Case 3:10-cv-00940-GPC-WVG Document 567 Filed 11/12/16 Page 1 of 16 1 DANIEL M. PETROCELLI (S.B. #97802) [email protected] 2 DAVID MARROSO (S.B. #211655) [email protected] 3 DAVID L. KIRMAN (S.B. #235175) [email protected] 4 O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 1999 Avenue of the Stars 5 Los Angeles, California 90067–6035 Telephone: (310) 553-6700 6 Facsimile: (310) 246-6779 7 JILL A. MARTIN (S.B. #245626) [email protected] 8 c/o TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB One Trump National Drive 9 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 Telephone: (310) 202-3225 10 Facsimile: (310) 265-5522 11 Attorneys for Defendants DONALD J. TRUMP and 12 TRUMP UNIVERSITY, LLC 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 SONNY LOW, J.R. EVERETT, and Case No. 10-CV-0940-GPC (WVG) 17 JOHN BROWN, on Behalf of Judge: Hon. Gonzalo P Curiel Themselves and All Others Similarly 18 Situated, CLASS ACTION 19 Plaintiffs, DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE APPLICATION TO CONTINUE 20 v. TRIAL DATE 21 TRUMP UNIVERSITY, LLC et al., DATE: EX PARTE 22 TIME: EX PARTE Defendants. COURT: 2D 23 JUDGE: HON. CURIEL 24 25 26 27 28 Case 3:10-cv-00940-GPC-WVG Document 567 Filed 11/12/16 Page 2 of 16 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Page 3 I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1 4 II. THE CONSTITUTION, DEFERENCE TO THE PRESIDENT- ELECT, AND BASIC PRAGMATISM COMPEL THE MODEST 5 RELIEF SOUGHT IN THIS MOTION. ......................................................... 3 6 A. Separation of Powers Requires That the Trial Court Schedule Its Proceedings So As To Not Impede a President’s Public Duties. ......... 3 7 B. The Transition Process is All-Consuming. ........................................... 6 8 C. Plaintiffs Will Suffer Minimal Prejudice From Brief 9 Continuance. ......................................................................................... 9 10 III. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DEFS.’ EX PARTE APPLICATION TO i CONTINUE TRIAL 3:10-CV-0940-GPC(WVG) Case 3:10-cv-00940-GPC-WVG Document 567 Filed 11/12/16 Page 3 of 16 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES 2 Page(s) 3 CASES 4 City & Cnty. of S.F., 5 512 F.3d 1112 (9th Cir. 2008) ............................................................................. 10 6 Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997) .................................................................................. 3, 4, 5, 8 7 8 CMAX, Inc. v. Hall, 300 F.3d 265 (9th Cir. 1962) ................................................................................. 9 9 In re Bush, 10 287 S.W.3d 899 (Tex. Ct. App. 2009) .................................................................. 9 11 Kingdom of Sweden v. Melius, 12 2015 WL 7574463 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 25, 2015) ...................................................... 9 13 Lair v. Bullock, 14 697 F.3d 1200 (9th Cir. 2012) ............................................................................. 10 15 Leiva-Perez v. Holder, 16 640 F.3d 962 (9th Cir. 2011) ............................................................................... 10 17 Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. v. IMR Contractors Corp., 2009 WL 1010842 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 14, 2009) ...................................................... 9 18 19 Lopez v. Heckler, 713 F.2d 1432 (9th Cir. 1983) ............................................................................. 10 20 Loving v. United States, 21 517 U.S. 748 (1996) .............................................................................................. 3 22 Misretta v. United States, 23 488 U.S. 361 (1989) .............................................................................................. 3 24 Nixon v. Fitzgerald, 25 457 U.S. 731 (1982) .......................................................................................... 4, 9 26 Nken v. Holder, 27 556 U.S. 418 (2009) ............................................................................................ 10 28 DEFS.’ EX PARTE APPLICATION TO ii CONTINUE TRIAL 3:10-CV-0940-GPC(WVG) Case 3:10-cv-00940-GPC-WVG Document 567 Filed 11/12/16 Page 4 of 16 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (continued) 2 Page(s) 3 United States v. Fromme, 4 405 F. Supp. 578 (E.D. Cal. 1975) ........................................................................ 9 5 United States v. McDougal, 6 934 F. Supp. 296 (E.D. Ark. 1999) ....................................................................... 9 7 United States v. Poindexter, 8 732 F. Supp. 142 (D.D.C. 1990) ........................................................................... 9 9 STATUTES 10 18 U.S.C. § 3056 ......................................................................................................... 6 11 28 U.S.C. § 1651 ................................................................................................... 1, 10 12 50 U.S.C. § 3342 ......................................................................................................... 6 13 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Pub. L. No. 114-113, 129 14 Stat. 2242 (2015) ................................................................................................... 8 15 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Pub. L. 16 No. 108-458, 118 Stat. 3638 (2004) ...................................................................... 8 17 Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010. Pub. L. No. 114- 18 113, 129 Stat. 2242 (2015) .................................................................................... 8 19 Presidential Transition Act of 1963, Pub. L. No. 88-277, 78 Stat. 153 (1964) ................................................................................................................. 5, 6 20 RULES 21 22 Circuit Rule 27-3 .................................................................................................. 1, 10 23 S.D. Cal. L.R. 83.3(g)(2) ............................................................................................ 1 24 OTHER AUTHORITIES 25 H.R. COMM. ON OVERSIGHT AND GOV’T REFORM, 112TH CONG., 26 POLICY AND SUPPORTING POSITION (Plum Book) (Comm. Print 2012) (2016 edition not yet available) .................................................................. 6 27 28 DEFS.’ EX PARTE APPLICATION TO iii CONTINUE TRIAL 3:10-CV-0940-GPC(WVG) Case 3:10-cv-00940-GPC-WVG Document 567 Filed 11/12/16 Page 5 of 16 1 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (continued) 2 Page(s) 3 Josh Gerstein, President-Elect Trump due to appear in court at trial 4 starting later this month, POLITICO (Nov. 9, 2016), 5 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-court- university-231082 .................................................................................................. 8 6 L. ELAINE HALCHIN, CONG. RESEARCH SERV., RL34722, PRESIDENTIAL 7 TRANSITIONS: ISSUES INVOLVING OUTGOING AND INCOMING 8 ADMINIS. (2016) ........................................................................................ 1, 6, 7, 8 9 Mark Hosenball, Donald Trump Set To Receive Top Secret Security 10 Briefings, THE HUFFINGTON POST (Nov. 9, 2016), http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-security- 11 briefings_us_5823dcbfe4b0d9ce6fc0cb09 ............................................................ 8 12 P’SHIP FOR PUBLIC SERV., PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION GUIDE (spec. ed. 13 2016) .............................................................................................................. 1, 6, 7 14 POLITICO PRO, THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ROADMAP (2016) ............................. 7 15 Press Release, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi Statement on 2016 Election (Nov. 16 9, 2016), http://www.democraticleader.gov/newsroom/pelosi- statement-on-2016-election/ .................................................................................. 5 17 18 Press Release, The White House Office of the Press Secretary, Fact Sheet: Facilitating a Smooth Transition to the Next Administration 19 (Nov. 10, 2016), https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press- 20 office/2016/11/10/fact-sheet-facilitating-smooth-transition-next- administration ........................................................................................................ 7 21 Russell Berman, “The Most Important Takeover of Any Organization 22 in History,” THE ATLANTIC (Apr. 22, 2016), 23 http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/04/improving- the-presidential-transition-2016/477528/ .............................................................. 8 24 25 Team Fix, Transcript: President Obama’s remarks on Donald Trump’s election, WASH. POST, Nov. 9, 2016 ..................................................................... 5 26 27 28 DEFS.’ EX PARTE APPLICATION TO iv CONTINUE TRIAL 3:10-CV-0940-GPC(WVG) Case 3:10-cv-00940-GPC-WVG Document 567 Filed 11/12/16 Page 6 of 16 1 TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: 2 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that defendants Donald J. Trump and Trump 3 University, LLC (“defendants”), by and through their counsel of record, will and 4 hereby do apply to the Court ex parte for an order (a) continuing the trial date in 5 Low from November 28, 2016 to a date after the Presidential inauguration that is 6 convenient for the parties and the Court; (b) authorizing the video-recorded 7 testimony of Donald Trump before trial in this case; and (c) allowing all parties to 8 use the recorded testimony in the Low and Cohen trials. If the Court denies the 9 relief requested herein, defendants respectfully request a temporary stay of 10 proceedings to permit defendants to seek emergency relief