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STUART F. DELERY Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division AUGUST E. FLENTJE Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General DAVID J. KLINE Director, Office of Immigration Litigation JEFFREY S. ROBINS Assistant Director JESI J. CARLSON (D.C. Bar No. 975478) Senior Litigation Counsel Department of Justice, Civil Division Office of Immigration Litigation District Court Section P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Telephone: (202) 305-7037 Email: jesi.j.carlson@usdoj.gov TIMOTHY M. BELSAN Trial Attorney Attorneys for Defendants UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) JANET NAPOLITANO, Secretary, ) Department of Homeland Security, ) et al., ) Defendants. ) ______________________________ ) MARTIN ARANAS, et al., No. 8:12-cv-1137-CBM (AJWx) DEFENDANTS SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF

Hearing Date: November 19, 2012 Time: 10:00 a.m. Judge: Hon. Andrew W. Wistrich

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On October 24, 2012, this Court entered an order regarding Plaintiffs ex parte application to expedite hearing and ruling on motion to compel discovery. Dkt. No. 66. In this order, the Court held that Plaintiffs motion to compel is not ripe for judicial resolution. Id. In light of the Courts ruling, Defendants respectfully request that the hearing on Plaintiffs motion to compel scheduled for November 19, 2012 be formally removed from the Courts docket. By way of background, Defendants note that their responses and/or objections to Plaintiffs written discovery are not due until November 7, 2012. As a result, the parties have not conferred concerning the sufficiency of such responses as required by C.D. Cal. Local Rule 37. In addition, on October 29, 2012, Defendants filed a motion to stay discovery. Dkt. No. 68. This Court previously explained that Defendants have made a persuasive showing that they may be entitled to a stay of discovery in light

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of the characteristics and potentially dispositive nature of the pending motions to

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dismiss. See Dkt. No. 66

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DATED: November 5, 2012

Respectfully submitted, STUART F. DELERY Acting Assistant Attorney General Civil Division AUGUST E. FLENTJE Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General DAVID J. KLINE Director Office of Immigration Litigation JEFFREY S. ROBINS Assistant Director s/ Jesi J. Carlson JESI J. CARLSON Senior Litigation Counsel Department of Justice, Civil Division Office of Immigration Litigation District Court Section P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Tel: (202) 532-4067 Fax: (202) 305-7000 Email: jesi.j.carlson@usdoj.gov TIMOTHY M. BELSAN Trial Attorney