Case 5:11-cv-00360-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.
Case 5:11-cv-00360-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:
Case 5:11-cv-00360-OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 3 of 14 1. All parties would file their post-trial briefs and proposed findings of fact by October 2, 2014. 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, 2014. 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
Case 5:11-cv-00360-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 7266 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Telephone: (202) 305-4143 Facsimile: (202) 307-3961 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 78701 Telephone: (512) 476-0005 davidr@rrsfirm.com Counsel for Perez Plaintiffs 3
Case 5:11-cv-00360-OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 5 of 14 /s/ Renea Hicks RENEA HICKS Attorney at Law Texas Bar No. 09580400 Law Office of Max Renea Hicks 101 West 6th Street Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 480-8231 Facsimile: (512) 480-9105 rhicks@renea-hicks.com KAREN M. KENNARD City Attorney Texas Bar No. 11280700 City of Austin Law Department P.O. Box 1088 Austin, Texas 78767-1088 Telephone: (512) 974-2268 Facsimile: (512) 974-6490 karen.kennard@ci.austin.tx.us MARC ERIK ELIAS Admitted Pro Hac Vice Perkins Coie LLP 700 13th Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20005-3960 Telephone: (202) 434-1609 Facsimile: (202) 654-9126 melias@perkinscoie.com ABHA KHANNA Admitted Pro Hac Vice Perkins Coie LLP 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800 Seattle, Washington 98101-3099 Telephone: (206) 359-8312 Facsimilie: (202) 359-9312 akhanna@perkinscoie.com 4
Case 5:11-cv-00360-OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 6 of 14 DAVID ESCAMILLA Travis County Attorney Texas Bar No. 06662300 P.O. Box 1748 Austin, Texas 78767 Telephone: (512) 854-9416 Facsimile: (512) 854-4808 david.escamilla@co.travis.tx.us Counsel for Rodriguez Plaintiffs /s/ J. Gerald Hebert J. GERALD HEBERT D.C. Bar No. 447676 Attorney at Law 191 Somerville Street, Suite 405 Alexandria, Virginia 22304 Telephone: (703) 628-4673 hebert@voterlaw.com GERALD H. GOLDSTEIN Goldstein, Goldstein and Hilley 310 South St. Mary s Street 29th Floor Tower Life Building San Antonio, Texas 78205 Phone: (210) 852-2858 Facsimile: (210) 226-8367 PAUL M. SMITH D.C. Bar No. 358870 MICHAEL B. DESANCTIS D.C. Bar No. 460961 JESSICA RING AMUNSON D.C. Bar No. 497223 Jenner & Block LLP 1099 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 JESSE GAINES Texas Bar No. 07570800 P.O. Box 50093 Fort Worth, Texas 76105 Telephone: (817) 714-9988 Counsel for the Quesada Plaintiffs 5
Case 5:11-cv-00360-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 78205 Telephone: (210) 224-5476 Facsimile: (210) 224-5382 nperales@maldef.org ROBERT W. WILSON Mark Anthony Sanchez Gale, Wilson & Sanchez, PLLC 115 East Travis, 19th Floor San Antonio, Texas 78205 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 78209 Telephone: (210) 392-2856 garzpalm@aol.com Counsel for Plaintiff Mexican American Legislative Caucus 6
Case 5:11-cv-00360-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 78205 Telephone: (210) 225-3300 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. 02476500 316 West 12th Street, Suite 307 Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 322-9992 Facsimile: (512) 322-0840 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 27707 Telephone: (919) 323-3380, ext 117 Facsimile: (919) 323-3942 allison@southerncoalition.org ROBERT STEPHEN NOTZON Law Office of Robert S. Notzon 1502 West Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 Telephone: (512) 474-7563 Facsimile: (512) 852-4788 robert@notzonlaw.com 7
Case 5:11-cv-00360-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 21215-3297 Telephone: (410) 580-5120 Facsimile: (410) 358-9359 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. 24036507 General Counsel Texas Democratic Party K. SCOTT BRAZIL Texas Bar No. 02934050 Brazil & Dunn 4201 FM 1960 West, Suite 530 Houston, Texas 77068 Telephone: (281) 580-6310 Facsimile: (281) 580-6362 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 78205 Telephone: (210) 222-2102\ Facsimile: (210) 222-2898 rios@rolandorioslaw.com Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Congressman Henry Cuellar 8
Case 5:11-cv-00360-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. 00798537 Attorneys for the State of Texas, Rick Perry, and Nandita Berry 9
Case 5:11-cv-00360-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
Case 5:11-cv-00360-OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 12 of 14 Karen M. Kennard City of Austin Law Department karen.kennard@ci.austin.tx.us Max Renea Hicks Law Office of Max Renea Hicks rhicks@renea-hicks.com Manuel Escobar, Jr. Manuel G. Escobar Law Office escobarm1@aol.com Marc Erik Elias Abha Khanna Perkins Coie LLP akhanna@perkinscoie.com melias@perkinscoie.com S. Abraham Kuczaj, III Stephen E. McConnico Sam Johnson Scott Douglass & McConnico, LLP akuczaj@scottdoug.com smcconnico@scottdoug.com sjohnson@scottdoug.com 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
Case 5:11-cv-00360-OLG-JES-XR Document 1241 Filed 08/25/14 Page 13 of 14 Gary L. Bledsoe Law Office of Gary L. Bledsoe garybledsoe@sbcglobal.net Victor L. Goode NAACP vgoode@naacpnet.org Robert Notzon Law Office of Robert Notzon robert@notzonlaw.com Anita Sue Earls Allison Jean Riggs Southern Coalition for Social Justice allison@southerncoalition.org anita@southerncoalition.org Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Texas State Conference of NAACP Braches Chad W. Dunn K. Scott Brazil Brazil & Dunn chad@brazilanddunn.com scott@brazilanddunn.com Hector De Leon Benjamin S. De Leon De Leon & Washburn, P.C. hdeleon@dwlawtx.com bdeleon@dwlawtx.com Eric Christopher Opiela Eric Opiela PLLC eopiela@ericopiela.com Christopher K. Gober Michael Hilgers Gober Hilgers PLLC cgober@goberhilgers.com mhilgers@goberhilgers.com James Edwin Trainor, III Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP ttrainor@bmpllp.com Joseph M. Nixon Beirne Maynard & Parsons LLP jnixon@bmpllp.com 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 20015 Counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenor Texas Legislative Black Caucus
Case 5:11-cv-00360-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 david.mattax@oag.state.tx.us patrick.sweeten@texasattorneygeneral.gov angela.colmenero@ texasattorneygeneral.gov matthew.frederick@ texasattorneygeneral.gov ana.jordan@oag.state.tx.us jennifer.jackson@texasattorneygeneral.gov adam.bitter@texasattorneygeneral.gov bill.deane@texasattorneygeneral.gov summer.lee@texasattorneygeneral.gov michael.neill@texasttorneygeneral.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 donna@dgdlawfirm.com Frank M. Reilly Potts & Reilly, LLP reilly@pottsreilly.com Counsel for Defendant-Intervenors Steve Munisteri Kent M. Adams Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard, & Smith LLP kadams@lbbslaw.com Counsel to Defendant-Intervenor Sarah M. Davis Clarkson F. Brown Bexar County District Attorney s Office, 101 W Nueva, Suite 5049 San Antonio, TX 78205 (210) 335-2150 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 7266 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 jaye.sitton@usdoj.gov