’ Motions will be granted and Plaintiffs’ Motion will be denied.1

I. BACKGROUND

A. Pennsylvania’s Legislative Reapportionment Scheme and Election Code

The Pennsylvania Constitution requires the reapportionment of the Commonwealth’s…