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

Filing 54

MOTION to Join Brief of the United Mexican States as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs 50 MOTION for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Plaintiffs' Complaint and for Declaratory and Injuctive Relief by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Bondurant, Emmet)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x : Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, : : et al. : : Plaintiffs, : : vs. : : Governor Nathan Deal, et al., : : Defendants. : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -X EMMET J. BONDURANT Georgia Bar No. 066900 DAVID G.H. BRACKETT Georgia Bar No. 068353 KAMAL GHALI Georgia Bar No. 805055 No. 1:11-cv-1804-TWT MOTION FOR LEAVE TO JOIN BRIEF OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS HENRY L. SOLANO* CARLA GORNIAK* CHRISTOPHER R. CLARK* DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP BONDURANT MIXSON & ELMORE LLP 1201 West Peachtree Street NW, Suite 3900 Atlanta, GA 30309 Telephone: (404) 881-4100 Facsimile: (404) 881-4111 bondurant@bmelaw.com brackett@bmelaw.com ghali@bmelaw.com 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Telephone: (212) 259-8000 Facsimile: (212) 632-0162 hsolano@dl.com cgorniak@dl.com crclark@dl.com *Application for admission pro hac vice forthcoming. Counsel for Amicus Curiae 888203.1 1 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO JOIN BRIEF OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS The Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru (collectively, the “Governments”) respectfully file this motion for leave of Court to join the amicus curiae brief filed by the United Mexican States (“Mexico”) on June 15, 2011, expressing grave concerns over Georgia’s immigration law, House Bill 87 (“HB 87”) and underscoring the importance of preliminarily enjoining HB 87 and declaring it unconstitutional in its entirety. Mexico and the Governments share a commonality of interests – differing not in substance, but merely in proportionality and degree of impact – with regard to HB 87. Similar to Mexico, the Governments have a substantial and compelling interest in ensuring that their respective bilateral diplomatic relations with the government of the United States of America (“United States” or “U.S.”) are transparent, consistent and reliable, and not frustrated by the actions of individual U.S. states; in this case Georgia. As with U.S.–Mexico relations, HB 87 raises substantial challenges to the bilateral economic, immigration and security policies of the United States and the Governments. 888203.1 2 Furthermore, the Governments have a substantial and compelling interest to ensure that their citizens are accorded human and civil rights when present in the United States in accordance with international treaties, the U.S. Constitution, and federal immigration law. Like Mexico, the Governments are gravely concerned that HB 87 will lead to racial profiling and disparate treatment of their nationals. Accordingly, the Governments have a substantial and compelling interest to ensure that the ethnicity of their citizens is not used as basis for state-sanctioned acts of discrimination. As such, the Governments have a compelling interest in seeing that HB 87 be preliminarily enjoined and declared unconstitutional in its entirety. Respectfully submitted, this 15th day of June 2011, by counsel for Amicus Curiae, /s/ Emmet J. Bondurant EMMET J. BONDURANT GEORGIA BAR NO. 066900 DAVID G.H. BRACKETT GEORGIA BAR NO. 068353 KAMAL GHALI GEORGIA BAR NO. 805055 BONDURANT MIXSON & ELMORE LLP 1201 West Peachtree Street NW, Suite 3900 Atlanta, GA 30309 Telephone: (404) 881-4100 Facsimile: (404) 881-4111 888203.1 3 bondurant@bmelaw.com brackett@bmelaw.com ghali@bmelaw.com HENRY L. SOLANO CARLA GORNIAK CHRISTOPHER R. CLARK DEWEY & LEBOEUF LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Telephone: (212) 259-8000 Facsimile: (212) 632-0162 hsolano@dl.com cgorniak@dl.com crclark@dl.com 888203.1 Counsel for Amicus Curiae 4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Emmet J. Bondurant, hereby certify that on this 15th day of June 2011, I electronically filed the foregoing Motion for Leave to Join Brief of the United Mexican States as Amicus Curiae with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which sent notification to the following: Andrew H. Turner Southern Poverty Law Center-AL 400 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104 334-956-8200 Email: andrew.turner@splcenter.org Mary C. Bauer Southern Poverty Law Center-Atl Suite 2150 233 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30303 334-956-8200 Email: mbauer@splcenter.org Azadeh N. Shahshahani ACLU of Georgia Suite 514 75 Piedmont Avenue Atlanta, GA 30303 404-523-0621 Michelle R. Lapointe Southern Poverty Law Center-Atl Suite 2150 233 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30303 404-521-6700 Email: michelle.lapointe@splcenter.org Chara Fisher Jackson ACLU of Georgia Building 400, Suite 425 1900 The Exchange, SE Atlanta, GA 30339 770-303-8111 Fax: 770-303-0060 Email: cfjackson@acluga.org Naomi Ruth Tsu Southern Poverty Law Center-Atl Suite 2150 233 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30303 404-521-6700 Email: naomi.tsu@splcenter.org 888203.1 5 Charles H. Kuck Kuck Immigration Partners LLC 8010 Roswell Road Suite 300 Atlanta, GA 30350 404-816-8611 Fax: 404-816-8615 Email: ckuck@immigration.net Omar C. Jadwat American Civil Liberties Union Foundation-NY 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 212-549-2620 Daniel Werner Immigrant Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center Suite 2150 233 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30303 404-521-6700 Email: daniel.werner@splcenter.org Robert Keegan Federal , Jr. Federal & Hasson, LLP Suite 1776 Two Ravinia Drive Atlanta, GA 30346 678-443-4044 Fax: 678-443-4081 Email: keegan@federalhasson.com Danielle M. Conley Kuck Immigration Partners LLC Suite 300 8010 Roswell Road Atlanta, GA 30350 404-816-8611 Fax: 404-816-8615 Email: dconley@immigration.net Devon Orland Office of State Attorney General 40 Capitol Square, S.W. Atlanta, GA 30334-1300 404-463-8850 Fax: 404-651-5304 Email: dorland@law.ga.gov George Brian Spears Law Office of Brian Spears 1126 Ponce de Leon Avenue Atlanta, GA 30306 404-872-7086 Fax: 404-892-1128 Email: Bspears@mindspring.com /s/ Emmet J. Bondurant Emmet J. Bondurant 888203.1 6

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