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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 Petitioner-Plaintiff
Additional counsel on next page

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Ms. L.,

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v.

Case No. 18-cv-00428-DMS-MDD
Petitioner-Plaintiff,

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
and Human Services (“HHS”); Office of
Refugee Resettlement (“ORR”); Thomas
Homan, Acting Director of ICE; Greg
Archambeault, San Diego Field Office Director,
ICE; Joseph Greene, San Diego Assistant Field
Office Director, ICE, Otay Detention Facility;
Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of DHS; Jefferson
Beauregard Sessions III, Attorney General of the
United States; Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting
Commissioner of CBP; L. Francis Cissna,
Director of USCIS; Pete Flores, San Diego Field
Director, CBP; Fred Figueroa, Warden, Otay
Mesa Detention Center; Alex Azar, Secretary of
the Department of Health and Human Services;
Scott Lloyd, Director of the Office of Refugee
Resettlement,
Respondents-Defendants.

Date Filed: March 3, 2018

PETITIONER-PLAINTIFF
NOTICE OF MOTION AND
MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION WITH
(CORRECTED) EXHIBITS

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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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Petitioner-Plaintiff moves for a preliminary injunction to enjoin

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Respondents-Defendants from continuing to separate her from her daughter.

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The motion is based on the accompanying memorandum and (corrected)
exhibits.
Dated: March 3, 2018
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
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

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

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*Admitted Pro Hac Vice

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I hereby certify that on March 3, 2018, I electronically filed the
foregoing with the Clerk for the United States District Court for the Southern

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District of California by using the appellate CM/ECF system. A true and correct
copy of this brief has been served via the Court’s CM/ECF system on all counsel
of record.
/s/ Lee Gelernt
Lee Gelernt, Esq.
Dated: March 3,
2018