IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA

 _______________________________________ ELLEN W. GERBER,

et al.

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Plaintiffs

, v. ROY COOPER,

et al., Defendants

, and THOM TILLIS, North Carolina Speaker of the House of Representatives and PHIL BERGER, President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate,

 Intervenor-Defendants

. Case No.: 1:14-cv-00299

INTERVENOR-DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL

 Notice is hereby given under Fed. R. App. P. 3 that Intervenor-Defendants Thom Tillis,  North Carolina Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Phil Berger, President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate, on behalf of themselves, and their members and constituents (“Movants”), hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from the order and judgment of the United States District Court for the Middle District of  North Carolina dated October 14, 2014 [Dkt. ## 91, 92], and as amended on October 15, 2014 [Dkt. ## 94, 95], declaring unconstitutional and permanently enjoining enforcement of Article XIV, Section 6 of the North Carolina Constitution and related statutes, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 51-1, and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 51-1.2. Undersigned counsel does not believe that the district court placed any limits on the issues or arguments Intervenor-Defendants may raise on appeal. See

Columbus-America  Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mut. Ins. Co.

, 974 F.2d 450, 469 (4

th

 Cir. 1992). If the United

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States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, however, believes that the district court did impose any such limits, then Intervenor-Defendants also appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from any limitations contained in the order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina dated October 14, 2014 allowing intervention of right.[Dkt. #90]. Respectfully submitted, this the 6th day of November 2014. John C. Eastman

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