City and County of San Francisco v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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7 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al., Case No. 19-cv-04717-PJH 8 Case No. 19-cv-04975-PJH Plaintiffs, Case No. 19-cv-04980-PJH 9 v. 10 ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR
U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION LEAVE TO FILE AMICI BRIEFS
11 SERVICES, et al.,
12 Defendants. 13
14 Before the court are twenty motions for leave to file amici curiae briefs. See Case 15 No. 19-cv-04717-PJH, Dkts. 70, 77, 86, 90, 99 & 100; Case No. 19-cv-04975-PJH, 16 Dkts. 64, 70, 71, 80, 86, 98 & 99; Case No. 19-cv-04980-PJH, Dkts. 76, 85, 86, 96, 107, 17 109 & 110. 18 “The district court has broad discretion to appoint amici curiae.” Hoptowit v. Ray, 19 682 F.2d 1237, 1260 (9th Cir. 1982). “There are no strict prerequisites that must be 20 established prior to qualifying for amicus status; an individual or entity seeking to appear 21 as amicus must merely make a showing that his/its participation is useful to or otherwise 22 desirable to the…