City and County of San Francisco v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al., Case No. 19-cv-04717-PJH Case No. 19-cv-04975-PJH Plaintiffs, Case No. 19-cv-04980-PJH
v. ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION LEAVE TO FILE AMICI BRIEFS
SERVICES, et al.,
Defendants.
14 Before the court are nine motions for leave to file amici curiae briefs. See Case No. 19-cv-04717-PJH, Dkts. 56 & 61; Case No. 19-cv-04975-PJH, Dkts. 48, 57 & 58; Case No. 19-cv-04980-PJH, Dkts. 51, 56, 70 & 71. No party opposes any of the nine motions. “The district court has broad discretion to appoint amici curiae.” Hoptowit v. Ray, 682 F.2d 1237, 1260 (9th Cir. 1982). “There are no strict prerequisites that must be established prior to qualifying for amicus status; an individual or entity seeking to appear as amicus must merely make a showing that his/its participation is useful to or otherwise desirable to the court.”…