Veterans for Common Sense et al v. Nicholson et al

Filing 88

Veterans for Common Sense et al v. Nicholson et al

Doc. 88

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GORDON P. ERSPAMER (CA SBN 83364) [e-mail] MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 101 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite 450 P.O. Box 8130 Walnut Creek, California 94596-8130 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 925.946.9912 SIDNEY M. WOLINSKY (CA SBN 33716) [e-mail] MELISSA W. KASNITZ (CA SBN 162679) [e-mail] JENNIFER WEISER BEZOZA (CA SBN 247548) [e-mail] KATRINA KASEY CORBIT (CA SBN 237931) [e-mail] DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES 2001 Center Street, Third Floor Berkeley, California 94704-1204 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 510.665.8511 [see next page for additional counsel for Plaintiffs] Attorneys for Plaintiff(s) VETERANS FOR COMMON SENSE, and VETERANS UNITED FOR TRUTH, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION VETERANS FOR COMMON SENSE, and VETERANS UNITED FOR TRUTH, INC., Plaintiffs, v. GORDON H. MANSFIELDActing Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al., Defendants. Case No. C-07-3758-SC

CLASS ACTION NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(a); Civil L.R. 65-2) Date: January 25, 2008 Time: 10:00 a.m. Ctrm: 1, 17th Floor Complaint Filed July 23, 2007

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ADDITIONAL COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS: ARTURO J. GONZALEZ (CA SBN 121490) [e-mail] HEATHER A. MOSER (CA SBN 212686) [e-mail] STACEY M. SPRENKEL (CA SBN 241689) [e-mail] PAUL J. TAIRA (CA SBN 244427) [e-mail] MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 415.268.7522 BILL D. JANICKI (CA SBN 215960) [e-mail] MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2600 Sacramento, California 95814 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 916.448.3222

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TO DEFENDANTS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 25, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 1 at 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 17th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102 a hearing will be held on the Motion for a Preliminary Injunction of Plaintiffs before the Honorable Samuel Conti of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs ask for relief which is detailed in a separate [Proposed] Order submitted to the Court herewith, and any and all additional relief as allowed by law. This application is made pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(a) and Civil Local Rules 7-2 and 65-2. Plaintiffs have filed an Administration Motion to File Veteran and Family Member Personal Identifying Information Under Seal. Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction and several witness declarations have been lodged with the court under seal. The declarations submitted under seal in support of this motion include the following:

Name of Document Declaration of Veteran 1 Declaration of Veteran 2 Declaration of Veteran 3 Declaration of Veteran 4 Declaration of Mother 1 Declaration of Sister 1 Declaration of Brother 1 Declaration of Girlfriend 1 Plaintiffs' Identification of Witness Pseudonyms in Support of Preliminary Injunction has also been lodged under seal to specifically identify each pseudonym listed above. This application is based on those declarations, the declarations of Dr. Chad Peterson, Dr. Bernard Rappaport, Tanya Harned, and Stacey Sprenkel, any further declarations submitted in support of this Motion within the time frames specified by law and the federal rules, the Request for

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Judicial Notice, the other pleadings and files in this action; and such other evidence and argument as may subsequently be presented. The grounds for this motion are detailed in Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction. Dated: December 11, 2007 GORDON P. ERSPAMER ARTURO J. GONZALEZ HEATHER A. MOSER BILL D. JANICKI STACEY M. SPRENKEL PAUL J. TAIRA MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: : /s/ Stacey Sprenkel Stacey Sprenkel Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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