ProtectMarriage.com - Yes on 8, a Project of California Renewal et al v. Bowen et al

Filing 187

NOTICE Of Substitution of Parties by Timothy Hodson, Eugene Huguenin, Jr, Robert Leidigh, Ray Remy, Ross Johnson. (Woodlock, Lawrence)

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SCOTT HALLABRIN, General Counsel, SBN: 076662 LAWRENCE T. WOODLOCK, SBN: 137676 Fair Political Practices Commission 428 J Street, Suite 620 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants Members of the Fair Political Practices Commission

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PROTECTMARRIAGE.COM, et al.,

2:09-cv-00058-MCE-DAD

v.

Plaintiffs, NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES AND AMENDMENT OF CAPTION The Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr. Trial Date: March 14, 2011 Action Filed: January 7, 2009

Debra Bowen, Secretary of State for the State of California, in her official capacity; Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General for the State of California, in his official capacity; Dean C. Logan, Registrar-Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, in his official capacity; Department of Elections ­ City and County of San Francisco; Jan Scully, District Attorney for Sacramento County, California, in her official capacity and as a representative of the Class of District Attorneys in the State of California: Dennis J. Herrera, City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, California, in his official capacity and as a representative of the Class of Elected City Attorneys in the State of California; Ross Johnson, Timothy Hodson, Eugene Huguenin, Jr., Lynn Montgomery and Ronald Rotunda, members of the California Fair Political Practices Commission, in their official capacities, Defendants

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Notice of Substitution of Parties (2:09-cv-00058-MCE-DAD)

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TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the undersigned defendants hereby notify the Court, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d)(1) of the following changes in the membership of the Fair Political Practices Commission, asking that the Court amend the caption of this case to reflect these changes, as follows: 1. Substitute Commissioner Lynn Montgomery, in her official capacity as a Commissioner of the Fair Political Practices Commission in place of former Commissioner Robert Leidigh, who was sued in his official capacity as a member of the Fair Political Practices Commission, on the ground that Mr. Leidigh's term in that office has expired, and his position has been filled by the current Commissioner Lynn Montgomery. 2. Substitute Commissioner Ronald Rotunda in his official capacity as a Commissioner of the Fair Political Practices Commission in place of former Commissioner Ray Remy, who was sued in his official capacity as a member of the Fair Political Practices Commission, on the ground that Mr. Remy's term in that office has expired, and that his position has been filled by the current Commissioner Ronald Rotunda. Included with this Notice is a proposed Order, whose Caption accurately reflects the current membership of the Fair Political Practices Commission.

Date: June 23, 2009

Respectfully submitted: Fair Political Practices Commission SCOTT HALLABRIN, General Counsel LAWRENCE T. WOODLOCK, Senior Commission Counsel By: /s/ Lawrence T. Woodlock Lawrence T. Woodlock Attorneys for Fair Political Practices Commission Defendants Johnson, Hodson, Huguenin, Montgomery, and Rotunda 2
Notice of Substitution of Parties (2:09-cv-00058-MCE-DAD)