Escobar v. Brewer et al

Filing 23

MOTION to Consolidate Cases by Tucson, City of. (McCrory, Michael)

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MICHAEL G. RANKIN City Attorney Michael W.L. McCrory Principal Assistant City Attorney P.O. Box 27210 Tucson, AZ 85726-7210 Telephone: [phone] State Bar 3899 PCC No. 37268 Attorneys for City of Tucson UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA MARTIN H. ESCOBAR, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) JAN BREWER, Governor of the ) State of Arizona, in her Official and ) Individual Capacity; THE CITY OF ) TUCSON, a municipal corporation, ) and BARBARA LaWALL, County ) Attorney, Pima County, ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________ ) ) THE CITY OF TUCSON, a municipal ) corporation, ) ) Cross-plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) THE STATE OF ARIZONA, a body ) politic; and JAN BREWER, in her ) capacity as Governor of the State ) of Arizona, ) ) Cross-defendants. ) )

No. CV 10-249 TUC DCB JOINDER IN MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE No. CV 10-249 TUC DCB No. CV 10-951 PHX ROS

Defendant/Cross-plaintiff, City of Tucson (hereafter "City"), notifies the Court that it has no objection to the Plaintiff's Request for Transfer and
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Consolidation which seeks to have this case consolidated with the Salgado, et. al. v. Brewer,et al., CIV 10-951 PHX ROS. Both cases address the same issues and have very similar pleadings. Both cases also include

municipalities as defendants and thus raise the specific issues regarding the impact of SB 1070 on municipalities. The Plaintiffs in both cases are

represented by the same attorneys and similar motions for preliminary injunctive relief have been filed in both cases. The City has also filed its motion for preliminary injunctive relief which both complements and supplements the briefs filed by the two Plaintiffs. The City submits that such consolidation is appropriate regardless of the outcome of the two separate motions to transfer this case and the Salgado case to another Phoenix case, Frisancho v. Brewer, et al., 10-cv00926-SRB. Once the two similar cases of Escobar and Salgado are

combined it will be simpler to determine whether further transfer is appropriate among the Phoenix cases. Since those motions have been filed seeking a hearing before SB 1070 takes effect on July 29, 2010, the City further supports an expedited decision on the transfer and consolidation.

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The City therefore requests that the Plaintiff's Request for Transfer and Consolidation be granted. Respectfully submitted this _____ day of June, 2010.

MICHAEL G. RANKIN City Attorney By: /s/ Michael W.L. McCrory Michael W.L. McCrory Principal Assistant City Attorney Copies the foregoing mailed on this _____ day of June, 2010, to: Richard M. Martinez 307 South Convent Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85701 Stephen Montoya Augustine B. Jimenez Montoya Jimenez, PA 3200 N Central Avenue, #2550 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Co-counsel for Plaintiff John J. Bouma Robert A. Henry Joseph G. Adams Snell & Wilmer, LLP One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Joseph A. Kanefield General Counsel Office of the Governor 1700 W. Washington Phoenix, AZ 85007 Co-counsel for Defendant/CrossDefendant Jan Brewer
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Mary R. O'Grady Solicitor General Christopher A. Munns Assistant Attorney General 1275 W. Washington Phoenix, AZ 85007-2997 Counsel for Cross-defendant State of Arizona /s/ Michelle Gensman

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