International Refugee Assistance Project et al v. Trump et al

Filing 244

NOTICE by Grannaz Amirjamshidi, Arab American Association of New York, John Doe #4, John Doe #5, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, International Refugee Assistance Project, Jane Doe # 2, John Does 1 & 3, Afsaneh Khazaeli, Mohamad Mashta, Muhammed Meteab, Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc., Shapour Shirani, Yemeni-American Merchants Association, Fakhri Ziaolhagh Regarding Pending Stay Motions in Related Cases (Jadwat, Omar)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND SOUTHERN DIVISION INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No.: 8:17-CV-00361-TDC PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE REGARDING PENDING STAY MOTIONS IN RELATED CASES v. DONALD TRUMP, et al, Defendants. The plaintiffs in Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB) v. Trump, No. 17-cv-2921TDC and Zakzok v. Trump, No. 17-cv-2969, which are both pending before this Court, have sought to begin discovery in those cases, and the government has now moved for a stay. As indicated during the January 5, 2018, telephone conference with the Court, the IRAP plaintiffs take no position regarding how to proceed in the other cases. However, should the Court permit discovery to commence in IAAB and/or Zakzok, the IRAP plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court lift the stay in this case so that the IRAP plaintiffs are able to participate in discovery on equal terms. Doing so would allow a far more efficient use of the Court’s and the parties’ resources. 1 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Omar C. Jadwat Omar C. Jadwat† Lee Gelernt† Hina Shamsi† Hugh Handeyside† Sarah L. Mehta† David Hausman† American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 125 Broad Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 Tel: (212) 549-2600 Fax: (212) 549-2654 ojadwat@aclu.org lgelernt@aclu.org hshamsi@aclu.org hhandeyside@aclu.org smehta@aclu.org dhausman@aclu.org Cecillia D. Wang† Cody H. Wofsy† Spencer E. Amdur† American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 39 Drumm Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel: (415) 343-0770 Fax: (415) 395-0950 cwang@aclu.org cwofsy@aclu.org samdur@aclu.org Dated: February 1, 2018 Karen C. Tumlin† Nicholas Espíritu† Melissa S. Keaney† Esther Sung† National Immigration Law Center 3435 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1600 Los Angeles, CA 90010 Tel: (213) 639-3900 Fax: (213) 639-3911 tumlin@nilc.org espiritu@nilc.org keaney@nilc.org sung@nilc.org Justin B. Cox (Bar No. 17550) National Immigration Law Center PO Box 170208 Atlanta, GA 30317 Tel: (678) 279-5441 Fax: (213) 639-3911 cox@nilc.org Mariko Hirose† Linda Evarts† Kathryn C. Meyer† International Refugee Assistance Project 40 Rector Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10006 Tel: (646) 459-3044 mhirose@refugeerights.org levarts@refugeerights.org kmeyer@refugeerights.org David Cole† Daniel Mach† Heather L. Weaver† American Civil Liberties Union Foundation 915 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 Tel: (202) 675-2330 Fax: (202) 457-0805 2 dcole@aclu.org dmach@aclu.org hweaver@aclu.org David Rocah (Bar No. 27315) Deborah A. Jeon (Bar No. 06905) Sonia Kumar (Bar No. 07196) Nicholas Taichi Steiner (Bar No.19670) American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 350 Baltimore, MD 21211 Tel: (410) 889-8555 Fax: (410) 366-7838 jeon@aclu-md.org rocah@aclu-md.org kumar@aclu-md.org steiner@aclu-md.org †Admitted Pro Hac Vice Counsel for Plaintiffs 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on February 1, 2018, I electronically filed this Notice for Plaintiffs with the Court Clerk using the ECF system, which will send notification to Defendants’ registered counsel. Dated: February 1, 2018 /s/ Omar C. Jadwat Omar C. Jadwat

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