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Click to open document 12/13/2011 PETITION-MISC OTHER PROCEEDINGS PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Thomas Arthur Pobjecky 211941 FILED AS "PETITION FOR ADVISORY OPINION" (O&9)
01/03/2012 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (MISC) RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 FILED AS "PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS PETITION FOR ADVISORY OPINION AND REQUEST FOR RESPONSE AND AN EXPANSION OF TIME" (O&9)
01/03/2012 RESPONSE PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Michele A. Gavagni TO MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME (FILED AS LETTER DATED 12/27/2011)
01/17/2012 No Fee Required
01/20/2012 LETTER RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 DATED 01/17/12 RE: MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSE
02/16/2012 ORDER-RESPONSE/REPLY REQUESTED The Florida Board of Bar Examiners filed a Petition for Advisory Opinion concerning whether undocumented immigrants may become members of The Florida Bar. The Court has determined that a full response to the petition should be filed by Talbot D' Alemberte, Esq., on or before March 7, 2012. The FBBE shall serve its reply on or before March 19, 2012.
Click to open document 03/07/2012 RESPONSE RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 O&7
Click to open document 03/07/2012 APPENDIX-RESPONSE RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 O&7
03/07/2012 REQUEST-ORAL ARGUMENT RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 O&7
03/08/2012 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Fl State University Center For The Advancement Of Human Rights BY: MR Terence S. Coonan
03/13/2012 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (REPLY TO RESPONSE) PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Thomas Arthur Pobjecky 211941
03/14/2012 MOTION-COUNS PRO HAC VICE (FOREIGN COUNSEL) MR Mexican American Legal Defense And Educational Fund BY: MR Amy R. Pedersen
Click to open document 03/19/2012 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Americans For Immigrant Justice BY: MR Lana Chiariello 152188
Click to open document 03/19/2012 AMICUS CURIAE ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS MR Americans For Immigrant Justice BY: MR Lana Chiariello 152188 O&7
Click to open document 03/19/2012 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Past Presidents Of The American Bar Association BY: MR Martha Walters Barnett 160404 & BRIEF O&7 & E-MAIL
03/19/2012 MOTION-EXPEDITE RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 O&7
Click to open document 03/19/2012 NOTICE RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 OF FILING OF REP. CASTOR'S JOINDER IN AMICUS BRIEF OF FORMER ABA PRESIDENTS (O&8)
03/19/2012 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Dream Bar Association DBA BY: MR Cecilia M. Olavarria 967122 2 ORIGINALS & 8 COPIES & E-MAIL
03/19/2012 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Fl State University Center For The Advancement Of Human Rights BY: MR Wendi J. Adelson 29987 AMENDED MOTION & BRIEF
03/20/2012 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (REPLY TO RESPONSE) The Florida Board of Bar Examiners' motion for extension of time is granted and the Board is allowed to and including March 29, 2012, in which to file the reply to the response. NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF TIME WILL BE GRANTED FOR THE FILING OF THE REPLY TO THE RESPONSE.
03/20/2012 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF) MR Dream Bar Association DBA BY: MR Cecilia M. Olavarria 967122 2 ORIGINALS & 7 COPIES
03/20/2012 ORDER-COUNSEL PRO HAC VICE GR (FOREIGN COUNSEL) The motion to appear pro hac vice filed in the above cause by Cecilia M. Olavarria, on behalf of Amy R. Pedersen, is hereby granted contingent upon counsel's payment of the $100.00 fee required by section 25.241(3), Florida Statutes (2004), within ten days from the date of this order. FAILURE TO TIMELY COMPLY WITH THE PAYMENT REQUIREMENT COULD RESULT IN THIS ORDER BEING VACATED AND THE MOTION BEING DENIED.
03/21/2012 RESPONSE PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Thomas Arthur Pobjecky 211941 TO MOTION FOR EXPEDITED RESOLUTION
Click to open document 03/22/2012 AMICUS CURIAE ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS MR Dream Bar Association DBA BY: MR Amy R. Pedersen O&8
03/26/2012 FEE PAID-PRO HAC VICE MR Mexican American Legal Defense And Educational Fund BY: MR Amy R. Pedersen
03/27/2012 Pro Hac Vice 2012 - 1017253 Amount: $100 AMY R. PEDERSEN
03/27/2012 MAIL RETURNED ORDERS DATED 03/20/2012 MR Fl State University Center For The Advancement Of Human Rights BY: MR Wendi Adelson 29987 03/27/2012 FORWARDED TO CORRECT ADDRESS
Click to open document 03/29/2012 REPLY TO RESPONSE PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Thomas Arthur Pobjecky 211941 O&7
Click to open document 03/29/2012 APPENDIX-RESPONSE PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Thomas Arthur Pobjecky 211941 REPLY TO RESPONSE (O&7)
Click to open document 03/30/2012 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Dream Bar Association DBA BY: MR Amy R. Pedersen AMENDED MOTION
04/04/2012 ORDER-AMICUS CURIAE GR The motion for leave to file brief as amicus curiae filed by Americans for Immigrant Justice is hereby granted and they are allowed to file brief only in support of respondent. The brief by the above referenced amicus curiae was filed with this Court on March 19, 2012 The motion for leave to file brief as amicus curiae filed by Past ABA Presidents is hereby granted and they are allowed to file brief only in support of respondent. The brief by the above referenced amicus curiae was filed with this Court on March 19, 2012. The motion for leave to file brief as amicus curiae filed by the Dream Bar Association is hereby granted and they are allowed to file brief only in support of respondent. The motion for extension of time filed by the Dream Bar Association is granted and they are allowed to an including March 22, 2012 to serve the amicus brief. The brief by the above referenced amicus curiae was filed with this Court on March 22, 2012. ORDER AMENDED 04/04/12 TO REFLECT THE SERVICE DATE OF MARCH 22, 2012, FOR THE DREAM BAR ASSOCIATION AMICUS BRIEF.
Click to open document 04/04/2012 ORDER-HIGH PROFILE
04/05/2012 LETTER Hon. Kathy Castor, U.S. Representative BY: Hon. Kathy Castor, U.S. Representative DATED 04/02/2012 RE: SUPPORT FOR THE PAST AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS' AMICUS BRIEF
Click to open document 04/09/2012 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Fl State University Center For The Advancement Of Human Rights BY: MR Wendi J. Adelson 29987 SECOND AMENDED MOTION & BRIEF (8 COPIES FILED 04/11/12)
04/09/2012 MISC. DOCKET ENTRY MR Fl State University Center For The Advancement Of Human Rights BY: MR Wendi J. Adelson 29987 G-28, NOTICE OF ENTRY OF APPEARANCE AS ATTORNEY OR ACCREDITED REPRESENTATIVE
07/05/2012 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 FILED AS "APPLICANT'S MOTION FOR AN ORDER DIRECTING THE BOARD TO CONCLUDE ITS INVESTIGATION AND NOTICE OF OTHER PROCEEDINGS" (O&8 & E-MAIL)
07/19/2012 MOTION-COUNS SUBSTITUTION PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061
08/06/2012 RESPONSE PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061 TO APPLICANT'S MOTION FOR AN ORDER DIRECTING THE BOARD TO CONCLUDE ITS INVESTIGATION AND NOTICE OF OTHER PROCEEDINGS (O&9 & E-MAIL)
08/06/2012 NOTICE-FILING RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 OF BOARD ACTION (O&9 & E-MAIL)
08/16/2012 ORDER-AMICUS CURIAE GR The motion for leave to file brief as amicus curiae filed by FSU Center for Human Rights is hereby granted and they are allowed to file brief only in support of respondent. The brief by the above referenced amicus curiae was filed with this Court on March 19, 2012. The brief filed by the above referenced amicus curiae on April 9, 2012, is hereby stricken.
08/16/2012 ORDER-COUNS SUBSTITUTION GR The motion for substitution of counsel filed in the above cause is hereby granted and Robert G. Blythe is hereby substituted as counsel for petitioner.
08/16/2012 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE DY Applicant's Motion for Order Directing the Board to Conclude its Investigation and Notice of Other Proceedings is hereby denied.
08/17/2012 NOTICE-FILING RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 FEDERAL APPLICATION (O&9 & E-MAIL)
08/28/2012 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061 O&9 & E-MAIL
08/30/2012 ORDER-OA SCHED The above case is hereby scheduled for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 2, 2012. A maximum of twenty minutes to the side is allowed for the argument, but counsel is expected to use only so much of that time as is necessary. NO CONTINUANCES WILL BE GRANTED EXCEPT UPON A SHOWING OF EXTREME HARDSHIP.
08/30/2012 ORDER-EXPEDITE DY Respondent's motion to expedite is hereby denied as moot, as oral argument for the above case is scheduled for October 2, 2012.
08/30/2012 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR
09/11/2012 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 O&8 & E-MAIL
09/28/2012 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 O&9 & E-MAIL
10/02/2012 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD
10/08/2012 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061 O&7 & E-MAIL
11/26/2012 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061 O&7
01/16/2013 REQUEST-ADMISSIONS RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 FILED AS "RESPONDENT/APPLICANT'S NOTICE OF FILING OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND MOTION FOR ADMISSION" (O&8 & E-MAIL)
01/25/2013 RESPONSE PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061 TO APPLICANT'S NOTICE OF FILING OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND MOTION FOR ADMISSION
02/04/2013 MOTION-REPLY FILING TO RESPONSE RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 FILED AS "MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE APPLICANT'S REPLY TO BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS' RESPONSE" (O&8 & E-MAIL)
02/12/2013 MOTION-MOTION AMENDMENT/SUPPLEMENT RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 FILED AS "AMENDMENT TO MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE REPLY TO BOARD RESPONSE" (O&8 & E-MAIL)
03/21/2013 ORDER-REPLY TO RESPONSE FILING DY Applicant's motion to file reply to response to the Notice of Filing of Additional Information and Motion for Admission is denied.
03/25/2013 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061 O&7
04/04/2013 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE DY The "Motion for Admission," filed January 16, 2013, is hereby denied. In this cause, the Florida Board of Bar Examiners has petitioned this Court for an advisory opinion regarding a clearly stated question. The separate issue of the individual movant's admission is not before the Court.
04/18/2013 ORDER-RESPONSE/REPLY REQUESTED The Florida Board of Bar Examiners filed a Petition for Advisory Opinion asking this Court whether undocumented immigrants may become members of The Florida Bar. The Florida Board of Bar Examiners is hereby ordered and the United States Department of Justice as an amicus is hereby requested to each file a brief, within thirty days of the date of this order, addressing the following five issues: 1. How does executive branch policy, including the deferred action policy, affect federal law? 2. Does 8 U.S.C. section 1324-1324a, prohibit an undocumented immigrant from working in the United States for compensation? 3. Do the provisions of 8 U.S.C. section 1621 (2011) prohibit the issuance of a professional license by appropriated funds of a state to immigrants not authorized to work under federal law? Further, does 8 U.S.C. section 1621, subdivision (c), apply and preclude this Court's admission of an undocumented immigrant to The Florida Bar? Does any other statute, regulation, or authority preclude the admission? 4. Under the Executive Branch's deferred action policy, how can state government entities determine whether an undocumented immigrant is fully authorized to be employed? Would an undocumented immigrant, who has been authorized for employment pursuant to the policy, have an "employment authorization card" or similar documentation? 5. What is meant by the statement on a Social Security card "valid for work only with DHS authorization"? Does the phrase demonstrate that an undocumented immigrant is fully authorized to work in the United States? Or does the phrase indicate that there are matters that might necessitate further consideration by the Department of Homeland Security before the person is completely authorized to engage in employment? Mr. Talbot D'Alemberte, Esq., may file an amicus brief, within thirty days of the date of this order, addressing the above listed issues.
04/25/2013 MAIL RETURNED Charles A Gonzalez BY: Charles A Gonzalez Hon. Charles A. Gonzalez, U.S. Representative (ORDER DATED 04/04/2013) -- FMR. U.S. REP -- NO FORWARDING ADDRESS, PLACED WITH FILE
05/08/2013 NOTICE-APPEARANCE PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert J. Telfer 128694 AND DESIGNATION OF E-MAIL ADDRESSES (James J. Dean and Robert J. Telfer III)
05/17/2013 RESPONSE RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 TO ORDER DATED 04/18/13 (SIGNED PAPER RESPONSE ALSO FILED 5/17/13)
Click to open document 05/20/2013 AMICUS CURIAE ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS NPAC United States Department Of Justice JUSTICE BY: NPAC Daniel Tenny
Click to open document 05/20/2013 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT James J. Dean 832121
Click to open document 05/20/2013 APPENDIX-MERIT BRIEF PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT James J. Dean 832121
05/20/2013 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE NPAC United States Department Of Justice JUSTICE BY: NPAC Daniel Tenny FILED AS "UNITED STATES' MOTION TO WAIVE CERTAIN RULES AND REQUIREMENTS"
05/28/2013 AMICUS CURIAE ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS MR Dream Bar Association DBA BY: MR Amy R. Pedersen STRICKEN -- SEE ORDER DATED 11/21/13
05/28/2013 MOTION-STRIKE RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 PORTIONS OF THE DOJ AMICUS BRIEF
05/28/2013 MOTION-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 FILED AS "MOTION FOR WAIVER OF TIME RESTRICTION FOR FILING OF PETITION FOR AMENDMENT OF THE RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR"
05/28/2013 MOTION-AMICUS CURIAE MR Dream Bar Association DBA BY: MR Amy R. Pedersen
06/07/2013 RESPONSE NPAC United States Department Of Justice JUSTICE BY: NPAC Daniel Tenny TO MOTION TO STRIKE
06/19/2013 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061
07/15/2013 NOTICE-FILING RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 THAT A PETITION TO AMEND THE RULES REGULATING THE FLORIDA BAR HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE BAR (STRICKEN -- SEE ORDER DATED 11/21/13)
07/18/2013 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061 JOINT NOTICE
07/22/2013 ORDER-OTHER SUBSTANTIVE GR United States' Motion to Waive Certain Rules and Requirements is hereby granted.
08/01/2013 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 STRICKEN -- SEE ORDER DATED 11/21/13
08/07/2013 MOTION-STRIKE PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061 Notice of Supplemental Authority
10/31/2013 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529 STRICKEN -- SEE ORDER DATED 1/28/14
11/12/2013 MOTION-STRIKE PT Florida Board Of Bar Examiners FBBE BY: PT Robert G. Blythe 353061
11/21/2013 ORDER-STRIKE DY The Applicant's Motion to Strike Portions of the DOJ Amicus Brief is hereby denied.
11/21/2013 ORDER-STRIKE The Applicant's Motion for Waiver of Time Restriction for Filing of Petition for Amendment of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, and the Applicant's Notice of Filing, filed on July 15, 2013, are hereby stricken.
11/21/2013 ORDER-AMICUS CURIAE DY The motion for leave to file an additional brief as amicus curiae, filed in the above cause by the Dream Bar Association on behalf of the applicant, is hereby denied. The brief filed on May 28, 2013, by the Dream Bar Association is hereby stricken.
11/21/2013 ORDER-STRIKE GR The Florida Board of Bar Examiner's motion to strike notice of supplemental authority is granted and the notice of supplemental authority, filed on August 1, 2013, is hereby stricken.
01/03/2014 NOTICE-SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RS Jose Manuel Godinez-Samperio BY: RS Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte 17529
01/28/2014 ORDER-STRIKE GR The Florida Board of Bar Examiner's motion to strike notice of supplemental authority is granted and the notice of supplemental authority, filed on October 31, 2013, is hereby stricken. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.225 ("The notice shall not contain argument . . . .")
Click to open document 03/06/2014 DISP-CASE CLOSED Accordingly, we answer the Florida Board of Bar Examiners' question by holding that unauthorized immigrants are ineligible for admission to The Florida Bar. Applicants are required to demonstrate that they are legally present in the United States. It is so ordered.
08/19/2014 ARCHIVES M/R BOX 5252 (FILE)