International Refugee Assistance Project et al v. Trump et al
Filing
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STATUS REPORT by Daniel Coats, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, John F. Kelly, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Rex W. Tillerson, Donald J. Trump (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Garg, Arjun)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
SOUTHERN DIVISION
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Plaintiffs,
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DONALD TRUMP, in his official capacity )
as President of the United States, et al.,
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Defendants.
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INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE
ASSISTANCE PROJECT, et al.,
No. 8:17-cv-00361-TDC
STATUS REPORT
Pursuant to the Court’s request during the March 21, 2017 status conference to be kept
advised of material developments in litigation concerning Executive Order No. 13,780, Defendants
submit this status report to inform the Court of a ruling in Sarsour, et al. v. Trump, et al., Case No.
1:17-cv-120 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. In that case, after
briefing and a hearing, the court today denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining
order and/or preliminary injunction of the Executive Order. The court’s Memorandum Opinion is
attached as Exhibit A to this Status Report.
Dated: March 24, 2017
Respectfully submitted,
CHAD A. READLER
Acting Assistant Attorney General
ROD J. ROSENSTEIN
United States Attorney
JENNIFER D. RICKETTS
Director, Federal Programs Branch
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JOHN R. TYLER
Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch
/s/ Arjun Garg
ARJUN GARG (Bar No. 806537)
MICHELLE R. BENNETT (Bar No. 806456)
DANIEL SCHWEI (Bar No. 96100)
BRAD P. ROSENBERG
Trial Attorneys
United States Department of Justice
Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch
20 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20530
Tel: (202) 305-8613
Fax: (202) 616-8470
E-mail: arjun.garg@usdoj.gov
michelle.bennett@usdoj.gov
daniel.s.schwei@usdoj.gov
Attorneys for Defendants
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on March 24, 2017, I electronically filed the foregoing Status Report
using the Court’s CM/ECF system, causing a notice of filing to be served upon all counsel of
record.
/s/ Arjun Garg
ARJUN GARG
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