Gohmert et al v. Pence

Filing 32

BRIEF filed INTERVENORS MICHELE LUNDGREN ET.AL.S BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' RELIEF SOUGHT by MIchele Lundgren. (Bundren, Wm.)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
TYLER DIVISION
LOUIE GOHMERT, TYLER BOWYER,
NANCY COTTLE, JAKE HOFFMAN,
ANTHONY KERN, JAMES R. LAMON,
SAM MOORHEAD, ROBERT
MONTGOMERY, LORAINE
PELLEGRINO, GREG SAFSTEN, KELLI
WARD and MICHAEL WARD,
Plaintiffs,
v.
THE HONORABLE MICHAEL R. PENCE,
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY.

Civil Action No.
6:20-cv-00660-JDK

INTERVENORS’ MICHELE
LUNDGREN ET.AL.’S BRIEF
IN SUPPORT OF
EMERGENCY RELIEF
REQUESTED BY
PLAINTIFFS AND IN
RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT
AND OTHERS.
(Election Matter)

Defendant,
MICHELE LUNDGREN, MARIAN
SHERIDAN, MESHAWN MADDOCK,
MARI-ANN HENRY, AND
AMY FACCHINELLO, IN THEIR
OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
REPRESENTING THEIR RESPECTIVE
STATES.
Intervenors.
INTERVENORS’ BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF EMERGENCY RELIEF
REQUESTED BY PLAINTIFFS AND
IN RESPONSE TO BRIEF OF DEFENDANT AND OTHERS

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TO THE HONORABLE COURT:
Michele Lundgren, Marian Sheridan, Meshawn Maddock Mari-Ann Henry
and Amy Facchinello in their official capacities as Presidential Electors for the State
of Michigan (hereinafter referred to as the “Michigan Electors”) submit the
following Brief in support of the emergency relief requested by Plaintiffs and in
response to the Brief of Defendant (Dkt. #18), filed December 31, 2020, and the
briefing of the other Amicus and others (Dkt. ##19 22), filed December 31, 2020,
and say:
I.
The Michigan Electors Intervenors fully support and affirm “Plaintiffs’
Emergency Motion for Expedited Declaratory Judgment and Emergency Injunctive
Relief” (Dkt. #2) filed on December 28, 2020 in this action and incorporate and
adopt the arguments and authorities stated therein for all purposes and urged the
Court to affirm the reasoning and arguments contained therein. Intervenors, without
restating and re-arguing points of law already addressed in Plaintiffs’ Brief, fully
support and affirm Plaintiffs’ Brief in response to the Brief of Defendant and others
(Dkt. #30) filed in this action on January 1, 2020 and urge the Court to adopt and
affirm the reasoning and issues addressed therein. Because the briefing done by
Plaintiffs is thoroughly accurate and complete, in the interest of the time of the Court,
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Intervenors will not restate and re-argue points of law and authorities which have
been fully and adequately briefed by Plaintiffs’ briefing on all points and in response
to Defendant and all others.
For these reasons, the Michigan Electors Intervenors pray that the Court grant
the relief requested by Plaintiffs and by the Michigan Electors Intervenors as
requested in Plaintiffs’ complaint, emergency motion and briefing submitted in this
action.
Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Charles Bundren
BUNDREN LAW GROUP, PLLC
Wm. Charles Bundren, Esq.
Lead Attorney and Attorney-in Charge
State Bar No. 03343200
2591 Dallas Parkway, Suite 300
Frisco, Texas 75034
[phone] Telephone
[phone] Facsimile
e-mail:
[e-mail]
ATTORNEY FOR INTERVENORS:
CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC FILING
The undersigned hereby certifies that this document has been filed by
electronic means through the court's CM/ECF electronic filing system on the date
indicated below.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE UNDER LOCAL RULE
Pursuant to LOCAL RULE CV-5 (c)&(d) of the Local Civil Rules of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Notice of Electronic
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Filing of this document automatically generated by this Court’s CM/ECF system
constitutes service of this document under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
5(b)(2)(E) and is sufficient service by serving the parties indicated below.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that on this 1st day of January 2021 a true and correct copy
of the foregoing document was served in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Local
Rules on all legal counsel of record for any party and all pro se parties by serving
the following:
William Lewis Sessions
Texas Bar No. 18041500
Sessions & Associates, PLLC
14591 North Dallas Parkway, Suite 400
Dallas, TX 75254
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone] (fax)
Email: [e-mail]
Howard Kleinhendler
Howard Kleinhendler Esquire
NY Bar No. 2657120
369 Lexington Ave., 12th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Lawrence J. Joseph
DC Bar No. 464777
Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph
1250 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 700-1A
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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J rest Julia Z. Haller
DC Bar No. 466921
Brandon Johnson
DC Bar No. 491370
Defending the Republic
601 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 900
South Building
Washington, DC 20004
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS.
JEFFREY BOSSERT CLARK
Acting Assistant Attorney General
JENNIFER B. DICKEY
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
/s/ John V. Coghlan
JOHN V. COGHLAN
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Federal Programs Branch
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20530
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT. 
Caitlin Halligan (NY Bar No. 3933447)
Samuel Breidbart (NY Bar No. 5783352)
Adam K. Hersh (NY Bar No. 5693064)
Max H. Siegel (NY Bar No. 5652235)
SELENDY & GAY PLLC
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10104
Douglas N. Letter (DC Bar No. 253492)
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General Counsel
Todd B. Tatelman (VA Bar No. 66008)
Megan Barbero (MA Bar No. 668854)
Josephine Morse (DC Bar No. 1531317)
William E. Havemann (VA Bar No. 86961)
Eric R. Columbus (DC Bar No. 487736)
Lisa K. Helvin (DC Bar No. 988143)
Michael R. Dreeben (DC Bar No. 370586)
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW
CENTER
600 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Jonathan B. Schwartz (DC Bar No. 342758)
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
219 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
ATTORNEYS FOR AMICUS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
John S. Campbell, pro se
Amicus Curiae
17 Oakland Terrace
Mobile, AL 36604
[phone]
[e-mail]
AMICUS CURIAE
Alan Kennedy
Alan Hamilton Kennedy, Esquire
Colorado Bar No. 50275
1975 North Grant Street, # 421
Denver, CO 80203
[phone]
[e-mail]
PROPOSED INTERVENOR-DEFENDANT.

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Timothy P. Dowling
Pro se
Texas State Bar No. 06083900
8017 Villefranche Dr.
Corpus Christi, TX 78414
[phone]
[e-mail]
PRO SE
__x__by the Court's CM/ECF Pacer electronic filing System pursuant to FRCP
5(b)(2)(E) and 5(b)(3), and LOCAL RULE CV-5 (c)&(d),
____ by certified mail return receipt requested deposited with the United States
Postal Service on the date indicated above pursuant to FRCP 5(b)(2)(C),
____ by email at the email address indicated above pursuant to FRCP 5(b)(2)(E),
and/or
____ by hand delivery service on the date indicated above pursuant to FRCP
5(b(2)(A) and
(B).
By: /s/ Charles Bundren
BUNDREN LAW GROUP, PLLC
Wm. Charles Bundren, Esq.
ATTORNEY FOR INTERVENORS:

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