
    Robert A. RUCHO, et al., applicants, v. COOMON CAUSE, et al.
    No. 17A745.
    Supreme Court of the United States
    Jan. 18, 2018.
    The application for stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted, and it is ordered that the order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, case Nos. 1:16-CV-1026 and 1:16-CV-1164, entered January 9, 2018, is stayed pending the timely filing and disposition of an appeal in this Court.
    Justice GINSBURG and Justice SOTOMAYOR would deny the application for stay.
     