
    Roy A. COOPER, III, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of North Carolina v. Philip E. BERGER, in his official capacity as President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate; Timothy K. Moore, in his official capacity as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives; North Carolina Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement; and James A. (Andy) Penry, in his official capacity as Chair of the North Carolina Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement
    No. 267P18
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    August 29, 2018
    John R. Wester, Adam K. Doerr, Charlotte, J. Dickson Phillips, III, Erik R. Zimmerman, Morgan P. Abbott, Chapel Hill, Attorneys at Law, for Cooper, Roy A.
    D. Martin Warf, Attorney at Law, Raleigh, for Berger, Philip E., et al.
    Matthew W. Sawchak, Solicitor General, for North Carolina Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement, et al.
    Andrew H. Erteschik, Caroline P. Mackie, Raleigh, John Michael Durnovich, Wendy R. Weiser, Daniel I. Weiner, Douglas E. Keith, Attorneys at Law, for Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and Democracy North Carolina
    Daniel F.E. Smith, Jim W. Phillips, Jr., Greensboro, Charles E. Coble, Raleigh, Attorneys at Law, for Hon. James G. Martin, et al.
    Robert F. Orr, Attorney at Law, for NC Professors of Constitutional Law
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the conditional petition filed on the 27th of August 2018 by Defendant (Berger, et al.) in this matter for discretionary review pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:

"Dismissed as moot by order of the Court in conference, this the 29th of August 2018."  