Benavidez v. IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST., TEX.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Manuel A. Benavidez (“Benavidez”), a Hispanic resident of the Irving Independent School District (“Irving ISD”), brings this action under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, challenging the Irving ISD at-large system of electing members of the Board of Trustees. Following a bench trial, and for the reasons that follow, 1 the court finds that Benavidez has failed to prove the first essential element of a § 2 claim. To satisfy this requirement, Benavidez must prove that the Hispanic minority group in the school…