Escobar v. Brewer et al

Filing 51

RESPONSE to Motion re 20 First MOTION to Consolidate Cases filed 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

) ) Plaintiff, pro se, ) ) vs. ) ) JAN BREWER, in her official ) capacity as Governor of the State ) of Arizona; and TERRY GODDARD, ) in his official capacity as Attorney ) General of the State of Arizona, ) ) Defendants. ) ) )

ROBERTO JAVIER FRISANCHO,

No. 2:10CV926-PHX-SRB RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR TRANSFER/CONSOLIDATION BY INTERESTED PARTY CITY OF TUCSON

The City of Tucson (hereafter "Tucson"), Defendant/Cross Plaintiff in Escobar v. Brewer, et. al., CV 10-00249 DCB, notifies the Court that it concurs with Plaintiff Martin Escobar's Request for Transfer and

Consolidation filed in that case as set forth in Tucson's Joinder in Motion to Consolidate (Dkt #23). Both cases address the same issues and have very similar pleadings. Both cases also include municipalities as defendants and

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thus raise the specific issues regarding the impact of SB 1070 on municipalities. Four additional Arizona cities have filed a motion to intervene in the Escobar case (Dkt. Nos. 32 and 33). The Plaintiffs in both cases are represented by the same attorneys and similar motions for preliminary injunctive relief have been filed by the plaintiffs 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 independent of the decision in Frisancho v. Brewer, et al., 10-cv-00926-SRB on the pending motion to transfer both cases to that court. With respect to the pending request in the Frisancho case to transfer all pending cases to the Frisancho case, the City agrees that all five cases have common theories and should be heard by a single judge to avoid inconsistent judgments. The City takes no position on the judge to whom the cases should be assigned. Respectfully submitted this 22nd day of June, 2010.

MICHAEL G. RANKIN City Attorney By: /s/ Michael W.L. McCrory Michael W.L. McCrory Principal Assistant City Attorney

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Copies of the foregoing electronically transmitted via the USDC Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal this 22nd day of June, 2010, to: Roberto Javier Frisancho 1311 Delaware Avenue, SW, Apt. S 337 Washington, DC 20024 Pro per 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 Gary Verberg, City Attorney Elaine K. Cardwell, Chief Counsel Office of the City Attorney City of Phoenix 200 W. Washington Phoenix, AZ 85003-1611 Attorneys for the City of Phoenix Noel Fidel Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, PA 2901 N Central Ave., Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85012 José de Jesús Rivera Robert E. Pastor Nathan J. Fidel Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, PLC 2800 N. Central Ave., Suite 840 Phoenix, AZ 85006 Stanley G. Feldman Rebecca Reed Jeffrey A. Imig Haralson, Miller, Pitt, Feldman & McAnally, PLC 1 S. Church Ave., Suite 900 Tucson, AZ 85701 David L. Abney Law Office of David Abney 414 E. Southern Ave. Mesa, AZ 85204 /s/ Michelle Gensman
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