United States of America v. State of California et al

Filing 109

MOTION for LEAVE to FILE AMICI CURIAE BRIEF by Tahirih Justice Center (and associated parties). (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Brief of Amici Curiae, # 2 Proposed Order)(Gorelick, Jamie) Modified on 5/21/2018 (Benson, A.).

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 JAMIE S. GORELICK (pro hac vice) jamie.gorelick@wilmerhale.com CATHERINE M.A. CARROLL catherine.carroll@wilmerhale.com CHRISTOPHER E. BABBITT (SBN: 225813) christopher.babbitt@wilmerhale.com CLAIRE M. BERGERON claire.bergeron@wilmerhale.com SHEILA E. MENZ sheila.menz@wilmerhale.com WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: 202 663 6000 Facsimile: 202 663 6363 Attorneys for Amici Curiae 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 SACRAMENTO DIVISION 14 15 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Case No. 2:18-cv-00490-JAM-KJN Plaintiff, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; EDMUND GERALD BROWN JR., GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; AND XAVIER BECERRA, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, Defendants. 23 24 UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF AMICI CURIAE FOR TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER, ET AL., IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS; [PROPOSED] ORDER Hearing Date: June 20, 2018 Hearing Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Courtroom 6 Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez Action Filed: March 6, 2018 25 26 27 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-00490-JAM-KJN Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae for Tahirih Justice Center, et al. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF AMICI CURIAE 1 2 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 3 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Tahirih Justice Center (“Tahirih”), and additional amici 4 ASISTA, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, Casa de Esperanza, and 5 Immigration Center for Women and Children hereby request permission to file the attached 6 amicus brief in support of Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary 7 Injunction and Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in the action filed by Plaintiff the United States of 8 America (Case No. 2:18-cv-00490-JAM-KJN). The proposed amicus brief is attached to this 9 10 motion as Exhibit 1. Both Plaintiff and Defendants consent to the filing of this brief. A list of all 11 amici appears in Appendix 1 to the brief. A proposed order is attached to this motion as Exhibit 12 2. 13 I. STANDARD FOR MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF AMICI CURIAE 14 The District Court, in its discretion, may accept amicus curiae briefs “concerning legal issues 15 that have potential ramifications beyond the parties directly involved or if the amicus has unique 16 17 information or perspective that can help the court beyond the help that the lawyers for the parties 18 are able to provide.” Safari Club Intern v. Harris, 2015 WL 1255491 at *1 (E.D. Cal. Jan. 14, 19 2015) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). 20 21 22 23 24 II. STATEMENT AND IDENTITY OF INTEREST OF AMICI CURIAE Tahirih is the largest multi-city direct services and policy advocacy organization specializing in assisting immigrant women and girls who survive gender-based violence, including human trafficking, forced labor, domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, and female genital 25 cutting/mutilation. Tahirih serves clients at five local offices, including in San Francisco, and to 26 date, has provided free legal assistance to more than 25,000 individuals. The additional amici, 27 ASISTA, Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence, Casa de Esperanza, and 28 Immigration Center for Women and Children, include immigration service providers that serve Case No. 2:18-cv-00490-JAM-KJN 2 Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae for Tahirih Justice Center, et al. immigrant women survivors of gender-based crimes in California, as well as national policy 1 2 organizations that advocate for legal and other protections for survivors of gender-based crimes 3 in the United States. 4 III. 5 6 AMICI’S PERSPECTIVE WILL BENEFIT THE COURT Based on their extensive work with survivors of gender-based violence, amici have special insight into the ways in which the challenged California laws, S.B. 54, A.B. 103, and A.B. 450, 7 8 9 promote the safety of immigrant survivors and improve community safety, by encouraging survivors to report gender-based violence and other criminal activity that may threaten society at large. Amici 10 also have a unique understanding of the harms that an injunction of these laws would cause 11 immigrant women and girls who are survivors of gender-based violence. The public safety concerns 12 which prompted the California legislature to adopt S.B. 54, A.B. 103, and A.B. 450 apply with 13 14 15 16 17 18 unique force to immigrant women who are survivors of gender-based violence, as amici’s brief explains. IV. CONCLUSION Accordingly, the Tahirih Justice Center, et al., request leave to file the attached brief amici curiae in this action. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-00490-JAM-KJN 3 Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae for Tahirih Justice Center, et al. 1 DATED: May 18, 2018 Respectfully submitted, 2 By: /s/JAMIE S. GORELICK JAMIE S. GORELICK (pro hac vice) jamie.gorelick@wilmerhale.com CATHERINE M.A. CARROLL catherine.carroll@wilmerhale.com CHRISTOPHER E. BABBITT (SBN: 225813) christopher.babbitt@wilmerhale.com CLAIRE M. BERGERON claire.bergeron@wilmerhale.com SHEILA E. MENZ sheila.menz@wilmerhale.com WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: 202 663 6000 Facsimile: 202 663 6363 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Attorneys for Amici Curiae 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-00490-JAM-KJN 4 Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae for Tahirih Justice Center, et al. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1 2 I hereby certify that on May 18, 2018, I electronically filed the above document with the 3 Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF which will send electronic notification of such filing to all 4 registered counsel. 5 6 By: /s/ JAMIE S. GORELICK JAMIE S. GORELICK 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Case No. 2:18-cv-00490-JAM-KJN 5 Motion for Leave to File Brief Amici Curiae for Tahirih Justice Center, et al.

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