Case 2:17-cv-00178-JLR Document 85 Filed 12/13/17 Page 1 of 2

1

THE HONORABLE JAMES L. ROBART

2
3
4
5
6
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

7
8
9

JOHN DOES, et al.,

10
11
12

CASE NO. C17-0178JLR
Plaintiffs,

v.
DONALD TRUMP, et al.,

13

Defendants.

DECLARATION OF STEPHEN
POELLOT IN SUPPORT OF
PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
(RELATING TO CASE NO. C17-1707JLR)

14
15

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

16
17
18

CASE NO. C17-1707JLR

v.
DONALD TRUMP, et al.,
Defendants.

19
20

Declaration of Stephen Poellot

21
22
23
24
25
26

I, Stephen Poellot, upon my personal knowledge, hereby declare as follows:
1.

I am the Legal Director of the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), a

project of the Urban Justice Center, Inc.
2.

Doe 1 has been a client of an IRAP-affiliated pro bono legal team since

September 2015.

POELLOT DECLARATION
NO. C17-1707-JLR– 1
137847291.2

Perkins Coie LLP

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
Seattle, WA 98101-3099
Phone: 206.359.8000
Fax: 206.359.9000

 

Case Document 85 Filed 12/13/17 Page 2 of 2

3. On September 29, 2017, 1 received an email, with other individuals from IRAP
and the State Department copied, from Margaret Pickering, an attorney adviser in the Human
Rights and Refugees section of the Of?ce of the Legal Adviser at the Department of State. The

email con?rmed that Doe 1 was ready for departure and would be scheduled for travel.

I declare under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the United States that the

foregoing is true and correct. Executed in New York on December 13, 2017.
.7
7



. ..


 

. 
Stephen Poellot

POELLOT DECLARATION Perkins Coie LLP

NO C17-1707-JLR 2 1201 Third Avenue. Suite 4900
Seattle, WA 98101?3099

Phone: 206.359.8000
'3784729' 2 Fax: 206.359.9000