Issa v. Newsom ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DARRELL ISSA, et al., No. 2:20-cv-01044-MCE-CKD (and related case) 12 Plaintiffs, No. 2:20-cv-01055-MCE-CKD 13 v. 14 GAVIN NEWSOM, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of California, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE; ORDER 17 et al., 18 Plaintiffs, 19 v. 20 GAVIN NEWSOM, in his official capacity as Governor of California, et al., 21 Defendants. 22 DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL 23 CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, et al., 24 Intervenor-Defendants. 25 26 27 28 HADES 6 LDN EM LUT IVING MIU OA eee Pah oe 1 Through the motions presently before the Court, the Public Interest Legal 2 || Foundation (“PILF”) seeks leave to file amicus briefs in the above-captioned cases on 3 || grounds that it can provide useful information to the Court on California’s voter roll and 4 || the potential for voter fraud in an election conducted entirely by mail.' None of the 5 || parties oppose these motions. See RNC Plaintiffs’ Response, Case No. 2:20-cv-0155- 6 | MCE-CKD, ECF No. 54 (statement of non-opposition). 7 Whether to permit an amicus filing rests solely with this Court’s discretion, with 8 || “great liberality” typically exercised in permitting amicus curiae briefing in the context of a 9 | pending case. In re Roxford Foods Litig., 790 F. Supp. 987, 997 (E.D. Cal. 1991). 10 | Given that liberal standard, and after considering the merits of PILF’s position, the Court 11 || exercises its discretion in favor of permitting the requested amicus filing. Therefore, 12 | PILF’s Motions for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Briefs are GRANTED. 13 Not later than two (2) days following the date this Order is electronically filed, PILF 14 | is ordered to file its proposed amicus brief. The parties’ responses, if any, to the amicus 15 | brief shall be filed not later than fourteen (14) days after this order is electronically filed 16 || and shall not exceed ten (10) pages. No reply will be permitted. 17 IT |S SO ORDERED. 18 19 | Dated: June 19, 2020 20 UNITED STATES DISTRI 22 23 24 25 26 27 □ 28 and Mot io File Amioue Cuine Bret Goce No. OER MCE-CKD ECE No.4, □□□ 29,