Filed Date: Oct. 10, 2017
Closed Date: Oct. 26, 2017
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This case is about the 2011 redistricting plan that the Colorado legislature created after the 2010 census.
On 10 October 2017, the plaintiff, a registered voter in the Second Congressional District of Colorado and a resident of Boulder, Colorado, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against the Attorney General of the United States. The plaintiff requested clarification of Article I of the US Constitution, in particular the requirement that "Members of the House of Representatives, chosen...by the people of the several states...". In the Plaintiff's view, as a result of redistricting for the House of Representatives in 2011, the majority of states - including Colorado - had been gerrymandered, denying him meaningful choice in House of Representatives elections and impinging on his Article I rights. Representing himself pro se, the Plaintiff proposed his own resolution to the issue of redistricting nationwide and sought declarations that this would replace existing districts. The Plaintiff also sought declarations that voter choice take precedence among other criteria when redistricting takes place for the House of Representatives, and that the US Constitution (in particular Article I) and federal law take precedence over state law in the redistricting process.
On 11 October 2017, Magistrate Judge Watanabe made an Order to Show Cause, requiring the Plaintiff to show cause why the Court had subject matter jurisdiction over the case and/or why it should not be dismissed due to Plaintiff's lack of standing. The Judge also noted that Plaintiff's case was substantially similar to a previous lawsuit brought by the plaintiff on 29 November 2016 (16-cv-02905).
On 24 October 2017, the plaintiff filed a Motion to Dismiss his claim by voluntary dismissal, rendering the Order to Show Cause unnecessary. In this Motion, the plaintiff noted that the present case was in fact "notably different" from his previous case in 2016.
The Court accepted the Motion to Dismiss. the case was terminated on 26 October 2017.
Summary Authors
Henry Coates (9/4/2024)
Price v. Lynch, District of Colorado (2016)
Price v. Sessions, District of Colorado (None)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6167513/parties/price-v-sessions/
Attorney, OIL-DCS Trial (Colorado)
Attorney, Noticing 2241/Bivens (Colorado)
Bacchus, Renee A. (Colorado)
Balaban, Rachel G. (Colorado)
Bennett, Richard Wesley (Colorado)
Attorney, OIL-DCS Trial (Colorado)
Attorney, Noticing 2241/Bivens (Colorado)
Bennett, Richard Wesley (Colorado)
Halaska, Alexander James (Colorado)
Hemesath, Audrey Benison (Colorado)
LA-CV, Assistant 2241-194 (Colorado)
Robinson-Gaither, Eleanor A (Colorado)
Sandoval, Marisela Desire (Colorado)
Shinners, Katherine J (Colorado)
Villasenor, Juan G. (Colorado)
Ward, Brian Christopher (Colorado)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6167513/price-v-sessions/
Last updated Aug. 8, 2025, 7:36 a.m.
State / Territory: Colorado
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Filing Date: Oct. 10, 2017
Closing Date: Oct. 26, 2017
Case Ongoing: No
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Registered voter in Second Congressional District of State of Colorado
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Filed Pro Se: Yes
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
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Jeff Sessions, Attorney General of the United States, Federal
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