United States of America v. Arizona, State of, et al

Filing 165

ORDER denying the Minuteman Civil Defence [sic] Corps's 164 Motion for leave to file an amicus curiae brief and striking the proposed brief from the docket. Signed by Judge Susan R Bolton on 06/24/11. (ESL)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) The State of Arizona; Janice K. Brewer,) Governor of the State of Arizona, in her) ) official capacity, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) The State of Arizona; Janice K. Brewer,) Governor of the State of Arizona, in her) official capacity, ) ) Counterclaimants, ) ) vs. ) ) The United States of America; the United) States Department of Homeland Security;) Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the United) States Department of Homeland Security,) in her official capacity; the United States) Department of Justice; and Eric H. Holder,) Jr., Attorney General for the United States) Department of Justice, in his official) capacity, ) ) Counterdefendants. ) ) ) The United States of America, No. CV 10-1413-PHX-SRB ORDER 1 The Court is in receipt of the Motion for leave to file an amicus curiae brief filed by 2 the Minuteman Civil Defence [sic] Corps (“MCDC”) (Doc. 164). The MCDC cites no law 3 or rule permitting the filing of amicus curiae briefs in connection with motions such as the 4 pending Motion to Dismiss the counterclaims in this case, and the Court is not aware of any 5 such authority. 6 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED denying the Minuteman Civil Defence [sic] 7 Corps’s Motion for leave to file an amicus curiae brief and striking the proposed brief from 8 the docket (Doc. 164). 9 10 DATED this 24th day of June, 2011. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2-

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