State of Hawaii v. Trump

Filing 185

MOTION To Add Additional Amici to Amici Curiae Interfaith Coalition's Amicus Brief; Certificate of Service Thomas Benedict appearing for Amicus Parties Rabbi Sharon Brous, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, Reverend Curtis W. Hart, Hyde Park & Kenwood Interfaith Council, IKAR, Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Rabbi Noa Kushner, Rabbi Joy Levitt, Rabbi Joel Mosbacher, Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, Rabbi James Ponet, Rabbi Frederick Reeves, Rabbi John Rosove, Rabbi Michael Strassfeld, The Muslim Public Affairs Council, The Right Reverend Andrew Dietsche, Episcopal Bishop of New York, The Right Reverend Lawrence C. Provenzano, Episcopal Bishop of Long Island, The Right Reverend Marc Handley Andrus, Episcopal Bishop of California, The Right Reverend Mary D. Glasspool, Bishop Assistant of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, The Sikh Coalition, Reverend Timothy Tutt, Union Theological Seminary, United Methodist Women, Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan (Benedict, Thomas)

Thomas Benedict
[e-mail]
(Bar No. 005018)
GOODSILL,
ANDERSON,
QUINN & STIFEL
First Hawaiian Center
999 Bishop Street
Suite 1600
Honolulu, HI 96813
[phone]

Robert D. Fram*
[e-mail]
COVINGTON & BURLING
LLP
One Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
[phone]

Karun Tilak*
[e-mail]
Michael Baker*
[e-mail]
COVINGTON & BURLING
LLP
One City Center
850 Tenth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 200014965
+ 1 [phone]

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Interfaith Coalition
*Appearing Pro Hac Vice
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF HAWAIʻI
STATE OF HAWAIʻI, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
DONALD TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. 1:17-cv-00050 -DKWKSC
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO
ADD ADDITIONAL AMICI TO
AMICI CURIAE INTERFAITH
COALITION’S AMICUS
BRIEF; CERTIFICATE OF
SERVICE
Hon. Derrick K. Watson
March 15, 2017
9:30 a.m.
Dkt. No. 65

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL AMICI TO AMICI
CURIAE INTERFAITH COALITION’S AMICUS BRIEF
Amici Curiae Interfaith Coalition (“Amici”) respectfully move the Court for
leave to add the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (“National
Council of Churches”), IKAR, and Rabbi Sharon Brous to Amici’s amicus curiae
brief, entitled Brief of Amici Curiae Interfaith Coalition in Support of Plaintiffs’
Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order. Amici’s brief is attached as Exhibit 1
to Docket Entry No. 138, Motion for Leave to File Brief of Amici Curiae Interfaith
Coalition. Plaintiffs have consented to the filing of this motion. Defendants take
no position with respect to this motion.
The National Council of Churches is a community of Christian churches
encompassing 40 million Christians in over 100,000 congregations from 38 diverse
member communions. The organization recognizes the importance of
interreligious relationships in building bridges of understanding between peoples
and has worked to strengthen partnerships between different faith groups to reduce
suspicion and anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic sentiment in society in a post 9/11
world.
IKAR is a leading edge Jewish community in Los Angeles that seeks to
inspire people across the religious spectrum. Rabbi Sharon Brous is the founder
and Senior Rabbi of IKAR. She has been recognized as one of the nation’s leading
rabbis by Newsweek/The Daily Beast.
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The addition of the National Council of Churches, IKAR, and Rabbi Brous
does not change the substance of Amici’s proposed brief. Pursuant to Federal Rule
of Civil Procedure 7.1, corporate amici state that they do not have parent
corporations and that no publicly held corporations own 10 percent or more of any
stake or stock in them.
For these reasons, Amici respectfully request that the Court grant this
motion for leave to add the National Council of Churches, IKAR, and Rabbi
Sharon Brous to Amici’s brief in support of Plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary
restraining order.

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Dated: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, March 14, 2017.
/s/ Thomas Benedict
THOMAS BENEDICT
ROBERT D. FRAM (pro hac vice)
KARUN TILAK (pro hac vice)
MICHAEL BAKER (pro hac vice)
Attorney for Amici Curiae Interfaith Coalition
CONGREGATION B’NAI JESHURUN;
REVEREND CURTIS W. HART; RABBI
SHARON KLEINBAUM; RABBI JOEL
MOSBACHER; REVEREND TIMOTHY TUTT;
RABBI JOY LEVITT; THE SIKH COALITION;
THE RIGHT REVEREND ANDREW
DIETSCHE, EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF NEW
YORK; THE RIGHT REVEREND ALLEN K.
SHIN, BISHOP SUFFRAGAN OF THE
EPISCOPAL; THE RIGHT REVEREND MARY
D. GLASSPOOL, BISHOP ASSISTANT OF
THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NEW YORK;
IMAM ABDUL MALIK MUJAHID; THE
RIGHT REVEREND LAWRENCE C.
PROVENZANO, EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF
LONG ISLAND; THE MUSLIM PUBLIC
AFFAIRS COUNCIL; THE RIGHT REVEREND
MARC HANDLEY ANDRUS, EPISCOPAL
BISHOP OF CALIFORNIA; CONGREGATION
BEIT SIMCHAT TORAH ; RABBI
FREDERICK REEVES; RABBI PERETZ
WOLF-PRUSAN; RABBI NOA KUSHNER;
UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY; RABBI
JOHN ROSOVE; UNITED METHODIST
WOMEN; RABBI JAMES PONET; HYDE
PARK & KENWOOD INTERFAITH
COUNCIL; RABBI MICHAEL STRASSFELD;
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF
CHRIST IN THE USA; IKAR AND RABBI
SHARON BROUS
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII
STATE OF HAWAI‘I and ISMAIL
ELSHIKH,

CV. NO. 1:17-cv-00050 DKW-KJM
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Plaintiffs,
vs.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official
capacity as President of the United
States; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY; JOHN F.
KELLY, in his official capacity as
Secretary of Homeland Security; U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE; REX
TILLERSON, in his official capacity as
Secretary of State; and the UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendants.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 14th day of March, 2017, I electronically
filed the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF
System, which will send notification of such filing to all attorneys of record.

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Dated: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, March 14, 2017.
/s/ Thomas Benedict
THOMAS BENEDICT
ROBERT D. FRAM (pro hac vice)
KARUN TILAK (pro hac vice)
MICHAEL BAKER (pro hac vice)
Attorney for Amici Curiae Interfaith Coalition
CONGREGATION B’NAI JESHURUN;
REVEREND CURTIS W. HART; RABBI
SHARON KLEINBAUM; RABBI JOEL
MOSBACHER; REVEREND TIMOTHY
TUTT; RABBI JOY LEVITT; THE SIKH
COALITION; THE RIGHT REVEREND
ANDREW DIETSCHE, EPISCOPAL BISHOP
OF NEW YORK; THE RIGHT REVEREND
ALLEN K. SHIN, BISHOP SUFFRAGAN OF
THE EPISCOPAL; THE RIGHT REVEREND
MARY D. GLASSPOOL, BISHOP
ASSISTANT OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE
OF NEW YORK; IMAM ABDUL MALIK
MUJAHID; THE RIGHT REVEREND
LAWRENCE C. PROVENZANO, EPISCOPAL
BISHOP OF LONG ISLAND; THE MUSLIM
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL; THE RIGHT
REVEREND MARC HANDLEY ANDRUS,
EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF CALIFORNIA;
CONGREGATION BEIT SIMCHAT TORAH ;
RABBI FREDERICK REEVES; RABBI
PERETZ WOLF-PRUSAN; RABBI NOA
KUSHNER; UNION THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY; RABBI JOHN ROSOVE;
UNITED METHODIST WOMEN; RABBI
JAMES PONET; HYDE PARK & KENWOOD
INTERFAITH COUNCIL; RABBI MICHAEL
STRASSFELD; NATIONAL COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN THE USA; IKAR
AND RABBI SHARON BROUS

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