United States of America v. Arizona, State of, et al

Filing 160

NOTICE re Re Defendants' Intent to File a Petition for Writ of Certiorari by Arizona State Legislature, Arizona, State of, Janice K Brewer, United States of America re 147 Order on Motion to Intervene, Motion Hearing,,,,. (Bouma, John)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LAW OFFICES One Arizona Center, 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 (602) 382-6000 Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. 11 12 13 14 John J. Bouma (#001358) Robert A. Henry (#015104) Joseph G. Adams (#018210) Kelly A. Kszywienski (#025578) SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Phone: (602) 382-6000 jbouma@swlaw.com bhenry@swlaw.com jgadams@swlaw.com kkszywienski@swlaw.com Thomas C. Horne (#002951) Attorney General David R. Cole (#004643 ) Solicitor General Joseph A. Kanefield (#015838) Michael Tryon (#003109) Office of Governor Janice K. Brewer Senior Litigation Counsel 1700 W. Washington, 9th Floor Evan Hiller (#028214) Phoenix, AZ 85007 Assistant Attorney General Telephone: (602) 542-1586 1275 West Washington Street jkanefield@az.gov Phoenix, Arizona 85007-2926 Telephone: (602) 542-5025 Attorneys for Defendants/ tom.horne@azag.gov Counterclaimants the State of Arizona and dave.cole@azag.gov Janice K. Brewer, Governor of the State michael.tryon@azag.gov of Arizona evan.hiller@azag.gov Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant the State of Arizona 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 16 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 17 The United States of America, Plaintiff, 18 19 v. The State of Arizona, et al., 20 21 22 Defendants, and The Arizona State Legislature, 23 24 Intervenor Defendant. The State of Arizona, et al., 25 Counterclaimants, 26 v. 27 The United States of America, et al., 28 Counterdefendants. No. 10-CV-01413-PHX-SRB JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING DEFENDANTS’ INTENT TO FILE A PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI 1 Pursuant to this Court’s April 1, 2011 Order, the parties submit this joint statement 2 to advise the Court that the State of Arizona and Governor Janice K. Brewer intend to file 3 a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court to ask the Supreme 4 Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s April 11, 2011 decision. The parties also respectfully 5 request that, for the reasons stated at the April 1, 2011 status conference, the Court 6 continue the current stay of the United States’ claims until the Supreme Court either 7 denies the petition for certiorari or, if the Supreme Court accepts certiorari, issues its final 8 decision. 9 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 11th day of May, 2011. 10 LAW OFFICES One Arizona Center, 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 (602) 382-6000 Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 By: s/John J. Bouma John J. Bouma Robert A. Henry Joseph G. Adams Kelly A. Kszywienski SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 and By s/Joseph A. Kanefield with permission Joseph A. Kanefield Office of Governor Janice K. Brewer 1700 W. Washington, 9th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85007 Attorneys for Defendants/Counterclaimants 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 By: s/ Joshua Wilkenfeld with permission Tony West Dennis K. Burke Arthur R. Goldberg Varu Chilakamarri Joshua Wilkenfeld U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division 20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20530 By s/Thomas C. Horne with permission Thomas C. Horne Attorney General David R. Cole Solicitor General Michael Tryon Senior Litigation Counsel Evan Hiller Assistant Attorney General 1275 West Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85007-2926 Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterdefendants By: s/Geoffrey S. Kercsmar with permission Geoffrey S. Kercsmar Gregory B. Collins KERCSMAR & FELTUS PLLC 6263 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 320 Scottsdale, Arizona 85250 and By: s/James F. Peterson with permission James F. Peterson Michael Bekesha JUDICIAL WATCH, INC. 425 Third Street, S.W., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20024 Attorneys for Intervenor Defendants Attorneys for Defendant/ Counterclaimant the State of Arizona -2- 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on May 11, 2011, I electronically transmitted the foregoing 3 document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a 4 Notice of Electronic Filing to the CM/ECF registrants on record. 5 6 s/ John J. Bouma 7 8 13037717 9 10 LAW OFFICES One Arizona Center, 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 (602) 382-6000 Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -3-

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