Bethune-Hill v. Va. State Bd. of Elections

BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:

In June 2018, on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States, we held that eleven majority-minority Virginia House of Delegates districts were racial gerrymanders in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. See Bethune-Hill v. Va. State Bd. of Elections , 326 F.Supp.3d 128 (E.D. Va. 2018) ( Bethune II ). We ordered the Virginia General Assembly to adopt a new redistricting plan by October 30, 2018 to remedy the identified constitutional violations. Id. at 181. Although several plans were…