Intl. Refugee Assistance v. Donald J. Trump

Filing 31

RESPONSE/ANSWER by Arab American Association of New York, Jane Doe #2, John Does #1 & 3, HIAS, Inc., International Refugee Assistance Project, Muhammed Meteab and Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. in 17-2231, Jane Doe #1, Jane Doe #2, Jane Doe #3, Jane Doe #4, Jane Doe #5, Jane Doe #6 and Iranian Alliances Across Borders in 17-2232, John Doe #1, Jane Doe #2, Jane Doe #3, Sumaya Hamadmad, Fahed Muqbil and Eblal Zakzok in 17-2233, 17-2240 to Motion to accelerate case processing [28]. [17-2231, 17-2232, 17-2233, 17-2240] Omar Jadwat [Entered: 10/25/2017 07:06 PM]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE
ASSISTANCE PROJECT, et al.,

Nos. 17-2231 (L), 17-2232, 17-2233

Plaintiffs-Cross-Appellants,
v.
DONALD TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants-Appellants.

______________________________

IRANIAN ALLIANCES
ACROSS BORDERS, et al.,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
DONALD TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants-Appellants.

______________________________

EBLAL ZAKZOK, et al.,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
DONALD TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants-Appellants.

IRAP PLAINTIFFS-CROSSAPPELLANTS’ RESPONSE TO
MOTION TO EXPEDITE
MERITS BRIEFING SCHEDULE

The plaintiffs’ proposed schedule differs by a single week from the
government’s. Specifically, the plaintiffs respectfully request that they be
afforded three weeks to respond to the government’s opening brief, while
the government has proposed that plaintiffs have only two. The plaintiffs’
proposed schedule—including plaintiffs’ proposed due date for their initial
brief—is already highly expedited.

Cf. F.R.A.P. 28.1(f).

And in the

previous appeal in this case, this Court provided plaintiffs the same amount
of time to file their principal brief that they are currently requesting.
Shortening that time could unnecessarily compromise plaintiffs’ ability to
fully respond to the government’s brief, particularly in light of the
requirement that plaintiffs in three separate cases, each represented by
separate groups of counsel, coordinate their response, see L.R. 28(a), (d).
The government has not identified any concrete harm that will result
if the briefing on this appeal takes a total of seven weeks rather than six, and
none exists.

Nor has the government demonstrated that providing the

additional week would prevent the Supreme Court from hearing a
subsequent appeal this Term—or explained why the plaintiffs’ time to
respond should be shortened in order to accommodate the government’s

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preference regarding the scheduling of a subsequent appeal, even if that
were the case. 1
In any event, even under plaintiffs’ proposed schedule, the appeal will
be fully briefed before the end of the Court’s scheduled December sitting.
And if an earlier cross-appeal reply deadline would facilitate the Court’s
consideration of the appeal, the plaintiffs could file their cross-appeal reply
brief on Monday, December 4.
For these reasons, plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court set the
plaintiffs’ proposed schedule, which will expedite the appeal while allowing
plaintiffs a full and fair opportunity to respond:
Appellants’ brief: November 1, 2017
Response/Cross-Appellants’ brief: November 22, 2017
Reply/Cross-Appellees’ brief: November 29, 2017
Cross-Appellants’ reply brief: December 6, 2107

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That is especially true given that earlier in this litigation, the government
was content to allow the Supreme Court’s merits review to occur in a
subsequent Term, see App. Stay, No. 16A1190 at 40 (U.S. filed June 1,
2017).
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Dated: October 25, 2017

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Omar C. Jadwat
Omar C. Jadwat
Lee Gelernt
Hina Shamsi
Hugh Handeyside
Sarah L. Mehta
David Hausman
American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(IRAP, et al. Plaintiffs)

Karen C. Tumlin
Nicholas Espíritu
Melissa S. Keaney
Esther Sung
National Immigration Law Center
3435 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite
1600
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(IRAP, et al. Plaintiffs)
Justin B. Cox
National Immigration Law Center
PO Box 170208
Atlanta, GA 30317
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
(IRAP, et al. Plaintiffs)

Cecillia D. Wang
Cody H. Wofsy
Spencer E. Amdur
American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation
39 Drumm Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(IRAP, et al. Plaintiffs)

Kathryn Claire Meyer
Mariko Hirose
International Refugee Assistance
Project
40 Rector Street, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10006
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(IRAP, et al. Plaintiffs)

David Cole
Daniel Mach
Heather L. Weaver
American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation
915 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(IRAP, et al. Plaintiffs)

David Rocah
Deborah A. Jeon
Sonia Kumar
Nicholas Taichi Steiner
American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation of Maryland
3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 350
Baltimore, MD 21211
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(IRAP, et al. Plaintiffs)

Mark H. Lynch
Mark W. Mosier
Herbert L. Fenster
Jose E. Arvelo
John W. sorrenti
Karun Tilak
COVINGTON & BURLING
LLP
One City Center
850 10th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(I.A.A.B., et al. Plaintiffs)

Johnathan Smith
Sirine Shebaya
MUSLIM ADVOCATES
P.O. Box 66408
Washington, D.C. 20035
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(I.A.A.B., et al. Plaintiffs)
Richard B. Katskee
Eric Rothschild
Andrew L. Nellis
AMERICANS UNITED FOR
SEPARATION OF CHURCH
AND STATE
1310 L St. NW, Ste. 200
Washington, D.C. 2005

Rebecca G. Van Tassell
COVINGTON & BURLING
LLP
1999 Avenue of the Stars
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Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(I.A.A.B., et al. Plaintiffs)

Los Angeles, California 90067
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
(I.A.A.B., et al. Plaintiffs)
Lena F. Masri
Gadeir Abbas
Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR)
453 New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(Zakzok, et al. Plaintiffs)

Charles E. Davidow
Robert A. Atkins
Liza Velazquez
Andrew J. Ehrlich
Steven C. Herzog
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND,
WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(Zakzok, et al. Plaintiffs)

Jethro Eisenstein
Profeta & Eisenstein
45 Broadway, Suite 2200
New York, New York 10006
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
(Zakzok, et al. Plaintiffs)

Faiza Patel
Michael Price
Brennan Center for Justice
at NYU School of Law
120 Broadway, Suite 1750
New York, NY 10271
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
(Zakzok, et al. Plaintiffs)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 25th day of October, 2017, I caused a
PDF version of the foregoing document to be electronically transmitted to
the Clerk of the Court, using the CM/ECF System for filing and for
transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to all CM/ECF registrants.
Dated: October 25, 2017

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Omar Jadwat
Omar C. Jadwat

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
Pursuant to FRAP 32(g)(1), I hereby certify that the foregoing
corrected motion complies with the type-volume limitation in FRAP
27(d)(2)(A). According to Microsoft Word, the motion contains 349 words
and has been prepared in a proportionally spaced typeface using Times New
Roman in 14 point size.
Dated: October 25, 2017

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Omar Jadwat
Omar C. Jadwat