Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America et al

Filing 142

DECLARATION of Dan Woods In Support of Opposition to MOTION for Summary Judgment as to Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint #136 filed by Plaintiff Log Cabin Republicans. (Woods, Daniel)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DAN WOODS (State Bar No. 78638) PATRICK HUNNIUS (State Bar No. 174633) EARLE MILLER (State Bar No. 116864) AARON KAHN (State Bar No. 238505) WHITE & CASE LLP 633 W. Fifth Street, Suite 1900 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2007 Telephone: (213) 620-7700 Facsimile: (213) 452-2329 Email: dwoods@whitecase.com Email: phunnius@whitecase.com Email: emiller@whitecase.com Email: aakahn@whitecase.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Log Cabin Republicans UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS, a nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff, vs. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ROBERT M. GATES, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, in his official capacity, Defendants. Case No. CV04-8425 VAP (Ex) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN SUPPORT OF LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS' OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Date: April 26, 2010 Time: 2:00 p.m. Place: Courtroom of Judge Phillips LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I, Dan Woods, declare: I am an attorney admitted to practice in the State of California. I am a partner of the firm White & Case LLP, counsel of record for plaintiff Log Cabin Republicans ("Log Cabin"). I submit this declaration in support of Log Cabin's opposition to defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein or know of such facts from my review of the file in this case, and, if called upon to do so, could competently testify as follows: Expert Depositions 1. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence in Support of Log Cabin Republicans' Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment ("Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence") at pages 0001-0019 is a true and correct copy of the relevant portions of the March 5, 2010 deposition of Aaron Belkin, Ph. D. taken in this action. 2. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0020-0034 is a true and correct copy of the relevant portions of the February 26, 2010 deposition of Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. taken in this action. Lay Depositions 3. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0035-0050 is a true and correct copy of the relevant portions of the March 18, 2010 deposition of John Alexander Nicholson, III, taken in this action. Written Discovery 4. On September 15, 2009, we served Log Cabin's First Set of Requests for Production of Document on defendants. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0051-0113 is a true and correct copy of Defendants' Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's First Set of Requests for Production of Documents, -1LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 served January 12, 2010. 5. On December 10, 2009, we served Log Cabin's First Set of Requests for Admission on defendants. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0114-0158 is a true and correct copy of Defendants' Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's First Set of Requests for Admission, served January 28, 2010. 6. On December 23, 2009, we served Log Cabin's First Set of Interrogatories on defendants. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0159-0170 is a true and correct copy of Defendants' Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's First Set of Interrogatories, served February 22, 2010. 7. On December 23, 2009, we served Log Cabin's Second Set of Requests for Admission on defendants. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0171-0189 is a true and correct copy of Defendants' Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's Second Set of Requests for Admission, served February 22, 2010. 8. On January 29, 2010, we served Log Cabin's Second Set of Requests for Production of Documents on defendants. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0190-0204 is a true and correct copy of Defendants' Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's Second Set of Requests for Production of Documents, served March 4, 2010. 9. On January 29, 2010, we served Log Cabin's Second Set of Interrogatories on defendants. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0205-0211 is a true and correct copy of Defendants' Objections and Responses to Plaintiff's Second Set of Interrogatories, served March 4, 2010. 10. On March 16, 2010, Magistrate Judge Eick ordered defendants to serve unqualified admissions or denials in response to several of Log Cabin's First Set of Requests for Admission. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0212-0217 is a true and correct copy of Defendants' Supplemental Responses -2LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 to Plaintiff's First Set of Requests for Admission, served March 26, 2010. Deposition Exhibits 11. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0218-0290 is a true and correct copy of the Report of the Board Appointed to Prepare and Submit Recommendations to the Secretary of the Navy for the Revision of Policies, Procedures and Directives Dealing with Homosexuals, March 15, 1957 ("Crittenden Report"), which was Exhibit 4 to the February 26, 2010 deposition of Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. taken in this action. 12. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0291-0838 is a true and correct copy of the report by the National Defense Research Institute entitled Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: Options and Assessment (Washington, D.C. 1993) ("RAND Report"), which was Exhibit 8 to the February 26, 2010 deposition of Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. taken in this action. 13. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0839-0887 is a true and correct copy of the PERSEREC report by Theodore Sarbin and Kenneth Karols entitled "Nonconforming Sexual Orientations and Military Suitability," dated December 1988, which was Exhibit 5 to the February 26, 2010 deposition of Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. taken in this action. 14. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0888-0971 is a true and correct copy of the a report by the United States Government Accountability Office ("GAO") published on June 12, 1992, entitled Defense Force Management: DOD's Policy on Homosexuality, which was Exhibit 6 to the February 26, 2010 deposition of Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. taken in this action. 15. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 0972-1024 is a true and correct copy of the a report by the United States Government Accountability Office ("GAO") published in June 1993, entitled Homosexuals in the Military: Policies and Practices of Foreign Countries, which was Exhibit 7 to -3LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 the February 26, 2010 deposition of Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. taken in this action. 16. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1025-1072 is a true and correct copy of the a report by the United States Government Accountability Office ("GAO") published in February 2005, entitled Military Personnel: Financial Costs and Loss of Critical Skills Due to DOD's Homosexual Conduct Policy Cannot Be Completely Estimated, which was Exhibit 9 to the February 26, 2010 deposition of Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. taken in this action. 17. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1073-1099 is a true and correct copy of the 2006 report by Sam Rogers entitled Opinions of Military Personnel on Sexual Minorities in the Military, published by Zogby International in December 2006, which was Exhibit 11 to the February 26, 2010 deposition of Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. taken in this action. 18. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1100-1128 is a true and correct copy of a report by Aaron Belkin and R.L. Evans entitled Homosexuality and the Israel Defense Forces, published in 2001 by the Palm Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara, which was Exhibit 13 to the February 26, 2010 deposition of Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. taken in this action. 19. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1129-1280 is a true and correct copy of a report entitled Gays in Foreign Militaries 2010: A Global Primer, published in February 2010 by the Palm Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara, which was Exhibit 22 to the February 26, 2010 deposition of Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. taken in this action. Government Production Documents 20. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1281-1292 is a true and correct copy of a report by Laura Miller and Bonnie Moradi entitled Attitudes of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Toward Gay and Lesbian Service Members, published in Armed Forces and Society in 2009, produced in response to -4LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped DMDC 000011000022. 21. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1293-1294 is a true and correct copy of the memorandum from Craig Alderman, Jr., Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, to the DOD Personnel Security Research Center ("PERSEREC") Director regarding PERS-TR-89-002, "Nonconforming Sexual Orientations and Military Suitability," dated January 18, 1989, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped DoD LA 2-6 042450-042451. 22. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1295-1296 is a true and correct copy of the September 21, 2006 letter from Under Secretary of Defense to Senator Ron Wyden, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped 13 LC 057312-313 (including redactions pursuant to protective order). 23. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1297-1328 is a true and correct copy of a December 8, 1993 draft of a memorandum titled DOD/GC Homosexual Conduct Implementation Memo and Service/GC Responses, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped OSD OEPM 013347-378 (including redactions pursuant to protective order). 24. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at page 1329 is a true and correct copy of a memorandum from Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, regarding the PERSEREC draft report "Nonconforming Sexual Orientations," dated February 10, 1989, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped DOD LA 2-6 042466 (including redactions pursuant to protective order). 25. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1330-1359 is -5LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) a true and correct copy of a draft of the PERSEREC report by Michael McDaniel DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 entitled "Preservice Adjustment of Homosexual and Heterosexual Military Accessions: Implications for Security Clearance Suitability," dated January 1989, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped DOD LA 2-6 042467-042496. 26. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1360-1405 is a true and correct copy of the PERSEREC report entitled "Homosexuality and Personnel Security," dated September 1991, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped PERSEC 007818-007863. 27. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1406-1491 is a true and correct copy of the June 26, 1996, report titled Successful Integration of Stigmatized Minorities Into The U.S. Army prepared for the United States Army Research Institute, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped ARI 059823-908. 28. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1492-1558 is a true and correct copy of the U.S. Army Research Institute (AIR) Research Report 1657, "Perspectives on Organizational Change in the Canadian Forces," January 1994, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped ARI 60206-272. 29. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1559-1561 is a true and correct copy of an email, dated November 1, 2006, from Franklin C. Pinch to Paul A. Gade, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped ARI 062002-04. 30. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1593-1594 is a true and correct copy of the charts entitled "Homosexual Separations by Service and Reason," DoD Official Numbers fiscal year 1997-2003 and fiscal years 20042008, prepared for the Undersecretary of Defense for Plans, dated May 12, 2009, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped OSD P&R Plans 007171-72 (excerpt of OSD P&R Plans 007140-7305 at -6LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Appendix pages 1562-1727). 31. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1728-1729 is a true and correct copy of a Memorandum to the Vice-Chief of Naval Operations, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped NAVY 058930-31. 32. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1730-1754 is a true and correct copy of a report by Gwyn Harries-Jenkins entitled Comparative International Military Personnel Policies, published by the U.S. Army Research Institution for the Behavioral and Social Sciences in May 1993, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped ARI 060755-060779. 33. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at page 1755 is a true and correct copy of Future Organizational Change ­ U.S. Army Focus Army Task Force, Documentation Book, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped ARI 062124. 34. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1756-1757 is a true and correct copy of Active Duty Separations By Service & ISC as of FY 2008, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped DMDC 000003-04. 35. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1758-1763 is a true and correct copy of "Hypothetical Teaching Scenarios for Commanders and Personnel Involved in Recruiting, Accession Processing, Criminal Investigations, and Administrative Separations," produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped Navy 058969-74. 36. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1764-1790 is a true and correct copy of the report entitled Summary Report of the Military Working Group, dated July 1, 1993, produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped OSD P&R 007428-007454. -7LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 37. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1790a-1790b is a true and correct copy of an unidentified memorandum regarding "Gays and Lesbians at War: Military Service in Iraq and Afghanistan Under `Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'" produced in response to Log Cabin's requests for document production and Bates stamped OSD P&R Plans 058910-11. LCR Production Documents 38. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1791-1806 is a true and correct copy of the transcript published by the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Admiral Mike Mullen's and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's testimony regarding the Department of Defense's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy before the Senate Armed Services Committee on February 2, 2010, available at http://www.jcs.mil/speech.aspx?id=1322, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 03452-03467. 39. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1807-1876 is a true and correct copy of a report by Aaron Belkin and R.L. Evans entitled The Effects of Including Gay and Lesbian Soldiers in the British Armed Forces, published in November 2000 by the Palm Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara, produced to Defendants at pages Bates-stamped LCR 4706 to LCR 4775. 40. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1877-1888 is a true and correct copy of a report by Aaron Belkin entitled Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Is the Gay Ban Based on Military Necessity, published in 2003 by the Palm Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara, produced to Defendants at pages Bates-stamped LCR 3367-3378. 41. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1889-1928 is a true and correct copy of a report by Aaron Belkin and R.L. Evans entitled The Effects of Including Gay and Lesbian Soldiers in the Australian Armed Forces, -8LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 published in September 2000 by the Palm Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara, produced to Defendants at pages Bates-stamped LCR 4666-4705. 42. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1929-1935 is a true and correct copy of the article by Col. Om Prakash entitled The Efficacy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," published in Joint Forces Quarterly, Issue 55, 4th Quarter 2009, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4776-4782. 43. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1936-1973 is a true and correct copy of the 2010 report by Gary Gates entitled Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Men and Women in the U.S. Military: Updated Estimates, published by the Williams Institute of the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, produced by the Williams Institute in response to Log Cabin's subpoena served in this action and re-produced to Defendants at pages Bates-stamped LCR WI 10131050. 44. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1974-1977 is a true and correct copy of Remarks by the President at LGBT Pride Month Reception on June 29, 2009, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-LGBTPride-Month-Reception/ (last visited April 4, 2010), produced to Defendants at pages Bates-stamped LCR 3999-4002. 45. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1978-1981 is a true and correct copy of Remarks by the President at Human Rights Campaign Dinner on October 11, 2009, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-at-HumanRights-Campaign-Dinner/ (last visited April 4, 2010), produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 3995-3998. 46. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 1982-2013 is a true and correct copy of the report entitled Conduct Unbecoming: The First Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass," published -9LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 by Service Members Legal Defense Network, March 24, 1995, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4013-4044. 47. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2014-2049 is a true and correct copy of the report entitled Conduct Unbecoming: The Second Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass," published by Service Members Legal Defense Network in 1996, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4045-4080. 48. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2050-2089 is a true and correct copy of the report entitled Conduct Unbecoming: The Third Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass," published by Service Members Legal Defense Network in 1997, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4081-4120. 49. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2090-2168 is a true and correct copy of the report entitled Conduct Unbecoming: The Fourth Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass," published by Service Members Legal Defense Network in 1998, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4121-4199. 50. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2169-2253 is a true and correct copy of the report entitled Conduct Unbecoming: The Fifth Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass," published by Service Members Legal Defense Network in 1999, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4200-4284. 51. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2254-2340 is a true and correct copy of the report entitled Conduct Unbecoming: The Sixth Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass," published by Service Members Legal Defense Network on March 9, 2000, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4285-4371. 52. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2341-2443 is - 10 LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 a true and correct copy of the report entitled Conduct Unbecoming: The Seventh Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass," published by Service Members Legal Defense Network on March 15, 2001, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4372-4474. 53. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2444-2500 is a true and correct copy of the report entitled Conduct Unbecoming: The Eighth Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass," published by Service Members Legal Defense Network on March 14, 2002, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4475-4531. 54. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2501-2561 is a true and correct copy of the report entitled Conduct Unbecoming: The Ninth Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass," published by Service Members Legal Defense Network on March 25, 2003, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4532-4592. 55. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2562-2617 is a true and correct copy of the report entitled Conduct Unbecoming: The Tenth Annual Report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass," published by Service Members Legal Defense Network in March 2004, produced to Defendants at pages Bates stamped LCR 4593-4648. Other Documents 56. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2618-2621 is a true and correct copy of the Los Angeles Times article by Julian E. Barnes titled Navy Moves to Allow Women on Submarines, published on February 24, 2010, and available at http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/24/nation/la-na-womensubs24-2010feb24 (last visited April 4, 2010). 57. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2622-2772 is - 11 LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) a true and correct copy of the Army Forces Command ("FORSCOM") Regulation DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 500-3-3 (1999), available at http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/LIC/DISS1/Documents/fr500-3-31.pdf (last visited April 4, 2010). 58. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2773-2775 is a true and correct copy of the New York Times article by Steven Myers entitled Military Reserves are Falling Short in Finding Recruits, published on August 28, 2000, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/28/us/military-reserves-arefalling-short-in-finding-recruits.html?pagewanted=1 (last visited April 4, 2010). 59. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2776-2777 is a true and correct copy of the article entitled A `Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Rules Complicate Survey of Troops on Policy Change, published in the Washington Post on March 31, 2010, reporting remarks of General Carter F. Ham, leader of the task force currently studying repeal of DADT, available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/03/31/AR2010033104039.html (last visited April 4, 2010). 60. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2778-2820 is a true and correct copy of a study by Michael Boucai entitled Balancing Your Strengths Against Your Felonies: Considerations for Military Recruitment of ExOffenders, published by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, available at http://www.palmcenter.org/files/active/1/ boucaiM_strengthsFelonies_092007.pdf (last visited April 1, 2010). 61. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2821-2836 is a true and correct copy of a report entitled "A Review of the Armed Forces Policy on Homosexuality," published by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense in 2000, available at http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/ACED4F62-2C04-4B19AC50-E49552732385/0/impact_studies_homosexuality.pdf (last visited April 4, 2010). 62. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2837-2878 is - 12 LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 a true and correct copy of a report by A. Belkin and J. McNichol entitled Effects of the 1992 Lifting of Restrictions on Gay and Lesbian Service in the Canadian Forces: Appraising the Evidence, published by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara in April 2000, available at http://www.palmcenter.org/files/active/0/Canada5.pdf (last visited April 4, 2010). 63. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2879-2881 is a true and correct copy of a March 14, 2007, article by Alan K. Simpson, Bigotry That Hurts Our Military, published in the Washington Post, available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2007/03/13/AR2007031301507.html (last visited April 4, 2010). 64. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2882-2895 is a true and correct copy of Department of Defense Instruction Number 1332.14, available at http://www.defense.gov/news/DoDI%201332%2014%20%20REVISIONS%20032510.pdf (last visited April 4, 2010). 65. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2896-2936 is a true and correct copy of the transcript of testimony given by Major Michael D. Almy to the Senate Committee on Armed Services on Thursday, March 18, 2010 (pages 8-10 of hearing transcript), available at http://armedservices.senate.gov/Transcripts/2010/03%20March/10-23%20-%203-18-10.pdf (last visited April 4, 2010). 66. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2937-2945 is a true and correct copy of the transcript of a January 30, 2010, CNN Interview with William Cohen, available at http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS /1001/30/cnr.07.html (last visited April 4, 2010). 67. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2946-2993 is a true and correct copy of a September 15, 2004 report by Nathaniel Frank, Ph. D. entitled Gays and Lesbians at War: Military Service in Iraq and Afghanistan under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," published by the Palm Center at the University of - 13 LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 California at Santa Barbara, available at http://www.palmcenter.org/system /files/Frank091504_GaysAtWar.pdf (last visited April 4, 2010). 68. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at page 2994 is a true and correct copy of an article by John McArdle entitled Wesley Clark Backs Cunningham in North Carolina, published in Roll Call on March 29, 2010, available at http://www.rollcall.com/news/44793-1.html?type=printer_friendly (last visited April 4, 2010). 69. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at pages 2995-3093 is a true and correct copy of the August 1992, Army Research Institute, Research Note 92-72, Update of the U.S. Army Research Institute's Longitudinal Research Data Base of Enlisted Personnel, at A-30, available at http://www.dtic.mil/cgibin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA255965&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf (last visited April 4, 2010). 70. Attached to Log Cabin's Appendix of Evidence at page 3094 is a true and correct copy of the February 3, 2010 article by Peter Baker entitled Powell Favors Repeal of `Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' published in the New York Times, available at http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/powell-favors-repealof-dont-ask-dont-tell/?pagemode=print (last visited April 4, 2010). Discovery Matters 71. Log Cabin has been prevented from completing all of the discovery it needs by the conduct of the government. On December 21, 2009, our office served a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6) deposition notice on defendants, asking for testimony on 17 categories of information. The government refused to produce a witness for the deposition. Following unsuccessful efforts to meet and confer, during which we withdrew one of the 17 categories, on March 4, 2010, we filed an ex parte application for an order compelling the defendants to appear for the deposition. Defendants opposed the application. The matter was heard on March - 14 LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 15, 2010 by Magistrate Judge Eick. On March 16, 2010, Magistrate Judge Eick ordered the government to produce a person or persons prepared to testify concerning 10 of the topics on or before April 15, 2010. The deposition has not been conducted yet. The government requested that the deposition be conducted on April 14 or 15 and, by mutual agreement, Log Cabin will conduct the deposition on April 16, 2010, in Washington, D.C. 72. The areas on which Magistrate Judge Eick ordered that the a. The application of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy ("DADT") to women service members; b. The application of DADT to medical, linguistic, administrative, or other non-combat-assigned service members; c. The application of DADT to service members deployed overseas to combat theatres from 2001 to the present, such as Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom; d. The compatibility or incompatibility of gay and lesbian Americans with service in the United States Armed Forces, including the effect of the presence of such individuals, if any, on unit cohesion, combat effectiveness, unit morale, good order, discipline, and readiness to fight; e. Reports, studies, or analyses conducted by or on behalf of Defendants relating to the experience of the armed forces of nations other than the United States with military service by individuals with a homosexual orientation or by individuals who engage in homosexual conduct; f. Reports, research, or analyses concerning U.S. Armed Forces personnel and homosexual conduct or homosexual orientation commissioned, requested, or received by defendants; g. The deployment of gay or lesbian service members either in the - 15 LOSANGELES 859152 (2K) government deponent(s) must testify are: DECLARATION OF DAN WOODS IN OPPOSITION TO SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 73. process of being discharged or investigated pursuant to DADT; h. The history of each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces' policies regarding moral waivers of prior felony convictions since 2001; i. Polls conducted by or on behalf of defendants measuring public opinion regarding service by gay or lesbian service members in the U.S. Armed Forces; and j. The identity of the person or persons primarily responsible for administering DADT. These deposition topics are material to this Court's analysis of the constitutionality of DADT. For instance, if the government plans to rely solely on the congressionally-alleged evidence underlying DADT, then testimony relating to that evidence ­ if there is any ­ is relevant. Log Cabin seeks to develop evidence that the government and Congress ignored reports, research, studies, and analyses showing that permitting open service of gays and lesbians would have no adverse impact on unit cohesion, morale, or military effectiveness. Even if the deponent can identify no evidence in support of the Congressional findings cited by the DADT statute, such lack of evidence or knowledge is also relevant to whether DADT is arbitrary a

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