Republican National Committee 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 VASO 6 □□□ EMM IVINS EN INE MUU OA Pays oe 1 Through the motions presently before the Court, the American Civil Liberties 2 | Union of Northern California, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, 3 | and the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego & Imperial Counties (collectively, 4 | “ACLU-CA”) seek leave to file amicus briefs in the above-captioned cases on grounds 5 | that they can assist the Court on the issues presented in the pending Motions for 6 | Preliminary Injunction and provide additional context and facts based on ACLU-CA’s 7 | experience in voting rights.! None of the parties oppose these motions. 8 Whether to permit an amicus filing rests solely with this Court’s discretion, with 9 | “great liberality” typically exercised in permitting amicus curiae briefing in the context of a 10 | pending case. In re Roxford Foods Litig., 790 F. Supp. 987, 997 (E.D. Cal. 1991). 11 | Given that liberal standard, and after considering the merits of ACLU-CA’s position, the 12 | Court exercises its discretion in favor of permitting the requested amicus filing. 13 | Therefore, ACLU-CA’s Motions for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Briefs are GRANTED. 14 ACLU-CA shall file their amicus briefs no later than Thursday, July 23, 2020, and 15 | the briefs shall not exceed ten (10) pages. The parties’ responses, if any, to the amicus 16 | briefs shall be filed not later than seven (7) days after the amicus briefs are filed and 17 | shall not exceed ten (10) pages. No reply will be permitted. 18 IT |S SO ORDERED. 19 | Dated: July 7, 2020 20 UNITED STATES DISTRI 22 23 24 25 26 27 □ 28 | and Mot. oto File Amicus Curine Briel Gace No 320-01 MCE-CKD. ECE No 72, No □□□