Case 1:17-cv-00255-TSC Document 138 Filed 01/10/18 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PARS EQUALITY CENTER, IRANIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, PUBLIC AFFAIRS ALLIANCE OF IRANIAN AMERICANS, INC., et al., Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-255 Hon. Tanya S. Chutkan Plaintiffs, v. DONALD J. TRUMP et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFFS’ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF A CASE MANAGEMENT SCHEDULE The Government’s opposition (ECF No. 137) warrants a brief response. 1. The Government urges the Court to “stay this case pending resolution” of appellate proceedings in other cases. Opp. 2-3. The Government’s submission, however, nowhere discusses the legal standard for granting a stay. Those standards are not met here. The D.C. Circuit in Dellinger v. Mitchell stated that an applicant “for a stay must make out a clear case of hardship or inequity in being required to go forward, if there is even a fair possibility that the stay for which he prays will work damage to someone else.” 442 F.2d 782, 785 (D.C. Cir. 1971) (citing Landis v. North America Co., 299 U.S. 248 (1936)). The Government does not meet those requirements. Nor can the Government show that a stay is appropriate in light of the D.C. Circuit endorsement that “only in a rare circumstance will a litigant in one cause be compelled to stand aside while a litigant in another settles the rule of law that will define the rights of both.” Id.. Plaintiffs here are advancing entirely different legal theories than the statutory claim at issue Case 1:17-cv-00255-TSC Document 138 Filed 01/10/18 Page 2 of 3 in the Ninth Circuit decision. Further, the Ninth Circuit case does not address the October 23 Memorandum. Resolution of the Ninth Circuit case will not affect this suit. 2. The Government’s contention that entry of further injunctive relief “would be directly at odds with the Supreme Court’s stay orders,” Opp. 2, is refuted by the Ninth Circuit and the Western District of Washington decisions. See ECF No. 135 Ex. 1 & 2. Indeed, since the Government made that argument, the Western District of Washington has entered a second order expressly rejecting the Government’s position. See Exhibit 1. 3. The Government argues that the Court need do nothing regarding refugees because the Refugee Ban will “imminently become moot” since the “SAO review period is scheduled to last no more than 90 days.” Opp. 3. But the Government has repeatedly demonstrated over the course of this litigation that it is prepared to extend these review periods far beyond their initial limits. 4. The Government also argues that the Court should limit any scheduling order to a briefing schedule on a motion to dismiss and requests at least 21 days to submit a motion. Defendants have already submitted three full-length briefs raising Rule 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6)style arguments. ECF Nos. 26, 50, & 113. This case has been pending for almost a year, during which time Plaintiffs have all continued to experience ongoing irreparable harm. The time for the Government to answer for its conduct should not be further delayed. 2 Case 1:17-cv-00255-TSC Document 138 Filed 01/10/18 Page 3 of 3 Dated: January 10, 2018 Respectfully submitted, /s/ John A. Freedman John A. Freedman (D.C. Bar # 453075) David P. Gersch (D.C. Bar # 367469) R. Stanton Jones (D.C. Bar # 987088) Nancy L. Perkins (D.C. Bar # 421574) Ronald A. Schechter (D.C. Bar # 245019) Robert N. Weiner (D.C. Bar # 298133) Samuel M. Witten (D.C. Bar # 378008) Sally L. Pei (D.C. Bar # 1030194) Sonia Tabriz (D.C. Bar # 1025020) Stephen K. Wirth (D.C. 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