JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2018.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/21/2018.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 15, 2017.

Supplemental letter of appellee North Carolina State Board of Elections filed. (Distributed)

Supplemental letter of appellants David Harris, et al., Appellants filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 8, 2017.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 1, 2017.

The parties are directed to file letter briefs addressing the following questions: 1) Do the appellants have standing to challenge the remedial map as a partisan gerrymander 2) Is the District Court’s order denying the appellants’ objections to the remedial map appealable under 28 U. S. C. §1253 The letter briefs are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before noon, Tuesday, June 6, 2017.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of May 25, 2017.

Statement as to jurisdiction filed. (Response due September 6, 2016)

David Harris, et al., Appellants, Appellant, represented by Marc E. Elias

North Carolina State Board of Elections, Appellant, represented by Paul D. Clement

Roy Cooper, Governor of North Carolina, et al., Appellant, represented by Thomas A. Farr