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    WilmerHale

    350SouthG

    randAvenue,

    Suite2100

    LosA

    n

    eles,

    CA

    90071

    JOSEPH J. LEVIN, JR. (Pro Hac Vice)[email protected]

    CHRISTINE P. SUN (SBN 218701)[email protected] E. SHORT (Pro Hac Vice)[email protected]

    SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER400 Washington AvenueMontgomery, AL 36104Telephone: (334) 956-8200Facsimile: (334) 956-8481

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    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

    CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

    WESTERN DIVISION

    TRACEY COOPER-HARRIS and )

    MAGGIE COOPER-HARRIS, )

    )

    Plaintiffs, )

    )

    vs. )

    )

    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; )

    ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., in his official )

    capacity as Attorney General; and )

    ERIC K. SHINSEKI, in his official )

    capacity as Secretary of Veterans )

    Affairs, )

    )

    Defendants, )

    )

    BIPARTISAN LEGAL ADVISORY )

    GROUP OF THE U.S. HOUSE )

    OF REPRESENTATIVES, ))

    Intervenor-Defendant. )

    No. 2:12-CV-887-CBM-AJW

    Hon. Consuelo B. Marshall

    NOTICE OF

    SUPPLEMENTAL

    AUTHORITY

    Case 2:12-cv-00887-CBM-AJW Document 78 Filed 01/28/13 Page 1 of 4 Page ID #:1183

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    NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY2

    W

    ilmerHale

    350SouthGra

    ndAvenue,

    Suite2100

    LosAn

    eles,

    CA

    90071

    Randall R. Lee (SBN 152672)[email protected] Benedetto (SBN 252379)[email protected] CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP

    350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2100Los Angeles, CA 90071Telephone: (213) 443-5300Facsimile: (213) 443-5400

    Adam P. Romero (Pro Hac Vice)[email protected] Ali (Pro Hac Vice)[email protected] CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP7 World Trade CenterNew York, NY 10007Telephone: (212) 230-8800

    Facsimile: (212) 230-8888

    Eugene Marder (SBN 275762)[email protected] CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP950 Page Mill RoadPalo Alto, California 94304Telephone: (650) 858-6000Facsimile: (650) 858-6100

    Attorneys for Plaintiffs

    Case 2:12-cv-00887-CBM-AJW Document 78 Filed 01/28/13 Page 2 of 4 Page ID #:1184

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    NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY

    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

    I certify that on January 28, 2013, I electronically filed the foregoing Plaintiffs

    Notice of Supplemental Authority with the Clerk of Court by using the CM/ECF

    system, which provided an electronic notice and electronic link of the same to the

    following attorneys of record through the Courts CM/ECF system:

    Paul D. Clement, [email protected]

    H. Christopher Bartolomucci, [email protected]

    Nicholas J. Nelson, [email protected]

    Michael H. McGinley, [email protected]

    BANCROFT PLLC

    1919 M Street, N.W., Suite 470

    Washington, D.C. 20036

    Kerry W. Kircher, [email protected]

    William Pittard, [email protected]

    Christine Davenport, [email protected]

    Todd B. Tatelman, [email protected]

    Mary Beth Walker, [email protected]

    Eleni M. Roumel, [email protected]

    OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL,

    U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES219 Cannon House Office Building

    Washington, D.C. 20515

    Jean Lin, [email protected]

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

    Civil Division - Federal Programs Branch

    20 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest

    Washington, District of Columbia 20530

    /s/Adam P. Romero

    Adam P. Romero

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