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DAlaska: Three-judge Panel for Bethel Voting Rights Case
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Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski has appointed a three-judge panel to hear the Bethel case alleging that Alaska violates the Voting Rights Act by, for instance, not supplying Yupik translations of election materials. The members of the three-judge panel will be Margarent McKeown from the 9th Circuit, and Timothy Burgess and James Singleton from the District of Alaska.
The Voting Rights Act provides for a three-judge panel in certain casses. 42 USC § 1973c. The District Court judge who requests the panel (here, Burgess) is automatically part of the panel, which must include at least one Circuit court judge. 28 USC § 2284. Any appeal goes directly to the Supreme Court.
Nick v. Bethel, 3:07-cv-00098 TMB (Order of June 3, 2008)
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