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December 7, 2009

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The Honorable Vaughn R. Walker

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San Francisco, California 94102

Re: Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Case No. C-09-2292 VRW

Dear Chief Judge Walker:

Plaintiffs respectfully request leave to file an omnibus motion to compel to resolve

various discovery disputes between Plaintiffs and Defendant-Intervenors, including Defendant-
Intervenors’ failure to produce documents responsive to Plaintiffs’ discovery requests that are
clearly outside their claim of privilege, and their refusal to answer questions during depositions
concerning those public documents and statements. These disputes arose just last week in
connection with the depositions of several of the individual Proponents.

As just one example, Plaintiffs have requested the immediate production of documents
constituting public communications between the Defendant-Intervenors and discrete voter
groups, such as a letter, entitled “What if We Lose,” drafted by Defendant-Intervenor William
Hak-Shing Tam and published on a publicly accessible website, attached hereto as Exhibit A.
At the December 1, 2009 oral argument before the Ninth Circuit on Defendant-Intervenors’
motion for stay, Mr. Cooper informed the panel that Dr. Tam’s document “is not within my
claim of privilege. Make no mistake about that . . . . it’s on its face a public document.” Yet
Defendant-Intervenors’ counsel have yet to produce that document, other similar documents
introduced as exhibits at Mr. Tam’s deposition, or other documents falling within that category
of documents sent to discrete sub-groups of voters and potential voters.

Given the pending Ninth Circuit decision on Defendant-Intervenors’ motion for stay, the
various discovery disputes between the parties, and the January 11 trial date, Plaintiffs
respectfully submit that the most efficient manner of proceeding with the existing discovery
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The Honorable Vaughn R. Walker

December 7, 2009
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disputes between the parties is that Plaintiffs promptly submit an omnibus motion to compel that
the Court can then resolve in sufficient time for Plaintiffs to have all nonprivileged, responsive
testimony and documents available for use at trial. Plaintiffs respectfully request the Court’s
leave to file such a motion.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Ethan D. Dettmer

Ethan D. Dettmer
Counsel for Plaintiffs
cc: Counsel of Record
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I hope we all wake up now and really work to pass Prop 8.  We have only 48 days left.  Even
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be collecting offerings to fight law suits instead of building new buildings.  I pray that
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Thanks for your efforts,
Bill Tam
Traditional Family Coalition
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