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Michele Molinario, Bar #020594
Derek R. Graffious, Bar #033486
JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, P.L.C.
40 North Central Avenue, Suite 2700
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Telephone: (602) 263-1700
Fax: (602) 200-7831
mmolinario@jshfirm.com
dgraffious@jshfirm.com
Attorneys for Defendants City of Flagstaff
and Mayor Coral Evans

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Joseph Martin McGhee and Gennaro Stephen
Napolitano,
Plaintiffs,

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v.

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The City of Flagstaff; Coral Evans, Sued in her
Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of
Flagstaff; Doug Ducey, Sued in his Official
Capacity as Governor of the State of Arizona,

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Defendants.

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NO. 3:20-cv-08081-GMS
DEFENDANTS CITY OF
FLAGSTAFF AND MAYOR
CORAL EVANS’ JOINDER IN
GOVERNOR DUCEY’S
RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF’S
EMERGENCY EX PARTE
APPLICATION FOR
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING
ORDER AND PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTION

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Defendants, City of Flagstaff and Mayor Coral Evans (collectively “City

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Defendants”), hereby join in Defendant Governor Ducey’s Response to Plaintiff’s

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Emergency Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Motion for

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Preliminary Injunction. [Doc. 31] Although Plaintiff’s Emergency Motion is not directed

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at City Defendants or their Proclamations, the City Defendant’s join in Defendant

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Governor Ducey’s Response due to the intertwinement of factual and legal arguments

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made that may be applicable to the City Defendants’ Proclamations that Plaintiff

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challenges. See Resolution Tr. Corp. v. Blasdell, 154 F.R.D. 675, 683 (D. Ariz. 1993)

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(acknowledging that a co-defendant has standing to respond to a motion when its position

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is adverse to the moving party).

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DATED this 5th day of May 2020.
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JONES, SKELTON & HOCHULI, P.L.C.
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By /s/ Derek R. Graffious
Michele Molinario
Derek R. Graffious
40 North Central Avenue, Suite 2700
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Attorneys for Defendants City of Flagstaff
and Mayor Coral Evans

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I hereby certify that on this 5th day of May 2020, I caused the foregoing

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document to be filed electronically with the Clerk of Court through the CM/ECF System

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for filing; and served on counsel of record via the Court’s CM/ECF system.

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/s/ Cindy Castro

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