(Slip Opinion)
Cite as: 585 U. S. ____ (2018)
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Per Curiam
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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No. 17–333
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O. JOHN BENISEK, ET AL., APPELLANTS v.
LINDA H. LAMONE, ADMINISTRATOR,
MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS, ET AL.
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
[June 18, 2018]
PER CURIAM.
This appeal arises from the denial of a motion for a
preliminary injunction in the District Court. Appellants
are several Republican voters, plaintiffs below, who allege
that Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District was gerrymandered in 2011 for the purpose of retaliating against
them for their political views.
In May 2017, six years after the Maryland General
Assembly redrew the Sixth District, plaintiffs moved the
District Court to enjoin Maryland’s election officials from
holding congressional elections under the 2011 map. They
asserted that “extend[ing] this constitutional offense”—
i.e., the alleged gerrymander—“into the 2018 election
would be a manifest and irreparable injury.” Record in
No. 1:13–cv–3233, Doc. 177–1, p. 3. In order to allow time
for the creation of a new districting map, plaintiffs urged
the District Court to enter a preliminary injunction by
August 18, 2017. Id., at 32.
On August 24, 2017, the District Court denied plaintiffs’