Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights et al v. Deal et al

Filing 32

MOTION to Amend Caption by Alterna, Asian American Legal Advocacy Center, Paul Bridges, Coalition for the People's Agenda, Coalition of Latino Leaders, DREAM Activist.org, Jane Doe # 1, John Doe # 1, Jane Doe # 2, John Doe # 2, Paul J. Edwards, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, Sharon Gruner, Everitt Howe, Instituto de Mexico, Inc. of Atlanta, Ernesto Pinon, Service Employees International Union, Jaypaul Singh, Southern Regional Joint Board of Workers' United, Benjamin Speight, Task Force for the Homeless. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order Proposed Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion to Amend Caption)(Lapointe, Michelle)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DIVISION
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Georgia Latino Alliance for Human
Rights, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
Governor Nathan Deal, et al.,
Defendants.

Case No. 1:11-cv-1804-TWT

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO AMEND CAPTION
Plaintiffs respectfully move the Court to order an amendment to the caption
to include the name of Plaintiff David Kennedy and to correct the middle initial for
Paul Edwards. On June 2, 2011, Plaintiffs filed a Complaint, a Motion to Exceed
Page Limits, and a Motion for Leave to Proceed under Pseudonyms in this case.
Mr. Kennedy’s name was accidentally left off of the caption used in the complaint
and associated filings. However, Mr. Kennedy is one of the plaintiffs bringing this
action. See Complaint (ECF No. 1) at ¶ 60 (including Kennedy in list of parties), ¶
100 (describing harm Kennedy faces from enactment of HB 87). In addition,
Plaintiff Paul Edwards’s middle initial was erroneously listed as “J.” rather than

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“C.” Plaintiffs request the Court to order that the caption be amended to reflect
Plaintiff Kennedy’s name and to reflect Paul Edwards’s name as Paul C. Edwards.
Plaintiffs submit that a granting of this request will not prejudice Defendants since
these are non-substantive, technical corrections to ensure proper identification of
the parties.
For the convenience of the Court, a proposed order is attached.
Respectfully submitted,1

Dated: June 8, 2011

/s/ Michelle R. Lapointe
On behalf of Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Omar C. Jadwat*
Andre Segura*
Elora Mukherjee*
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
FOUNDATION
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10004
T: [phone]
F: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Linton Joaquin (pro hac vice)
Karen C. Tumlin (pro hac vice)
Nora A. Preciado*
Melissa S. Keaney (pro hac vice)
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW
CENTER
3435 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2850
Los Angeles, California 90010
T: [phone]
F: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Cecillia D. Wang (pro hac vice)
Katherine Desormeau (pro hac vice)
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES

Naomi Tsu (GSB No. 507612)
Michelle R. Lapointe (GSB No. 007080)
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Counsel certifies this document has been prepared in accordance with L.R. 5.1.
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Daniel Werner (GSB No. 422070)
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
233 Peachtree St., NE, Suite 2150
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
T: [phone]
F: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Mary Bauer (GSB No. 142213)
Andrew H. Turner*
Samuel Brooke*
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
400 Washington Ave.
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
T: [phone]
F: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

UNION FOUNDATION IMMIGRANTS’
RIGHTS PROJECT
39 Drumm Street
San Francisco, California 94111
T: [phone]
F: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Chara Fisher Jackson (GSB No. 386101)
Azadeh N. Shahshahani (GSB No.
509008)
ACLU OF GEORGIA
1900 The Exchange, Suite 425
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
T: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

G. Brian Spears (GSB No. 670112)
1126 Ponce de Leon Ave., N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30306
T: [phone]
F: [phone]
[e-mail]

Tanya Broder (pro hac vice)
Jonathan Blazer*
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW
CENTER
405 14th Street, Suite 1400
Oakland, California 94612
T: [phone]
F: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

R. Keegan Federal, Jr. (GSB No. 257200)
FEDERAL & HASSON, LLP
Two Ravinia Drive, Ste 1776
Atlanta, Georgia 30346
T: [phone]
F: [phone]

Sin Yen Ling*
ASIAN LAW CAUCUS
55 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, California 94111
T: [phone] x 110

Charles H. Kuck (GSB No. 429940)
Danielle M. Conley (GSB No. 222292)
KUCK IMMIGRATION PARTNERS
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F: [phone]
[e-mail]

LLC
8010 Roswell Road, Suite 300
Atlanta, Georgia 30350
T: [phone]
F: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

*Application for admission pro hac vice pending

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this date electronically filed the foregoing with the
Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will automatically send e-mail
notification to the following attorney for Defendants Deal, Olens, Reese, and
Beatty, to whom a copy is also being hand-delivered today:
Devon Orland
Office of State Attorney General
40 Capitol Square, S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30334-1300
[e-mail]
Attorney for Defendants Deal, Olens, Reese and Beatty
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing is being hand-delivered on this date to
the following non-CM/ECF participant:
Falecia Stewart
Executive Director, Housing Authority of Fulton County
HAFC Headquarters
4273 Wendell Drive
Atlanta, GA 30336
This 8th day of June, 2011.
/s/ Michelle R. Lapointe