Case 2:17-cv-00178-JLR Document 96 Filed 12/30/17 Page 1 of 5 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. PLAINTIFFS’ JOINT NOTICE IN RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS’ EMERGENCY MOTION FOR STAY OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PENDING APPEAL (RELATING TO BOTH CASES) 14 15 JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE, et al., Plaintiffs, 16 17 18 CASE NO. C17-1707JLR v. DONALD TRUMP, et al., Defendants. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 PLAINTIFFS’ JOINT NOTICE Nos. 17-cv-01707-JLR, 17-cv-00178-JLR 138038788.1 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000 Case 2:17-cv-00178-JLR Document 96 Filed 12/30/17 Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Defendants’ “Emergency Motion for a Stay of Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal,” which was filed at 4:33 p.m. on Friday afternoon of a holiday weekend, is both procedurally improper and transparent gamesmanship that should not be countenanced by this Court. First, Defendants’ characterization of the motion as an “emergency motion” is questionable, as they 6 waited almost a full week since this Court’s December 23, 2017 Order Issuing a Preliminary 7 Injunction to file it. 1 Second, Defendants’ motion is neither a motion for a stay pending appeal 8 (there is no pending appeal), nor is it analogous to a motion for a temporary restraining order, as 9 Defendants claim. See Dkt. 95 at n.1. A motion for a temporary restraining order is governed by 10 11 12 13 Fed. R. Civ. P. 65, which provides that the parties and their agents can be bound by such an order. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d)(2). Defendants’ motion, though, seeks to enjoin the Court from enforcing its December 23, 2017 Order. See Dkt. 95 at 1 (“Defendants hereby move the Court to 14 stay its preliminary injunction barring enforcement of two provisions of the October 23, 2017, 15 Memorandum to the President.”). Defendants’ motion is best characterized as a second Motion 16 for Reconsideration, although Defendants fail to point to any changed circumstances or any other 17 factors that would justify a second motion for reconsideration. 2 Accordingly, unless the Court 18 19 20 21 directs otherwise, Plaintiffs propose to respond to Defendants’ motion on January 5, 2018. Plaintiffs respectfully request that Doe Plaintiffs and the JFS Plaintiffs be permitted to submit separate briefing in response to the motion. 22 23 24 1 25 26 The claim that Defendants’ motion is an “emergency” is further belied by the fact that Defendants admit that they are permitting Joseph Doe’s family members to move forward with travel to the United States despite being subject to both the SAO and FTJ ban. See Dkt. 95 at 9. 2 While Defendants’ first Motion for Reconsideration questioned only the scope of the injunction issued by the Court, this second motion questions the basis for that injunctive relief. PLAINTIFFS’ JOINT NOTICE Nos. 17-cv-01707-JLR, 17-cv-00178-JLR –1 138038788.1 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000 Case 2:17-cv-00178-JLR Document 96 Filed 12/30/17 Page 3 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Lauren Watts Staniar David Burman, WSBA No. 10611 Lauren Watts Staniar, WSBA No. 48741 Tyler Roberts, WSBA No. 52688 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Telephone: (206) 359.8000 Facsimile: (206) 359.9000 dburman@perkinscoie.com lstaniar@perkinscoie.com troberts@perkinscoie.com Mariko Hirose, Pro Hac Vice Deepa Alagesan, Pro Hac Vice Linda Evarts, Pro Hac Vice Kathryn C. Meyer, Pro Hac Vice International Refugee Assistance Project 40 Rector Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10006 Tel: (646) 459-3044 mhirose@refugeerights.org dalagesan@refugeerights.org levarts@refugeerights.org kmeyer@refugeerights.org Elizabeth Sweet, Pro Hac Vice Mark Hetfield, Pro Hac Vice HIAS, Inc. 1300 Spring Street, Suite 500 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Tel: 301-844-7300 liz.sweet@hias.org mark.hetfield@hias.org DATED: December 30, 2017 Justin B. Cox, Pro Hac Vice National Immigration Law Center PO Box 170208 Atlanta, GA 30317 Tel: (678) 279-5441 Fax: (213) 639-3911 cox@nilc.org Karen C. Tumlin, Pro Hac Vice Melissa S. Keaney, Pro Hac Vice Esther H. Sung, Pro Hac Vice National Immigration Law Center 3450 Wilshire Blvd, #108-62 Los Angeles, CA 90010 Tel: (213) 639-3900 Fax: (213) 639-3911 tumlin@nilc.org keaney@nilc.org sung@nilc.org Lauren E. Aguiar, Pro Hac Vice Mollie M. Kornreich, Pro Hac Vice Abigail E. Davis, Pro Hac Vice Four Times Square New York, NY 10036 Tel: (212) 735-3000 Fax: (212) 735-2000 lauren.aguiar@probonolaw.com mollie.kornreich@probonolaw.com abigail.sheehan@probonolaw.com Counsel for Plaintiffs Jewish Family Service, et al. 23 24 25 26 PLAINTIFFS’ JOINT NOTICE Nos. 17-cv-01707-JLR, 17-cv-00178-JLR–2 138038788.1 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000 Case 2:17-cv-00178-JLR Document 96 Filed 12/30/17 Page 4 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION Emily Chiang, WSBA # 50517 Lisa Nowlin, WSBA # 51512 901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 630 Seattle, WA 98164 Telephone: (206) 624-2184 Email: echiang@aclu-wa.org Email: lnowlin@aclu-wa.org Attorneys for Plaintiff Joseph Doe 8 9 10 KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P. Lynn Lincoln Sarko, WSBA # 16569 Tana Lin, WSBA # 35271 Amy Williams-Derry, WSBA # 28711 Derek W. Loeser, WSBA # 24274 Alison S. Gaffney, WSBA # 45565 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: (206) 623-1900 Facsimile: (206) 623-3384 Email: lsarko@kellerrohrback.com Email: tlin@kellerrohrback.com Email: awilliams-derry@kellerrohrback.com Email: dloeser@kellerrohrback.com Email: agaffney@kellerrohrback.com Laurie B. Ashton (admitted pro hac vice) 3101 North Central Avenue, Suite 1400 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2600 Telephone: (602) 248-0088 Facsimile: (602) 248-2822 Email: lashton@kellerrohrback.com 11 12 13 14 Alison Chase (admitted pro hac vice) 1129 State Street, Suite 8 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Telephone: (805) 456-1496 Facsimile: (805) 456-1497 Email: achase@kellerrohrback.com 15 16 17 18 Attorneys for Plaintiff Joseph Doe / Cooperating Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 PLAINTIFFS’ JOINT NOTICE Nos. 17-cv-01707-JLR, 17-cv-00178-JLR –1 138038788.1 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000 Case 2:17-cv-00178-JLR Document 96 Filed 12/30/17 Page 5 of 5 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on December 30, 2017, I electronically filed the foregoing document 3 with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing 4 to all of the registered CM/ECF users for this case. 5 6 7 8 I hereby declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of Washington that the foregoing is true and correct. DATED this 30th day of December, 2017. 9 /s/ Lauren Watts Staniar Lauren Watts Staniar, WSBA No. 48741 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 PLAINTIFFS’ JOINT NOTICE Nos. 17-cv-01707-JLR, 17-cv-00178-JLR–2 138038788.1 Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900 Seattle, WA 98101-3099 Phone: 206.359.8000 Fax: 206.359.9000