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No. 14-31037

In the United States Court of Appeals

Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
JONATHAN P. ROBICHEAUX; DEREK PENTON; NADINE BLANCHARD;
and COURTNEY BLANCHARD, Plaintiffs Appellants,
v.
JAMES D. CALDWELL, in his official capacity as the Louisiana Attorney General, also
known as Buddy Caldwell, Defendant - Appellee.
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JONATHAN P. ROBICHEAUX; DEREK PENTON; NADINE BLANCHARD; COURTNEY
BLANCHARD; ROBERT WELLES; and GARTH BEAUREGARD, Plaintiffs Appellants,
v.
DEVIN GEORGE, in his official capacity as the State Registrar and Center Director at
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals; TIM BARFIELD, in his official capacity as
the Louisiana Secretary of Revenue; and KATHY KLIEBERT, in her official capacity as the
Louisiana Secretary of Health and Hospitals, Defendants - Appellees.
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FORUM FOR EQUALITY LOUISIANA, INCORPORATED; JACQUELINE M. BRETTNER; M.
LAUREN BRETTNER; NICHOLAS J. VAN SICKELS; ANDREW S. BOND; HENRY LAMBERT; R.
CAREY BOND; L. HARVARD SCOTT, III; and SERGIO MARCH PRIETO, Plaintiffs
Appellants,
v.
TIM BARFIELD, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of
Revenue, DEVIN GEORGE, in his official capacity as Louisiana State Registrar,
Defendants Appellees.
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On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana,
Case Nos. 2:13-cv-5090, 2:14-cv-97, 2:14-cv-327
The Honorable Martin Leach-Cross Feldman, District Judge

AMICUS CURIAE COUNSELS MOTION TO ADOPT BRIEF AMICI CURIAE IN CLEOPATRA

DELEON, et al. v. RICK PERRY, et al. AND TREAT AS FILED IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFSAPPELLANTS IN THE CASE SUB JUDICE

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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 27, the American Civil

Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana (ACLU of Louisiana), amicus counsel
in Jonathan P. Robicheaux, et al. v. James D. Caldwell, et al., No. 14-31037, in
support of Plaintiffs-Appellants respectfully requests that this Court permit amicus
counsel to adopt the Brief of Amicus Curiae Leadership Conference on Civil and
Human Rights, Public Interest Organizations, and Bar Associations in Support of
Plaintiffs-Appellees in Cleopatra DeLeon, et al. v. Rick Perry, et al. (No. 1450196).
Pursuant to this Courts Order on September 25, 2014 (Doc. No.
00512782654), Robicheaux v. Caldwell was assigned to the same merits panel as
Cleopatra DeLeon, et al. v. Rick Perry, et al., No. 14-50196. On October 7, 2014,
the Robicheaux Appellants filed a Joint Consent by All Parties to the Filing of
Briefs Amicus Curiae (Doc. No. 00512796204).
On September 15, 2014, Joshua A. Block of the American Civil Liberties
Union Foundation and Rebecca L. Robertson of the American Civil Liberties
Union of Texas filed the Brief of Amici Curiae Leadership Conference on Civil
and Human Rights, Public Interest Organizations, and Bar Associations in Support
of Plaintiffs-Appellees in DeLeon v. Perry (Doc. No. 00512769327).

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In the spirit of Fed. R. App. P. 28(i) permitting the joining of anothers brief
and 5th Cir. R. 29.2 requiring avoidance of repetition of legal arguments, the
ACLU of Louisiana respectfully requests that it be permitted to adopt the Brief
Amici Curiae of Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Public
Interest Organizations, and Bar Associations in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees in
DeLeon v. Perry and that this Court treat the amici curiae brief as also filed in
support of Plaintiffs-Appellants in Robicheaux v. Caldwell.
The ACLU of Louisiana has obtained consent from amicus curiae counsel
Joshua A. Block and Rebecca L. Robertson to adopt the Brief Amicus Curiae of
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Public Interest Organizations,
and Bar Associations in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees in DeLeon v. Perry.
Respectfully submitted,
Dated: October 24, 2014

s/ Candice C. Sirmon
Candice C. Sirmon
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANA
1340 Poydras Street, Suite 2160
New Orleans, LA 70156
Tel: 504-522-0617
Fax: 504-613-6511
csirmon@laaclu.org
Counsel for Amici Curiae

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that I filed this motion with the Courts CM/ECF system on October
24, 2014, which will automatically send an electronic notice of filing to Appellants
and Appellees counsel of record:
Kenneth Dale Upton, Jr.
Paul David Castillo
Omar Francisco Gonzalez-Pagan
Karen Lee Loewy
Susan L. Sommer
Camilla Bronwen Taylor
LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND, INC.
3500 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75219
Tel: 214-219-8585
Fax: 214-219-4455
kupton@lambdalegal.org
pcastillo@lambdalegal.org
ogonzaelz-pagan@lambdalegal.org
kloewy@lambdalegal.org
ssommer@lambdalegal.org
ctaylor@lambdalegal.org
J. Dalton Courson
Lesli D. Harris
STONE PIGMAN WALTHER WITTMANN, L.L.C.
546 Carondelet Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Tel: 504-593-0812
Fax: 504-596-0812
dcourson@stonepigman.com
lharris@stonepigman.com

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Richard Gerard Perque

700 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Tel: 504-681-2003
Fax: 504-681-2004
richard@perquelaw.com
Scott Jerome Spivey, General Counsel
HAMMERMAN & GAINER, INC.
1980 W. Main Street, Suite D
Lutcher, LA 70119-0000
Tel: 504-684-4904
Fax: 888-502-3935
scott@spiveyesq.com
Counsel for Appellants
Stuart Kyle Duncan
DUNCAN, P.L.L.C.
1629 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
kduncan@duncanpllc.com
James Michael Johnson
KITCHENS LAW FIRM, A.P.L.C.
2250 Hospital Drive, Suite 248
Bossier City, LA 71111
Tel: 318-658-9456
Fax: 318-658-9605
mjohnsonlegal@gmail.com
Angelique Duhon Freel, Assistant Attorney General
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
1885 N. 3rd Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802-0000
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Tel: 225-326-6029
Fax: 225-326-6098
freela@ag.state.la.us
Counsel for Appellees
s/ Candice C. Sirmon
Candice C. Sirmon
Counsel for Amici Curiae