State of Washington, et al., v. Trump., et al

Filing 127

MOTION to Shorten Time for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Plaintiffs re 125 MOTION for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion , filed by Amicus International Law Scholars and Nongovernmental Organizations. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order) Noting Date 3/13/2017, (McMillan, Joseph)

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1 THE HONORABLE JAMES ROBART 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 9 STATE OF WASHINGTON, et al., 10 11 12 Plaintiffs, v. DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00141-JLR INTERNATIONAL LAW SCHOLARS’ AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS’ MOTION TO SHORTEN TIME FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS 13 Defendants. 14 NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: Monday, March 13, 2017 15 16 17 Proposed Amici, International law Scholars and Nongovernmental Organizations, 18 respectfully move for an order shortening time for consideration of their Motion for Leave to 19 File Amicus Curiae Brief of International Law Scholars and Nongovernmental Organizations in 20 Support of Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion to Enforce Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. #119). The 21 pertinent details regarding this motion are as follows: 22 23 Underlying Motion 24 25 Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief of International Law Scholars and Nongovernmental Organizations in Support of Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion to Enforce Preliminary Injunction 26 Perkins Coie LLP AMICI’S MOTION TO SHORTEN TIME (NO. 2:17-CV-00141-JLR) – 1 134726987 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000 1 2 3 4 5 Date on which Underlying Motion would be noted for consideration per Local Rule 7(d) absent this Motion to Shorten Time: Friday, March 31, 2017 Date on which Proposed Amici request Underlying Motion be considered Monday, March 13, 2017 Date on which Proposed Amici request this Motion to Shorten Time be considered Monday, March 13, 2017 6 7 The interests of justice will be served by permitting Proposed Amici’s Motion for Leave 8 to File Amicus Curiae Brief of International Law Scholars and Nongovernmental Organizations 9 in Support of Plaintiffs to be heard on shortened time. If this Motion to Shorten Time is not 10 granted, Local Rule 7(d) provides that Proposed Amici’s Underlying Motion would not be 11 considered until March 31, 2017, a date likely to be well after this Court has considered the 12 merits of the legal issues to which Proposed Amici’s amicus brief pertains. 13 proposed Amici respectfully request that the Court give immediate consideration to its request for 14 leave to file an amicus curiae brief addressing treaty provisions and international law principles 15 relevant to the legality of Executive Order 13780, issued March 6, 2017. 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 // 26 Accordingly, // Perkins Coie LLP AMICI’S MOTION TO SHORTEN TIME (NO. 2:17-CV-00141-JLR) – 2 134726987 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000 1 2 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 13th day of March, 2017. 3 By: s/ Aaron X. Fellmeth Aaron X. Fellmeth Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Mail Code 9520 111 E. Taylor St. Phoenix, AZ 85004-4467 Telephone: 480.241.8414 aaron.fellmeth@asu.edu 4 5 6 7 8 9 By: s/ Jonathan Hafetz Jonathan Hafetz Seton Hall University School of Law One Newark Center Newark, NJ 07102 Telephone: 917.355.6896 jonathan.hafetz@shu.edu 10 11 12 13 14 Counsel for Proposed Amici Curiae (Pro Hac Vice Application Pending) 15 21 By: s/ Joseph M. McMillan By: s/ Michelle L. Maley Joseph M. McMillan, WSBA No. 26527 Michelle L. Maley, WSBA No. 51318 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Telephone: 206.359.8000 Facsimile: 206.359.9000 JMcMillan@perkinscoie.com MMaley@perkinscoie.com 22 Local Counsel for Proposed Amici Curiae 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 Perkins Coie LLP AMICI’S MOTION TO SHORTEN TIME (NO. 2:17-CV-00141-JLR) – 3 134726987 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on March 13, 2017, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk 3 of the Court using the United States District Court ECF system, which will send notification of 4 such filing to all attorneys of record. 5 6 DATED: March 13, 2017 By: s/ Aaron X. Fellmeth Aaron X. Fellmeth Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Mail Code 9520 111 E. Taylor St. Phoenix, AZ 85004-4467 Telephone: 480.241.8414 aaron.fellmeth@asu.edu 7 8 9 10 11 By: s/ Jonathan Hafetz Jonathan Hafetz Seton Hall University School of Law One Newark Center Newark, NJ 07102 Telephone: 917.355.6896 jonathan.hafetz@shu.edu 12 13 14 15 16 Counsel for Proposed Amici Curiae (Pro Hac Vice Application Pending) 17 18 By: s/ Joseph M. McMillan By: s/ Michelle L. Maley Joseph M. McMillan, WSBA No. 26527 Michelle L. Maley, WSBA No. 51318 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Telephone: 206.359.8000 Facsimile: 206.359.9000 JMcMillan@perkinscoie.com MMaley@perkinscoie.com 19 20 21 22 23 24 Local Counsel for Proposed Amici Curiae 25 26 Perkins Coie LLP CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (NO. 2:17-CV-00141-JLR) – 1 134726987 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000

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