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STUART F. DELERY Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division AUGUST FLENTJE Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General DAVID J. KLINE Director, Office of Immigration Litigation District Court Section JEFFREY S. ROBINS Assistant Director JESI J. CARLSON (DC 975478) Senior Litigation Counsel P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Telephone: (202) 305-7037 Facsimile: (202) 305-7000 Email: jesi.j.carlson@usdoj.gov TIMOTHY M. BELSAN (KS 24112) Trial Attorney Attorneys for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MARTIN ARANAS, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) JANET NAPOLITANO, Secretary, ) Department of Homeland Security, ) et al., ) Defendants. ) ______________________________ ) No. 8:12-cv-1137-CBM (AJWx) DEFENDANTS EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF PAGE LIMIT

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Defendants hereby respectfully request that the Court grant this Ex Parte Application to enlarge the 25-page length limit set forth in Local Rule 11-6, to allow them to file an Opposition to the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the House of Representatives (BLAG) Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 36-37, that is no more than 35 pages in length. Defendants have made every effort to reduce the brief to minimize the need for additional pages, but have been unable to do so. Good cause exists for this request. BLAGs Motion to Dismiss advances legal arguments involving complex constitutional issues of equal protection and substantive due process. In addition, the motion to dismiss touches on technical immigration issues, which cannot be adequately addressed in a cursory manner. On October 5, 2012, Defendants Counsel Jesi Carlson conferred with Plaintiffs counsel, Peter Schey, as well as Intervenors Counsel, Mary Beth Walker, telephonically regarding this issue. Mr. Schey indicated that Plaintiffs take no position on Defendants request to exceed the page limit. Ms. Walker indicated (in an email subsequent to the telephone conference) that BLAG does not object to Defendants request.

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DATED: October 9, 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 District Court Section Office of Immigration Litigation P.O. Box 868, Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 TIMOTHY M. BELSAN Trial Attorney Attorneys for Defendants

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MARTIN ARANAS, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) JANET NAPOLITANO, Secretary, ) Department of Homeland Security, ) et al., ) Defendants. ) ______________________________ ) No. 8:12-cv-1137-CBM (AJWx)

[PROPOSED] ORDER

[PROPOSED] ORDER Pursuant to Defendants Ex Parte Application for Enlargement of Page Limit, and for the reasons stated therein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: Defendants are allowed to file an over-length brief in support of their Opposition to the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Groups Motion to Dismiss. SO ORDERED. DATED: October __, 2012. _______________________________ HON. CONSUELO B. MARSHALL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE