Rios-Andino v. Orange County

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANNE C. CONWAY, District Judge.

This case presents a challenge to the redistricting plan adopted after the 2010 Census by Orange County, Florida (the “County”) for the six single-member districts of the Board of County Commissioners (“BCC”). Plaintiffs Zoraida Rios-An-dino, Ney Rivera Garcia, and Rosario Martinez (“Plaintiffs”), three residents of Orange County, argued that the County’s redistricting plan violated Section Two of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by diluting the voting strength of, Latino citizens of Orange County. Specifically, Plaintiffs asserted that…