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1 Paul D. Clement (DC Bar 433215) pclement@bancroftpllc.com 2 H. Christopher Bartolomucci (DC Bar 453423) 3 cbartolomucci@bancroftpllc.com Nicholas J. Nelson (DC Bar 1001696) 4 nnelson@bancroftpllc.com 5 BANCROFT PLLC 6 1919 M Street, N.W. 7 Suite 470 Washington, D.C. 20036 8 202-234-0090 (telephone) 9 202-234-2806 (facsimile) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Of Counsel: Kerry W. Kircher, General Counsel (DC Bar 386816) Kerry.Kircher@mail.house.gov William Pittard, Deputy General Counsel (DC Bar 482949) William.Pittard@mail.house.gov Christine Davenport, Senior Assistant Counsel (NJ Bar 043682000) Christine.Davenport@mail.house.gov Todd B. Tatelman, Assistant Counsel (VA Bar 66008) Todd.Tatelman@mail.house.gov Mary Beth Walker, Assistant Counsel (DC Bar 501033) MaryBeth.Walker@mail.house.gov

OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, 19 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 219 Cannon House Office Building 20 Washington, D.C. 20515 21 202-225-9700 (telephone) 202-226-1360 (facsimile) 22 23 Counsel for Proposed Intervenor-Defendant the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the 24 United States House of Representatives 25 26 27 28

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Southern Division ___________________________________ ) MARTIN R. ARANAS, IRMA ) No. 8:12-cv-01137-CBM (AJWx) RODRIGUEZ, and JANE DeLEON, ) ) NOTICE OF MOTION AND Plaintiffs, ) MOTION OF PROPOSED ) INTERVENOR-DEFENDANT v. ) THE BIPARTISAN LEGAL ) ADVISORY GROUP OF THE JANET NAPOLITANO, et al., ) UNITED STATES HOUSE OF ) REPRESENTATIVES TO Defendants. ) DISMISS ) ) Hearing: October 15, 2012 ) Time: 10:00 a.m. ___________________________________ ) Hon. Consuelo B. Marshall PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Proposed Intervenor-Defendant the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives (House) will move this Court on Monday, October 15, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Southern Division, Courtroom 2, 312 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, California 90012-4701, for an order granting the Houses motion to dismiss. MOTION TO DISMISS Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1), (6), and for the reasons set forth in the accompanying consolidated memorandum in support of this motion and in opposition to Plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction, the House respectfully moves for entry of an order dismissing with prejudice Plaintiffs claims.

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LOCAL RULE 7-3 STATEMENT On September 12, 2012, counsel for the House conferred with Peter A.

3 Schey, Esquire, counsel for Plaintiffs, who advised that his clients oppose the relief 4 requested in this motion. 5 On September 12, 2012, and September 13, 2012, counsel for the House 6 conferred with Jesi J. Carlson, Esquire, counsel to Defendants Janet Napolitano, 7 the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, and the United States 8 Citizenship and Immigration Service, who advised that, as to Plaintiffs equal 9 protection claim, her clients oppose the relief requested in this motion. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 September 14, 2012 20 21 22 23
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A proposed Order is submitted herewith and oral argument is requested.

Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Paul D. Clement Paul D. Clement BANCROFT PLLC1 Counsel for Proposed Intervenor-Defendant the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives2

24 of the document has been obtained from signatory Paul D. Clement. 25 26 27 28

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Kerry W. Kircher, as ECF filer of this document, attests that concurrence in the filing

The Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group currently is comprised of the Honorable John A. Boehner, Speaker of the House, the Honorable Eric Cantor, Majority Leader, the Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Majority Whip, the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader, and the Honorable Steny H. Hoyer, Democratic Whip. The Democratic Leader and the Democratic Whip have declined to support the position taken by the Group on the merits of DOMA Section 3s constitutionality in this and other cases.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on September 14, 2012, I electronically filed the foregoing

3 Notice of Motion and Motion of Proposed Intervenor-Defendant the Bipartisan 4 Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives to Dismiss 5 with the Clerk of Court by using the CM/ECF system, which provided an 6 electronic notice and electronic link of the same to the following attorneys of 7 record through the Courts CM/ECF system: 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Beatrice Ann M. Pangilinan, Esq. ASIAN LAW ALLIANCE 184 Jackson Street San Jose, CA 95112 Gary H. Manulkin, Esq. Reyna M. Tanner, Esq. LAW OFFICES OF MANULKIN & BENNETT 10175 Slater Avenue, Suite 111 Fountain Valley, CA 92708 Julie Greenwald Marzouk, Esq. Monica Nikole Ashiku, Esq. PUBLIC LAW CENTER 601 Civic Center Drive West Santa Ana, CA 92701 Peter A. Schey, Esq. Carlos Holguin, Esq. CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 256 South Occidental Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90057

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Jesi J. Carlson, Esq. Timothy Michael Belson, Esq. Lana L. Vahab, Esq. Katherine E.M. Gottel, Esq. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Office of Immigration Litigation P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 /s/ Kerry W. Kircher Kerry W. Kircher

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Southern Division ___________________________________ ) MARTIN R. ARANAS, IRMA ) RODRIGUEZ, and JANE DeLEON, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) No. 8:12-cv-01137-CBM (AJWx) v. ) ) [PROPOSED] ORDER JANET NAPOLITANO, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ___________________________________ )

UPON CONSIDERATION OF the Motion of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory

14 Group of the United States House of Representatives to Dismiss (Motion), the 15 opposition, if any, the reply in support, if any, and the entire record herein, it is by 16 17 this Court this ____ day of _________, 2012, hereby ORDERED 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ___________________________ Honorable Consuelo B. Marshall United States District Judge That the Motion is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED That Plaintiffs claims are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.