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Plaintiffs’ Response to Notice of Related Case — Brach v. Newsom

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Plaintiffs' Response to Notice of Related Case (ECF No. 53), with a Declaration of Holly Toschi, filed 08/27/20 as Document 57 in Brach v. Newsom, No. 2:20-cv-06472-SVW-AFM, in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Proposed amicus Educators for Safe School Opening had filed a notice on August 25, 2020 pointing to an earlier case, No. 2:20-cv-06469. Plaintiffs say the two are not related because 2:20-cv-06469 was never a properly filed case, had filing deficiencies and was refiled within an hour as 2:20-cv-06472. They say the ECF help desk directed them to voluntarily dismiss the first case, and that neither the amicus nor defendants' attorneys asked them why there were two cases. The response is signed /s/ Harmeet K. Dhillon on August 27, 2020.

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Filed August 27, 2020 in Brach v. Newsom; one of 10 filings from this case.

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Court	U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Filed	2020-08-27

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“Plaintiffs’ Response to Notice of Related Case — Brach v. Newsom.” U.S. District Court, Central District of California, No. 2:20-cv-06472-SVW-AFM, Doc. 57, filed 2020-08-27. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/brach-v-newsom/2020-08-27-plaintiffs-response-notice-related-case-dkt-57/, SHA-256 7c8abacc0a5139e8edaa0ae11376bb45233c058eac7a2953c160508bb34c138e.

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Plaintiffs Response to Notice of Related Case 
Case No. 2:20-cv-06472  
 
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HARMEET K. DHILLON (SBN: 207873) 
harmeet@dhillonlaw.com  
MARK P. MEUSER (SBN: 231335) 
mmeuser@dhillonlaw.com  
GREGORY R. MICHAEL (SBN: 306814) 
gmichael@dhillonlaw.com  
MICHAEL YODER (pro hac vice) 
myoder@dhillonlaw.com 
DHILLON LAW GROUP INC. 
177 Post Street, Suite 700 
San Francisco, California 94108 
Telephone: (415) 433-1700 
Facsimile: (415) 520-6593 
 
ROBERT DUNN (SBN: 275600) 
rdunn@eimerstahl.com 
EIMER STAHL LLP 
99 South Almaden Blvd., Suite 662 
San Jose, CA 95113 
(669) 231-8755 
 
RYAN J. WALSH (pro hac vice) 
rwalsh@eimerstahl.com 
JOHN K. ADAMS (pro hac vice) 
jadams@eimerstahl.com 
AMY C. MILLER (pro hac vice) 
amiller@eimerstahl.com  
EIMER STAHL LLP 
10 East Doty Street, Suite 800 
Madison, WI 53703 
(608) 441-5798 
Attorneys for Plaintiffs 
 
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR 
THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
MATTHEW BRACH, et al. 
                    Plaintiffs, 
           v. 
GAVIN NEWSOM, et al. 
                    Defendants. 
Case No.: 2:20-CV-06472-SVW-AFM 
PLAINTIFFS RESPONSE TO 
NOTICE OF RELATED CASE (ECF 
NO. 53); DECLARATION OF HOLLY 
TOSCHI 
Judge:          Hon. Stephen V. Wilson 
Courtroom:  10A 
Case 2:20-cv-06472-SVW-AFM   Document 57   Filed 08/27/20   Page 1 of 3   Page ID #:3046

 
 
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Plaintiffs Response to Notice of Related Case 
Case No. 2:20-cv-06472  
 
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TO THE COURT: 
 
On August 25, 2020, proposed Amicus Curiae Educators for Safe School 
Opening filed a Notice of Related Case advising the Court and the parties of the prior 
similar case, Brach, et al., v. Newsom, et al., No. 2:20-cv-06469. 
 
Brach v. Newsom, Case No. 2:20-cv-06469 and Brach v. Newsom, 2:20-cv-06472 
are not related because case number 2:20-cv-06469 was never a properly filed case. 
Decl. Toschi ¶ 3. Case number 2:20-cv-06469 had several deficiencies in the filing 
process that resulted in plaintiffs needing to refile the complaint within an hour after the 
original filing, and this new case was automatically assigned the number 2:20-cv-
06472. Id., at ¶ 5, and 10. 
Plaintiffs immediately refiled the complaint in the case of Brach v. Newsom. Id., 
at ¶ 5. They were directed by the ECF help desk to voluntarily dismiss case 2:20-cv-
06469. Id., at ¶ 7-8. Due to attorneys’ schedule and the remote nature of COVID-19 
work, the notice of voluntarily dismissal was not filed until after the clerk of the court 
had already assigned case 2:20-cv-06469 to Hon. Consuelo B. Marshall. ¶ 9-11. 
At the time Plaintiffs dismissed case 2:20-cv-06469, the clerk had not yet 
assigned a judge to case 2:20-cv-06472. Id., at ¶ 11-12. Hon. Dean Pregerson was later 
assigned to the case, and was then replaced by Hon. Steven V. Wilson.  
 
At no time did attorneys for the proposed Amicus Curiae Educators for Safe 
School Opening, nor the attorneys for the Defendants contact the Plaintiffs’ attorneys to 
inquire as to why there were two separate cases of Brach, et al., v. Newsom, et al. Had 
they done so, they would have been informed of the aforementioned facts. 
 
 
Respectfully submitted, 
Date: August 27, 2020 
DHILLON LAW GROUP INC. 
 
 
By: /s/ Harmeet K. Dhillon 
 
 
 
 
Harmeet K. Dhillon 
Case 2:20-cv-06472-SVW-AFM   Document 57   Filed 08/27/20   Page 2 of 3   Page ID #:3047

 
 
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Plaintiffs Response to Notice of Related Case 
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Mark P. Meuser 
 
Gregory R. Michael 
 
Michael Yoder (pro hac vice) 
 
 
EIMER STAHL LLP 
 
Robert Dunn 
 
Ryan J. Walsh (pro hac vice) 
 
John K. Adams (pro hac vice) 
 
Amy C. Miller (pro hac vice) 
 
 
 
 
Attorneys for Plaintiffs 
 
 
Case 2:20-cv-06472-SVW-AFM   Document 57   Filed 08/27/20   Page 3 of 3   Page ID #:3048

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