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

Filing 176

MOTION for Extension of Time to Respond to Plaintiffs' Second Amended Complaint, filed by Defendants John Kelly, Rex Tillerson, Donald J. Trump, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States of America. (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order) Noting Date 4/7/2017, (Bennett, Michelle)

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Case 2:17-cv-00141-JLR Document 176 Filed 03/30/17 Page 1 of 5 1 The Honorable James L. Robart 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 9 STATE OF WASHINGTON, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00141 (JLR) 10 11 Plaintiffs, v. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DONALD TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; JOHN F. KELLY, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; REX W. TILLERSON, in his official capacity as Secretary of State; and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT Noted For Consideration: April 7, 2017 Defendants. Defendants hereby move the Court for an extension of time to respond to Plaintiffs’ 20 21 Second Amended Complaint (ECF No. 152), which is currently due on April 3, 2017. 22 Defendants request that this deadline be extended until ten (10) days after the Court resolves 23 Defendants’ pending Motion to Stay District Court Proceedings Pending Resolution of Appeal 24 in Hawaii v. Trump (ECF No. 175). 25 Defendants request an extension of time so that the Court may rule on their pending 26 motion to stay district court proceedings before Defendants are required to respond to the 27 28 complaint. Defendants have moved to stay proceedings here because the Ninth Circuit’s DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT State of Washington, et al. v. Trump, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00141 (JLR) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530 Tel: (202) 305-8902 Case 2:17-cv-00141-JLR Document 176 Filed 03/30/17 Page 2 of 5 1 decision in Hawaii is likely to provide substantial guidance to the Court and the parties in 2 resolving forthcoming issues in this case, including Defendants’ response to the complaint 3 (which will likely be a motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1) and 4 5 12(b)(6)). Pursuant to Local Rule 7(d)(3), however, Defendants’ motion for a stay will not be 6 fully briefed until April 14, 2017—after the current deadline for Defendants to respond to the 7 complaint. Therefore, granting the instant motion for an extension of time will conserve 8 resources by allowing the parties to obtain a ruling on the stay motion before Defendants draft 9 their motion to dismiss, which may become unnecessary at this time if the stay motion is 10 granted. 11 12 Defendants also request an extension of time because their counsel have been spending 13 significant time briefing preliminary motions in other cases challenging Executive Order No. 14 13,780, and thus, even apart from Defendants’ pending stay motion, counsel would need 15 additional time to draft a response to the complaint in this case. See, e.g., Hawaii v. Trump, 16 No. CV 17-00050 DKW-KSC (D. Haw.) (opposition to plaintiffs’ motion to convert temporary 17 restraining order to preliminary injunction filed on March 24, 2017); Pars Equality Ctr. v. 18 19 Trump, No. 1:17-cv-00255-TSC (D.D.C.) (opposition to plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary 20 injunction filed on March 28, 2017); Al-Mowafak v. Trump, No. 3:17-cv-00557-WHO (N.D. 21 Cal.) (opposition to plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction due on March 30, 2017); 22 International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump, No. 8:17-cv-00361-TDC (D. Md.) 23 (supplemental brief on jurisdictional issue due on March 31, 2017). In addition, counsel have 24 25 26 27 spent considerable time this week working on the joint status report and discovery plan that is due in this case on April 5, 2017. No prior extension of this deadline has been requested. 28 DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT - 2 State of Washington, et al. v. Trump, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00141 (JLR) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530 Tel: (202) 305-8902 Case 2:17-cv-00141-JLR Document 176 Filed 03/30/17 Page 3 of 5 1 2 3 The undersigned conferred with counsel for Plaintiffs regarding this motion. Plaintiffs offered to stipulate to a fourteen-day extension of (1) the April 3 deadline for Defendants to file a responsive pleading, and (2) the April 5 deadline for the parties’ joint status report and 4 5 discovery plan. Plaintiffs indicated that they oppose a longer extension of these deadlines. 6 (Defendants have not sought—and do not seek through this motion—to extend the April 5 7 deadline for the parties’ joint status report and discovery plan.) 8 9 The fourteen-day extension of time offered by Plaintiffs—although appreciated—will not allow Defendants to obtain a ruling on their stay motion before they are required to draft a 10 response to the complaint, because the stay motion will not be fully briefed until April 14, 11 12 13 2017. For these reasons, Defendants respectfully request that the Court grant their motion for 14 an extension of time to respond to the Second Amended Complaint, until ten (10) days after the 15 Court resolves Defendants’ pending Motion to Stay District Court Proceedings Pending 16 Resolution of Appeal in Hawaii v. Trump (ECF No. 175). In the alternative, Defendants 17 request that the Court extend the deadline by which Defendants must respond to the Second 18 19 20 21 22 23 Amended Complaint by fourteen (14) days—until April 17, 2017—as agreed to by Plaintiffs. DATED: March 30, 2017 Respectfully submitted, CHAD A. READLER Acting Assistant Attorney General JENNIFER D. RICKETTS Director, Federal Programs Branch 24 25 26 27 JOHN R. TYLER Assistant Director, Federal Programs Branch /s/ Michelle R. Bennett MICHELLE R. BENNETT DANIEL SCHWEI 28 DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT - 3 State of Washington, et al. v. Trump, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00141 (JLR) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530 Tel: (202) 305-8902 Case 2:17-cv-00141-JLR Document 176 Filed 03/30/17 Page 4 of 5 1 7 ARJUN GARG BRAD P. ROSENBERG Trial Attorneys U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Tel: (202) 305-8902 Fax: (202) 616-8470 Email: michelle.bennett@usdoj.gov arjun.garg@usdoj.gov 8 Attorneys for Defendants 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT - 4 State of Washington, et al. v. Trump, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00141 (JLR) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530 Tel: (202) 305-8902 Case 2:17-cv-00141-JLR Document 176 Filed 03/30/17 Page 5 of 5 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 3 I hereby certify that on March 30, 2017, I electronically filed the foregoing Motion for 4 an Extension of Time to Respond to Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint using the Court’s 5 CM/ECF system, causing a notice of filing to be served upon all counsel of record. 6 /s/ Michelle R. Bennett MICHELLE R. BENNETT 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT State of Washington, et al. v. Trump, et al., No. 2:17-cv-00141 (JLR) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20530 Tel: (202) 305-8902

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