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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Case 6:20-cv-00660-JDK Document 32 Filed 01/01/21 Page 1 of 7 PageID #: 399 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 Case 6:20-cv-00660-JDK Document 32 Filed 01/01/21 Page 2 of 7 PageID #: 400 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, 2 Case 6:20-cv-00660-JDK Document 32 Filed 01/01/21 Page 3 of 7 PageID #: 401 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 (214) 808-3555 Telephone (972) 624-5340 Facsimile e-mail: charles@bundrenlaw.net 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 3 Case 6:20-cv-00660-JDK Document 32 Filed 01/01/21 Page 4 of 7 PageID #: 402 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: (214) 217-8855 Fax: (214) 723-5346 (fax) Email: lsessions@sessionslaw.net Howard Kleinhendler Howard Kleinhendler Esquire NY Bar No. 2657120 369 Lexington Ave., 12th Floor New York, New York 10017 Tel: (917) 793-1188 Fax: (732) 901-0832 Email: howard@kleinhendler.com Lawrence J. Joseph DC Bar No. 464777 Law Office of Lawrence J. Joseph 1250 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 700-1A Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 355-9452 Fax: 202) 318-2254 Email: ljoseph@larryjoseph.com 4 Case 6:20-cv-00660-JDK Document 32 Filed 01/01/21 Page 5 of 7 PageID #: 403 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: (561) 888-3166 Fax: 202-888-2162 Email: hallerjulia@outlook.com Email: brandoncjohnson6@aol.com 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: (202) 353-2793 Email: john.coghlan2@usdoj.gov 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) 5 Case 6:20-cv-00660-JDK Document 32 Filed 01/01/21 Page 6 of 7 PageID #: 404 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: (202) 225-9700 Facsimile: (202) 226-1360 douglas.letter@mail.house.gov ATTORNEYS FOR AMICUS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. John S. Campbell, pro se Amicus Curiae 17 Oakland Terrace Mobile, AL 36604 (251) 605-5675 consultingattorney@yahoo.com AMICUS CURIAE Alan Kennedy Alan Hamilton Kennedy, Esquire Colorado Bar No. 50275 1975 North Grant Street, # 421 Denver, CO 80203 (303) 345-3397 alan.kennedy@aya.yale.edu PROPOSED INTERVENOR-DEFENDANT. 6 Case 6:20-cv-00660-JDK Document 32 Filed 01/01/21 Page 7 of 7 PageID #: 405 Timothy P. Dowling Pro se Texas State Bar No. 06083900 8017 Villefranche Dr. Corpus Christi, TX 78414 (361) 960-3135 Relampago@aol.com 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: 7

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