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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEAL FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT ____________________ No. 12-2335 ____________________ EDITH SCHLAIN WINDSOR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, BIPARTISAN LEGAL ADVISORY GROUP OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ On Appeal from a Final Order of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York _________ APPELLANTS LOCAL RULE 31.2(a)(1)(A) NOTICE

Pursuant to Local Rule 31.2(a)(1)(A), appellant the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives (House) respectfully requests that August 10, 2012, be fixed as the deadline for the House to file its opening brief.

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Respectfully submitted, BANCROFT PLLC By: /s/ Paul D. Clement Paul D. Clement H. Christopher Bartolomucci Conor B. Dugan Nicholas J. Nelson Bancroft PLLC 1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 470 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 234-0090 Counsel for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives OF COUNSEL: Kerry W. Kircher, General Counsel William Pittard, Deputy General Counsel Christine Davenport, Senior Assistant Counsel Todd B. Tatelman, Assistant Counsel Mary Beth Walker, Assistant Counsel Office of General Counsel U.S. House of Representatives 219 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-9700 June 19, 2012

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on June 19, 2012, I served one copy of the foregoing Appellants Local Rule 31.2(a)(1)(A) Notice, by CM/ECF, by electronic mail (.pdf format), and by first-class mail, postage prepaid, on the following: Roberta A. Kaplan, Esq. Andrew J. Ehrlich, Esq. Jaren Janghorbani PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 Melissa Goodman, Esq. Arthur Eisenberg, Esq. Mariko Hirose, Esq. NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION 125 Broad Street, 19th Floor New York, New York 10004 James D. Esseks, Esq. Rose A. Saxe, Esq. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004 Jean Lin, Esq. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL DIVISION 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., 7th Floor Washington, DC 20530 August E. Flentje UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL DIVISION, APPELLATE STAFF Room 3613 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530

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Michael Jay Singer UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 7266 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530

/s/ Kerry W. Kircher Kerry W. Kircher