Project DIANA : Cuban American Bar Association v. Christopher : Motion to Extend Page Length

Cuban American Bar Association v. Christopher : Motion to Extend Page Length

                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                  SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

                                   CASE NO.: 94-2183-CIV-ATKINS

CUBAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, INC.    )
et. al.                                 )
                                        )

          Plaintiff,                    )
                                        )

vs.                                     )
                                        )

WARREN CHRISTOPHER, et. al.             )
                                        )
          Defendants,                   )
                                        )
HAITIAN REFUGEE CENTER, INC.,           )
et. al.                                 )
          Intervenors.                  )
________________________________________)

INTERVENOR PLAINTIFFS MOTION TO EXCEED PAGE LIMIT FOR MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

Plaintiffs, HAITIAN REFUGEE CENTER, INC., GARRY JOSEPH, PAULOMIE EDMOND, and PIERRE ONEL ANTOINE, (the Haitian Refugee Plaintiffs); VOIDIEU PIERRE LOUIS, BERGELINE JEAN LOUIS and PADECI JEAN LOUIS (the Minor Plaintiffs); on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, by and through their undersigned counsel hereby respectfully request this Honorable Court to grant this motion and grant Intervenor Plaintiffs leave to exceed the page limit set forth in Local Rule for the Southern District of Florida 7.1C(2). The grounds for this motion are as follows:

1. Local Rule 7.1C(2) authorizes this Court to grant leave to file a Memorandum of Law in excess of the 20 page limit set forth in the Rule.

2. Intervenor Plaintiffs have filed a 33 page Memorandum of Law in support of their Motion for Temporary Restraining Order.

3. Although Intervenor Plaintiffs' counsel attempted to streamline the memorandum as such as possible, due to the complexities and the number of issues involved in this case, the Memorandum of Law in Support of the Temporary Restraining Order exceeds the page limit.

4. No party will be prejudiced by a grant of this motion.

WHEREFORE, Intervenor Plaintiffs respectfully requests this Honorable Court to grant its Motion for leave to Exceed Page Limit.

Respectfully submitted,

KURZBAN KURZBAN AND WEINGER, P.A.

___________________________

Ira J. Kurzban, Esq.
Florida Bar No. 225517
Helena Tetzeli, Esq.
Brian Torres, Esq.
2650 S.W. 27th Avenue
Second Floor
Miami, Florida 33133
Telephone: (305) 444-0060
Facsimile: (305) 444-3503

FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS,
SHRIVER & JACOBSON

__________________________

Robert E. Juceam, Esq.
Douglas W. Beruch, Esq.
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004-2505
Telephone: (202) 639-7000
Facsimile: (202) 639-7008

Attorneys for Intervenor
Haitian Refugee Center
of counsel;
Michael Ratner, Esq.
124 Washington Place
New York, NY 10014

Steven Forester, Esq.
Supervising Attorney
Haitian Refugee Center, Inc.
119 N.W. 54th Street
Miami, FL 33137

Bruce J. Winick, Esq.
Irwin P. Stotzky, Esq.
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Lisa Daugaard, Esq.
Coalition for the HOMELESS
89 Chambers Street, 3d Floor
New York, NY 10007

Cheryl Little
Florida Rural Legal Services
9600 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33138

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served hand-delivery this 31 day of October, 1994 to: Dexter Lee, Esq., AUSA, Office of the United States Attorney, 99 N.E. 4th Street, Miami, Florida 33132; and Roberto Martines, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, 1221 Brickell Avenue, Miami , Florida 33131

______________________

IRA J. KURZBAN, ESQ.

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