Deleo v. City of Boston, Massachusetts et al

MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages

D. Mass.September 3, 2004

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS PAUL DELEO, JR., THOMAS BARRETT, MICHAEL CONNEELY, MATTHEW HOGARDT, BRENDAN DEVER, PATRICK ROGERS, CHRISTOPHER CARR, and BRIAN DUNFORD, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) v. ) Docket No. 03-12538-PBS Plaintiffs, ) ) CITY OF BOSTON, Massachusetts, RUTH BRAMSON, in her Official Capacity as Chief Human Resources Officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ) ) ) ) ) ) Defendants, ) ) BOSTON BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE and MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ) ) ) ) ) ) Intervenors. ) INTERVENORS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SUBMIT A MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN EXCESS OF TWENTY PAGES Intervenors, Boston Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers, hereby move for leave to submit a Memorandum of Law in excess of twenty (20) pages pursuant to Local Rule 7.1(B)(4). In support of this Motion, Intervenors state that Plaintiffs have submitted a brief in excess of 20 pages, and Intervenors require additional space in which to respond to this lengthy submission. Intervenors also state that Plaintiffs have converted their Motion for Preliminary Case 1:03-cv-12538-PBS Document 69 Filed 09/03/2004 Page 1 of 4 - 2 - Injunction into a Motion for Summary Judgment and/or Preliminary Injunction, and as such, Intervenors’ opposition to Plaintiffs’ combined motion is longer than if Intervenors were to oppose each motion individually. Finally, Invervenors state that Plaintiffs’ motion raises complex and weighty legal issues the resolution of which will affect not only the parties but the public, and Intervenors’ opposition to this motion must be supported by a Memorandum of adequate length to properly address Plaintiffs’ arguments and apprise the Court of the relevant facts and precedent. BOSTON BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE and MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, By their attorneys, /s/ Christopher R. Noyes Harry T. Daniels (BBO #113800) Mark D. Selwyn (BBO #565595) Jennifer L. Carpenter (BBO #647214) Christopher R. Noyes (BBO #654324) christopher.noyes@wilmerhale.com Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (617) 526-6000 Robin L. Alperstein Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 300 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 937-7200 Case 1:03-cv-12538-PBS Document 69 Filed 09/03/2004 Page 2 of 4 - 3 - Dated: September 3, 2004 Nadine Cohen (BBO #090040) Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association 294 Washington Street, Suite 443 Boston, Massachusetts 02108 (617) 482-1145 Case 1:03-cv-12538-PBS Document 69 Filed 09/03/2004 Page 3 of 4 - 4 - CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Christopher R. Noyes, hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing has been served via facsimile and first class mail this 2nd day of September 2004 to the following attorneys of record: Harold L. Lichten, Esq. Pyle, Rome Lichten & Ehrenberg, P.C. 18 Tremont Street, Suite 500 Boston, MA 02108 Stephen G. Cox, Esq. City of Boston Boston City Hall, Room 615 Boston, MA 02201 Betsy Facher, Esq. Office of the Legal Advisor Boston Police Department One Schroeder Plaza Boston, MA 02120 Robert L. Quinan, Jr., Esq. Attorney General’s Office One Ashburton Place, Room 2019 Boston, MA 02108-1698 /s/ Christopher R. Noyes Christopher R. Noyes BOSTON 2089561v1 Case 1:03-cv-12538-PBS Document 69 Filed 09/03/2004 Page 4 of 4