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Lee Gelernt*
Judy Rabinovitz*
Anand Balakrishnan*
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION FOUNDATION
IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS PROJECT
125 Broad St., 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004
T: (212) 549-2660
F: (212) 549-2654
lgelernt@aclu.org
jrabinovitz@aclu.org
abalakrishnan@aclu.org

Bardis Vakili (SBN 247783)
ACLU FOUNDATION OF SAN
DIEGO & IMPERIAL COUNTIES
P.O. Box 87131
San Diego, CA 92138-7131
T: (619) 398-4485
F: (619) 232-0036
bvakili@aclusandiego.org

Attorneys for Petitioners-Plaintiffs
*Admitted Pro Hac Vice
Additional counsel on next page
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Ms. L. and Ms. C.,
v.

Case No. 18-cv-00428-DMS-MDD
Petitioners-Plaintiffs,

Date Filed: March 9, 2018
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(“ICE”); U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(“DHS”); U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(“CBP”); U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (“USCIS”); U.S. Department of Health
NOTICE OF MOTION AND
and Human Services (“HHS”); Office of
MOTION FOR CLASS
Refugee Resettlement (“ORR”); Thomas
CERTIFICATION
Homan, Acting Director of ICE; Greg
Archambeault, San Diego Field Office Director,
ICE; Joseph Greene, San Diego Assistant Field
Office Director, ICE; Adrian P. Macias, El Paso
Field Director, ICE; Frances M. Jackson, El Paso
Assistant Field Office Director, ICE; Kirstjen
Nielsen, Secretary of DHS; Jefferson Beauregard
Sessions III, Attorney General of the United
States; L. Francis Cissna, Director of USCIS;
Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Commissioner of
CBP; Pete Flores, San Diego Field Director,
CBP; Hector A. Mancha Jr., El Paso Field
Director, CBP; Alex Azar, Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services;
Scott Lloyd, Director of the Office of Refugee
Resettlement,

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Respondents-Defendants.

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Spencer E. Amdur (SBN 320069)
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION
IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS PROJECT
39 Drumm Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
T: (415) 343-1198
F: (415) 395-0950
samdur@aclu.org

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TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD:

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that as soon as the matter may be heard at a date

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and time to be designated by the Court, Plaintiffs-Petitioners will and hereby do
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move this Court for an order granting class certification of the proposed class

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defined as follows:

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All adult parents nationwide who (1) are or will be detained in immigration
custody by the Department of Homeland Security, and (2) have a minor child
who is or will be separated from them by DHS and detained in ORR custody,
absent a demonstration in a hearing that the parent is unfit or presents a
danger to the child.

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Plaintiffs-Petitioners’ Motion for Class Certification is based on this Notice

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of Motion and Motion for Class Certification; the concurrently-filed Memorandum

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in Support of Plaintiff-Petitioners’ Motion for Class Certification; the Declaration

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of Bardis Vakili in Support of Plaintiffs-Petitioners’ Motion for Class Certification

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and exhibits attached thereto; all papers, pleadings, records, and files in this case;

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all matters of which judicial notice may be taken; and such other arguments and/or

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evidence as may be presented to this Court at a hearing on this Motion.
Plaintiffs-Petitioners respectfully request a hearing on this Motion.

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Dated: March 9, 2018

Respectfully Submitted,

Bardis Vakili (SBN 247783)
ACLU FOUNDATION OF SAN
DIEGO & IMPERIAL COUNTIES
P.O. Box 87131
San Diego, CA 92138-7131
T: (619) 398-4485
F: (619) 232-0036
bvakili@aclusandiego.org

/s/Lee Gelernt
Lee Gelernt*
Judy Rabinovitz*
Anand Balakrishnan*
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION FOUNDATION
IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS PROJECT
125 Broad St., 18th Floor
New York, NY 10004

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Spencer E. Amdur (SBN 320069)
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION FOUNDATION
IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS PROJECT
39 Drumm Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
T: (415) 343-1198
F: (415) 395-0950
samdur@aclu.org

T: (212) 549-2660
F: (212) 549-2654
lgelernt@aclu.org
jrabinovitz@aclu.org
abalakrishnan@aclu.org