Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 1 of 14

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1 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 1 of 14 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO DIVISION SHANNON PEREZ, et al., Plaintiffs, and UNITED STATES of AMERICA, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Civil Action No. 5:11-cv-360 (OLG-JES-XR) Three-Judge Court [Lead Case] v. STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Defendants. MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (MALC), v. Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 5:11-cv-361 (OLG-JES-XR) Three-Judge Court [Consolidated Case] STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Defendants. TEXAS LATINO REDISTRICTING TASK FORCE, et al., v. Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 5:11-cv-490 (OLG-JES-XR) Three-Judge Court [Consolidated Case] RICK PERRY, Defendant.

2 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 2 of 14 MARGARITA V. QUESADA, et al., v. RICK PERRY, et al., Plaintiffs, Defendants. Civil Action No. 5:11-cv-592 (OLG-JES-XR) Three-Judge Court [Consolidated Case] JOHN T. MORRIS, v. Plaintiff, STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Civil Action No. 5:11-cv-615 (OLG-JES-XR) Three-Judge Court [Consolidated Case] Defendants. EDDIE RODRIGUEZ, et al., v. RICK PERRY, et al., Plaintiffs, Defendants. Civil Action No. 5:11-cv-635 (OLG-JES-XR) Three-Judge Court [Consolidated Case] JOINT ADVISORY REGARDING A PROPOSED POST-TRIAL BRIEFING SCHEDULE Plaintiff-Intervenor the United States, on behalf of all parties, files this Joint Advisory Regarding a Proposed Post-Trial Briefing Schedule. Pursuant to this Court s directive, the parties have conferred regarding a schedule for the filing of post-trial briefs concerning Texas s 2011 House Plan and 2011 Congressional Plan. The parties hereby notify the Court that they have agreed to the following proposed schedule and page limits for post-trial briefs:

3 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 3 of All parties would file their post-trial briefs and proposed findings of fact by October 2, Briefs concerning both the House and Congressional Plans would be limited to 75 pages; briefs concerning only one plan would be limited to 35 pages. There would be no page limitation on proposed findings of fact. 2. Reply briefs would be due by October 23, With regard to the length of reply briefs, the parties agreed generally to a page limit of 35 pages. Texas today requested that it be given a total of 75 pages to respond to all parties in a single, unified brief. All parties who responded by the time of the filing of this Advisory agreed to Texas s proposal. However, not all parties had responded at the time of this filing. 2

4 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 4 of 14 Date: August 25, 2014 ROBERT L. PITMAN United States Attorney Western District of Texas Respectfully submitted, MOLLY J. MORAN Acting Assistant Attorney General Civil Rights Division /s/ Jaye Allison Sitton T. CHRISTIAN HERREN, JR. TIMOTHY F. MELLETT BRYAN L. SELLS JAYE ALLISON SITTON DANIEL J. FREEMAN MICHELLE A. MCLEOD ERIN M. VELANDY Attorneys, Voting Section Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice NWB Room Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C Telephone: (202) Facsimile: (202) jaye.sitton@usdoj.gov Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor the United States /s/ David R. Richards DAVID R. RICHARDS Richards, Rodriguez & Skeith, LLP 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 1200 Austin, Texas Telephone: (512) davidr@rrsfirm.com Counsel for Perez Plaintiffs 3

5 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 5 of 14 /s/ Renea Hicks RENEA HICKS Attorney at Law Texas Bar No Law Office of Max Renea Hicks 101 West 6th Street Austin, Texas Telephone: (512) Facsimile: (512) rhicks@renea-hicks.com KAREN M. KENNARD City Attorney Texas Bar No City of Austin Law Department P.O. Box 1088 Austin, Texas Telephone: (512) Facsimile: (512) karen.kennard@ci.austin.tx.us MARC ERIK ELIAS Admitted Pro Hac Vice Perkins Coie LLP th Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, D.C Telephone: (202) Facsimile: (202) melias@perkinscoie.com ABHA KHANNA Admitted Pro Hac Vice Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800 Seattle, Washington Telephone: (206) Facsimilie: (202) akhanna@perkinscoie.com 4

6 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 6 of 14 DAVID ESCAMILLA Travis County Attorney Texas Bar No P.O. Box 1748 Austin, Texas Telephone: (512) Facsimile: (512) david.escamilla@co.travis.tx.us Counsel for Rodriguez Plaintiffs /s/ J. Gerald Hebert J. GERALD HEBERT D.C. Bar No Attorney at Law 191 Somerville Street, Suite 405 Alexandria, Virginia Telephone: (703) hebert@voterlaw.com GERALD H. GOLDSTEIN Goldstein, Goldstein and Hilley 310 South St. Mary s Street 29th Floor Tower Life Building San Antonio, Texas Phone: (210) Facsimile: (210) PAUL M. SMITH D.C. Bar No MICHAEL B. DESANCTIS D.C. Bar No JESSICA RING AMUNSON D.C. Bar No Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C JESSE GAINES Texas Bar No P.O. Box Fort Worth, Texas Telephone: (817) Counsel for the Quesada Plaintiffs 5

7 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 7 of 14 /s/ Nina Perales NINA PERALES Marisa Bono Nicolas Espiritu Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund 110 Broadway Street, Suite 300 San Antonio, Texas Telephone: (210) Facsimile: (210) nperales@maldef.org ROBERT W. WILSON Mark Anthony Sanchez Gale, Wilson & Sanchez, PLLC 115 East Travis, 19th Floor San Antonio, Texas rwwilson@gws-law.com Counsel for Plaintiff Latino Redistricting Task Force /s/ Jose Garza JOSE GARZA Law Office of Jose Garza 7414 Robin Rest Drive San Antonio, Texas Telephone: (210) garzpalm@aol.com Counsel for Plaintiff Mexican American Legislative Caucus 6

8 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 8 of 14 /s/ Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. LUIS ROBERTO VERA, JR. National General Counsel, League of United Latin American Citizens Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. and Associates 1325 Riverview Towers 111 Soledad San Antonio, Texas Telephone: (210) lrvlaw@sbcglobal.net Counsel for LULAC Plaintiffs /s/ Gary L. Bledsoe GARY L. BLEDSOE Law Office of Gary L. Bledsoe and Associates Texas Bar No West 12th Street, Suite 307 Austin, Texas Telephone: (512) Facsimile: (512) Garybledsoe@sbcglobal.net Counsel for African-American Congressionial Plaintiffs /s/ Allison Jean Riggs ALLISON JEAN RIGGS ANITA SUE EARLS Southern Coalition for Social Justice 1415 West Highway 54, Suite 101 Durham, North Carolina Telephone: (919) , ext 117 Facsimile: (919) allison@southerncoalition.org ROBERT STEPHEN NOTZON Law Office of Robert S. Notzon 1502 West Avenue Austin, Texas Telephone: (512) Facsimile: (512) robert@notzonlaw.com 7

9 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 9 of 14 VICTOR L. GOODE National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 4805 Mt. Hope Drive Baltimore, Maryland Telephone: (410) Facsimile: (410) vgoode@naacpnet.org Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Texas State Conference of NAACP Branches /s/ Chad W. Dunn CHAD W. DUNN Attorney In Charge Texas Bar No General Counsel Texas Democratic Party K. SCOTT BRAZIL Texas Bar No Brazil & Dunn 4201 FM 1960 West, Suite 530 Houston, Texas Telephone: (281) Facsimile: (281) duncha@sbcglobal.net Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Texas Democratic Party /s/ Rolando L. Rios ROLANDO L. RIOS Attorney at Law 115 East Travis, Suite 1645 San Antonio, Texas Telephone: (210) \ Facsimile: (210) rios@rolandorioslaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Congressman Henry Cuellar 8

10 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 10 of 14 GREG ABBOTT Attorney General of Texas DANIEL T. HODGE First Assistant Attorney General DAVID C. MATTAX Deputy Attorney General for Defense Litigation J. REED CLAY, JR. Special Assistant and Senior Counsel to the Attorney General /s/ Patrick K. Sweeten PATRICK K. SWEETEN Chief, Special Litigation Division Texas Bar No Attorneys for the State of Texas, Rick Perry, and Nandita Berry 9

11 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 11 of 14 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on August 25, 2014, I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing via the Court s ECF system on the following counsel of record: David R. Richards Richards Rodriguez & Skeith, LLP davidr@rrsfirm.com Richard E. Grey III Gray & Becker, P.C. rick.gray@graybecker.com Counsel for Perez Plaintiffs and Plaintiff-Intervenors Pete Gallego and Filemon Vela Jr. Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. Law Offices of Luis Roberto Vera, Jr. & Associates lrvlaw@sbcglobal.net George Joseph Korbel Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc. gkorbel@trla.org Counsel for Plaintiff League of United Latin American Citizens John T. Morris johnmorris1939@hotmail.com Pro Se Plaintiff Nina Perales Marisa Bono Nicolas Espiritu Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund nperales@maldef.org mbono@maldef.org nespiritu@maldef.org Mark Anthony Sanchez Robert W. Wilson Gale, Wilson & Sanchez, PLLC masanchez@gws-law.com rwwilson@gws-law.com Counsel for Plaintiff Latino Redistricting Task Force Jose Garza Law Office of Jose Garza garzpalm@aol.com Mark W. Kiehne Ricardo G. Cedillo Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza mkiehne@lawdcm.com rcedillo@lawdcm.com Joaquin G. Avila Seattle University School of Law avilaj@seattleu.edu Cynthia B. Jones Jones Legal Group, LLC jones.cynthiab@gmail.com Counsel for Plaintiff Mexican American Legislative Caucus

12 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 12 of 14 Karen M. Kennard City of Austin Law Department Max Renea Hicks Law Office of Max Renea Hicks Manuel Escobar, Jr. Manuel G. Escobar Law Office Marc Erik Elias Abha Khanna Perkins Coie LLP S. Abraham Kuczaj, III Stephen E. McConnico Sam Johnson Scott Douglass & McConnico, LLP David Escamilla Travis County Ass t Attorney david.escamilla@co.travis.tx.us Counsel for Rodriguez Plaintiffs Gerald Harris Goldstein Donald H. Flanary, III Goldstein, Goldstein and Hilley ggandh@aol.com donflanary@hotmail.com Paul M. Smith Michael B. DeSanctis Jessica Ring Amunson Jenner & Block LLP psmith@jenner.com mdesanctis@jenner.com jamunson@jenner.com J. Gerald Hebert Law Office of Joseph Gerald Hebert hebert@voterlaw.com Jesse Gaines Law Office of Jesse Gaines gainesjesse@ymail.com Counsel for Quesada Plaintiff-Intervenors Rolando L. Rios Law Offices of Rolando L. Rios rrios@rolandorioslaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Henry Cuellar

13 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 13 of 14 Gary L. Bledsoe Law Office of Gary L. Bledsoe Victor L. Goode NAACP Robert Notzon Law Office of Robert Notzon Anita Sue Earls Allison Jean Riggs Southern Coalition for Social Justice Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Texas State Conference of NAACP Braches Chad W. Dunn K. Scott Brazil Brazil & Dunn Hector De Leon Benjamin S. De Leon De Leon & Washburn, P.C. Eric Christopher Opiela Eric Opiela PLLC Christopher K. Gober Michael Hilgers Gober Hilgers PLLC James Edwin Trainor, III Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP Joseph M. Nixon Beirne Maynard & Parsons LLP Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenors Joe Barton et al. Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Texas Democratic Party John K. Tanner John Tanner Law Office 3743 Military Rd. NW Washington, DC Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Texas Legislative Black Caucus

14 Case 5:11-cv OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 14 of 14 David Mattax Patrick K. Sweeten Angela V. Colmenero Matthew Frederick Ana M. Jordan Jennifer Settle Jackson Adam Bitter William T. Deane Summer R. Lee Michael B. Neill Office of the Texas Attorney General texasattorneygeneral.gov texasattorneygeneral.gov Counsel for Defendants State of Texas and Rick Perry and Defendant-Intervenors David Dewhurst, Joe Strauss, and John Steen Donna Garcia Davidson Donna G. Daviddson Law Firm Frank M. Reilly Potts & Reilly, LLP Counsel for Defendant-Intervenors Steve Munisteri Kent M. Adams Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard, & Smith LLP Counsel to Defendant-Intervenor Sarah M. Davis Clarkson F. Brown Bexar County District Attorney s Office, 101 W Nueva, Suite 5049 San Antonio, TX (210) clarkb@bexar.org Counsel for Amicus Curiae Bexar County Ned Bennet Sandlin Texas Municipal League bennett@tml.org Counsel for Amicus Curiae Texas Municipal League Manuel A. Pelaez-Prada Pelaez Prada, PLLC mpp@lonestaradr.com Counsel for Amicus Curiae San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce /s/ Jaye Allison Sitton JAYE ALLISON SITTON Attorney, Voting Section Civil Rights Division U.S. Department of Justice NWB Room Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C jaye.sitton@usdoj.gov