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1 Paul D. Clement (DC Bar 433215) [email protected] 2 H. Christopher Bartolomucci (DC Bar 453423) 3 [email protected] Nicholas J. Nelson (DC Bar 1001696) 4 [email protected] 5 Michael H. McGinley (DC Bar 1006943) [email protected] 6 7 BANCROFT PLLC 1919 M Street, N.W. 8 Suite 470 9 Washington, D.C. 20036 10 202-234-0090 (telephone) 202-234-2806 (facsimile) 11 12 Of Counsel: Kerry W. Kircher, General Counsel (DC Bar 386816) 13 [email protected] 14 William Pittard, Deputy General Counsel (DC Bar 482949) [email protected] 15 Christine Davenport, Senior Assistant Counsel (NJ Bar 043682000) 16 [email protected] Todd B. Tatelman, Assistant Counsel (VA Bar 66008) 17 [email protected] 18 Mary Beth Walker, Assistant Counsel (DC Bar 501033) [email protected] 19 Eleni M. Roumel, Assistant Counsel (SC Bar 75763) 20 [email protected] 21 OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, 22 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 219 Cannon House Office Building 23 Washington, D.C. 20515 24 202-225-9700 (telephone) 202-226-1360 (facsimile) 25 26 Counsel for Intervenor-Defendant Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives 27 28
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Western Division ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
TRACEY COOPER-HARRIS and MAGGIE COOPER-HARRIS, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants,
No. 2:12-cv-00887-CBM (AJWx) MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE TESTIMONY OF DR. LAWRENCE J. KORB AND MAJ. GEN. (RET.) DENNIS LAICH
11 BIPARTISAN LEGAL ADVISORY 12 GROUP OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 13 Intervenor-Defendant. 14 15 16
Hearing: December 10, 2012 Time: 10:00 a.m. Hon. Consuelo B. Marshall
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the
17 U.S. House of Representatives (House) will move this Court on December 10, 18 2012, at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, in the U.S. 19 District Court, Courtroom 2, 312 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, for an 20 order granting the Houses Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Dr. Lawrence J. 21 Korb and Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dennis Laich, including from any dispositive motion 22 filings and/or at trial. 23 24 25 MOTION TO EXCLUDE THE TESTIMONY OF DR. LAWRENCE J. KORB AND MAJ. GEN. (RET.) DENNIS LAICH Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 702, and for the reasons set forth in the
26 accompanying Memorandum of Points and Authorities, the Bipartisan Legal 27 Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives (House) respectfully 28 1
1 moves for an order of the Court excluding the testimony of Dr. Lawrence J. Korb 2 and Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dennis Laich. 3 4 LOCAL RULE 7-3 STATEMENT On November 5, 2012, counsel for the House conferred with Christine Sun,
5 counsel for Plaintiffs, who informed us that Plaintiffs oppose this motion. 6 On November 5, 2012, counsel for the House also conferred with Jean Lin, 7 U.S. Department of Justice, who informed us that defendants United States of 8 America, Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., and Secretary of Veterans Affairs 9 Eric K. Shinseki, take no position with respect to this motion. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 November 6, 2012 21 22 23 24
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A proposed Order is submitted herewith. Oral argument is not requested. Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ H. Christopher Bartolomucci H. Christopher Bartolomucci BANCROFT PLLC Counsel for Intervenor-Defendant the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives1
The Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, which speaks for the House in litigation matters,
25 currently is comprised of the Honorable John A. Boehner, Speaker of the House, the Honorable 26 Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, and the Honorable Steny H. Hoyer, Democratic Whip. The 27 Democratic Leader and the Democratic Whip have declined to support the position taken by the
Group on the merits of DOMA Section 3s constitutionality in this case. Eric Cantor, Majority Leader, the Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Majority Whip, the Honorable
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on November 6, 2012, I electronically filed the foregoing Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Dr. Lawrence J. Korb and Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dennis Laich with the Clerk of Court by using the CM/ECF system, which provided an electronic notice and electronic link of the same to the following attorneys of record through the Courts CM/ECF system: Caren E. Short, Esquire Christine P. Sun, Esquire Joseph J. Levin, Jr., Esquire SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER 400 Washington Avenue Montgomery, Alabama 36104 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Daniel S. Noble, Esquire Adam P. Romero, WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE & DORR LLP 399 Park Avenue New York City, New York 10022 [email protected] [email protected] Eugene Marder, Esquire WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE & DORR LLP 950 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California 94304 [email protected]
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Randall R. Lee, Esquire Matthew D. Benedetto, Esquire WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE & DORR LLP 350 South Grand Avenue Suite 2100 Los Angeles, California 90071 [email protected] [email protected] Jean Lin, Trial Attorney U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Civil Division - Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest Washington, District of Columbia 20530 [email protected]
/s/ Mary Beth Walker Mary Beth Walker
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Western Division ) ) No. 2:12-cv-00887-CBM (AJWx) ) ) ) ) ) ) [PROPOSED] ORDER ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
4 TRACEY COOPER-HARRIS and 5 MAGGIE COOPER-HARRIS, 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., 10 11 Defendants, Plaintiffs, v.
BIPARTISAN LEGAL ADVISORY 12 GROUP OF THE U.S. HOUSE 13 OF REPRESENTATIVES, 14 15 16 Intervenor-Defendant.
UPON CONSIDERATION of Intervenor-Defendants Motion to Exclude
17 Testimony of Dr. Lawrence J. Korb and Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dennis Laich, the 18 opposition, if any, and the entire record herein, it is by this Court this __ day of 19 ________, 2012, hereby ORDERED 20 21 That the Motion is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That the testimony and reports of Dr. Korb and Gen. Laich are EXCLUDED
22 from the record in this case, and shall not be further adduced in the record or cited 23 to by the parties in any dispositive motion or response thereto, or used at trial. 24 25 26 27 28 _____________________________ Honorable Consuelo B. Marshall United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Western Division ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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BIPARTISAN LEGAL ADVISORY 12 GROUP OF THE U.S. HOUSE 13 OF REPRESENTATIVES, 14 15 16 Intervenor-Defendant.

UPON CONSIDERATION of Intervenor-Defendants Motion to Exclude

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