Escobar v. Brewer et al

Filing 32

MOTION to Intervene by Flagstaff, City of, Tolleson, City of, San Luis, City of, Somerton, City of. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Rivera, Jose)

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Noel Fidel, State Bar No. 002486 MARISCAL, WEEKS, McINTYRE & FRIEDLANDER, P.A. 2901 N. Central Ave., Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone] [e-mail] José de Jesús Rivera, State Bar No. 004604 Robert E. Pastor, State Bar No. 021963 Nathan J. Fidel, State Bar No. 025136 HARALSON, MILLER, PITT, FELDMAN& McANALLY, P.L.C. 2800 N. Central Ave., Suite 840 Phoenix, AZ 85006 Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Stanley G. Feldman, State Bar No. 000838 Rebecca Reed, State Bar No. 23419 Jeffrey A. Imig, State Bar No. 25552 HARALSON, MILLER, PITT, FELDMAN& McANALLY, P.L.C. 1 S. Church Ave., Suite 900 Tucson, AZ 85701 Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] David L. Abney, State Bar. No. 09001 LAW OFFICE OF DAVID ABNEY 414 E. Southern Ave. Mesa, AZ 85204 Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone] [e-mail] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA MARTIN H. ESCOBAR, Plaintiff, No. 4:10-CV-00249-DCB CITIES OF FLAGSTAFF, TOLLESON, SAN LUIS AND

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vs. JAN BREWER, Governor of the State of Arizona in her Official and Individual Capacity; TERRY GODDARD, the Attorney General of the State of Arizona, in his Official and Individual Capacity; the CITY OF TUCSON, a municipal corporation; and BARBARA LAWALL, County Attorney, Pima County, Defendants. CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, an Arizona chartered municipal corporation; CITY OF TOLLESON, an Arizona municipal corporation; CITY OF SAN LUIS, an Arizona municipal corporation; CITY OF SOMERTON, an Arizona municipal corporation vs. Plaintiff-Intervenors,

SOMERTON'S MOTION TO INTERVENE

Assigned to: Hon. David C. Bury

STATE OF ARIZONA, a body politic; and JAN BREWER, Governor of the State of Arizona, in her Official and Individual Capacities. Defendants in Intervention.

Plaintiff intervenors request to intervene, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(b)(2)(b), in Martin H. Escobar v. Jan Brewer et al., CV 10-249 TUC DCB. On June 4, 2010, Martin Escobar requested that the Court transfer his case to the Phoenix Division to be consolidated with David Salgado et al. v. Jan Brewer et al., CV 10-00951-PHX-ROS, in which a June 10 Court order set the final briefing schedule for those Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. Plaintiff intervenors request this intervention with Escobar, with anticipation of that lawsuit's consolidation with Salgado, due to the unmistakable similarity between the parties claims: all three cases challenge the constitutionality of SB 1070 (the "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act," Senate Bill 1070, as amended by House Bill 2162 (the

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"Act"), which was recently signed into law by Governor Brewer.1 The necessity of this intervention relates to the Act's harmful effect on Plaintiff intervenors' ability to carry out their mandated duties as more specifically set forth in their Complaint. Plaintiff intervenors request that the motion be deemed granted. filed as of the date that the Court grants the motion to intervene.
DATED this 11th day of June, 2010. MARISCAL, WEEKS, McINTYRE & FRIEDLANDER, P.A. s/ Noel A. Fidel Noel A. Fidel HARALSON, MILLER, PITT, FELDMAN & McANALLY, PLC s/ Jose de Jesus Rivera Stanley G. Feldman José de Jesús Rivera LAW OFFICES OF DAVID ABNEY s/ David L. Abney David L. Abney Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Plaintiff

intervenors further request that their Complaint, attached as EXHIBIT 1, be deemed

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The Act takes effect July 29, 2010.

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Copy electronically transmitted this 11th day of June 2010 via the USDC Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal to: John J. Bouma Robert A. Henry Joseph G. Adams SNELL & WILMER, LLC One Arizona Center 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Joseph A. Kanefield Office of Governor Janice K. Brewer 1700 W. Washington, 9th Floor Phoenix, AZ 85007 Attorneys for Defendant Governor Janice K. Brewer Mary R. O'Grady Solicitor General Christopher A. Munns Assistant Attorney General 1275 W. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85007-2997 Attorneys for the State of Arizona Michael G. Rankin City Attorney City of Tucson Michael W.L. McCrory Principal Assistant City Attorney P.O. Box 27210 Tucson, AZ 85726 Attorneys for City of Tucson Gary Verberg City Attorney City of Phoenix Elaine K. Cardwell Chief Counsel Office of the City Attorney City of Phoenix 200 W. Washington Phoenix, AZ 85003-1611 Attorney for the City of Phoenix

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Stephen Montoya Augustine B. Jimenez III, Montoya Jimenez, P.A. The Great American Tower 3200 N. Central Ave., Suite 2550 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Attorneys for David Salgado & CPLC Richard M. Martinez 307 S. Convent Ave. Tucson, AZ 85701 Attorney for Martin Escobar s/ Sara Larsen

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