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`Thomas H. Bienert, Jr. (CA Bar No.135311, admitted pro hac vice)
`Whitney Z. Bernstein (CA Bar No. 304917, admitted pro hac vice)
`BIENERT KATZMAN LITTRELL WILLIAMS LLP
`903 Calle Amanecer, Suite 350
`San Clemente, California 92673
`Telephone: (949) 369-3700
`Facsimile: (949) 369-3701
`tbienert@bklwlaw.com
`wbernstein@bklwlaw.com
`Attorneys for James Larkin
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`Paul J. Cambria, Jr. (NY Bar No. 1430909, admitted pro hac vice)
`Erin McCampbell (NY Bar. No 4480166, admitted pro hac vice)
`LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP
`42 Delaware Avenue, Suite 120
`Buffalo, New York 14202
`Telephone: (716) 849-1333
`Facsimile: (716) 855-1580
`pcambria@lglaw.com
`emccampbell@lglaw.com
`Attorneys for Michael Lacey
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
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`Plaintiff,
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`United States of America,
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`Michael Lacey, et al.,
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`Case No. 2:18-cr-00422-PHX-SMB
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`DEFENDANTS’ RESPONSE TO
`GOVERNMENT’S OBJECTIONS TO
`OVERSIZE BRIEF (DOC. NO. 1361)
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`Gary S. Lincenberg (CA Bar No. 123058, admitted pro hac vice)
`Ariel A. Neuman (CA Bar No. 241594, admitted pro hac vice)
`Gopi K. Panchapakesan (CA Bar No. 279856, admitted pro hac vice)
`BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER, WOLPERT, NESSIM,
`DROOKS, LINCENBERG & RHOW PC
`1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor
`Los Angeles, California 90067-2561
`Telephone: (310) 201-2100
`Facsimile: (310) 201-2110
`glincenberg@birdmarella.com
`aneuman@birdmarella.com
`gpanchapakesan@birdmarella.com
`Attorneys for John Brunst
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`Bruce Feder (AZ Bar No. 004832)
`FEDER LAW OFFICE PA
`2930 E. Camelback Road, Suite 160
`Phoenix, Arizona 85016
`Telephone: (602) 257-0135
`bf@federlawpa.com
`Attorney for Scott Spear
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`David Eisenberg (AZ Bar No. 017218)
`DAVID EISENBERG PLC
`3550 N. Central Ave., Suite 1155
`Phoenix, Arizona 85012
`Telephone: (602) 237-5076
`Facsimile: (602) 314-6273
`david@deisenbergplc.com
`Attorney for Andrew Padilla
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`Joy Malby Bertrand (AZ Bar No. 024181)
`JOY BERTRAND ESQ LLC
`P.O. Box 2734
`Scottsdale, Arizona 85252
`Telephone: (602)374-5321
`Facsimile: (480)361-4694
`joy.bertrand@gmail.com
`Attorney for Joye Vaught
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`Case 2:18-cr-00422-SMB Document 1364 Filed 10/22/21 Page 3 of 6
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`The government filed an opposition to Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 1355)
`to complain about the substance of the motion and lobe egregious, serious allegations of contempt
`at defense counsel. See Docs. 1361. The government is wrong, and Defendants are compelled to
`respond here.
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`The government is wrong to allege that Defendants attempted to circumvent any
`Court order by quoting public press articles about the government’s withholding of Brady materials.
`Doc. 1361. Judge Logan’s Order, which the government cites, required defendants to (i) destroy
`the inadvertently produced documents and (ii) not use any information that may have been
`gathered from the review of those documents. Doc. 449-1. Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss
`does not violate that Order as Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss does not in any way, shape,
`or form use any information learned from a review of the government’s clawed back memos.1 See
`Doc. 1355. Defendants merely quoted publicly available press reports. Judge Logan’s Order did not
`forbid Defendants from reading public press articles about the case (as this would be in clear
`violation of the First Amendment) (Doc. 449-1), and none of the articles that Defendants
`mentioned in the Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 1355 at 20-21) contain the memos, despite the
`government’s misleading suggestions to the contrary (Doc. 1361 at 2: 5-8). The Court can view
`the public press articles itself. The government’s protests about the Joint Motion to Dismiss has
`nothing to do with Defendants Motion for Leave to File Excess Pages (Doc. 1354) and instead
`underscores the extent to which the government is trying to keep the facts underlying the Brady
`materials away from this Court’s consideration.
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`The government is wrong to argue Defendants’ Joint Motion to Dismiss seeks to
`rehash other matters. Doc. 1361 at 2:14-15. Defendants argued that the case should be dismissed
`with prejudice because the cumulative effect of the government’s years-long, ongoing actions rises
`to the level of sanctionable conduct warranting dismissal. Doc. 1355 at 17-29. The government’s
`repeated privilege invasions and Brady violations, on top of the government’s many violations of
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`Undersigned counsel, who filed the Motion to Dismiss, has never even seen the Western
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`District of Washington memos that are the subject of Defendants’ pending Motion to Compel
`Government to Comply with Brady/Giglio (Doc. 1281). See, e.g., Trail Day 4 PM, Transcript at
`Doc. 1355-8, at 83.
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`Court orders during trial, make it clear that the government must be sanctioned with dismissal of
`the case. Id. Defendants believe it is simplest for six Defendants to file one joint motion that is
`12 pages longer than the page limit, as opposed to six Defendants filing multiple separate 17-page
`motions and joinders, and thus sought as much from this Court. Doc. 1354.
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`RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 21th day of October 2021,
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`BIENERT KATZMAN LITTRELL
`WILLIAMS LLP
`s/ Whitney Z. Bernstein
`Thomas H. Bienert, Jr.
`Whitney Z. Bernstein
`Attorneys for James Larkin
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`Pursuant to the District’s Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual (Oct. 2020) §
`II(C)(3), Whitney Z. Bernstein hereby attests that all other signatories listed, and on whose behalf this filing is
`submitted, concur in the filing’s content and have authorized its filing.
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`LIPSITZ GREEN SCIME CAMBRIA LLP
`s/ Paul J. Cambria, Jr.
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`Paul J. Cambria, Jr.
`Erin McCampbell Paris
`Attorneys for Michael Lacey
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`BIRD MARELLA BOXER WOLPERT
`NESSIM DROOKS LINCENBERG AND
`RHOW PC
`s/ Gary S. Lincenberg
`Gary S. Lincenberg
`Ariel A. Neuman
`Gopi K. Panchapakesan
`Attorneys for John Brunst
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`FEDER LAW OFFICE PA
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`Bruce Feder
`Attorneys for Scott Spear
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`DAVID EISENBERG PLC
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`David Eisenberg
`Attorneys for Andrew Padilla
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`JOY BERTRAND ESQ LLC
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`Joy Bertrand
`Attorneys for Joye Vaught
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on October 21, 2021, I electronically transmitted the attached
`document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice
`of Electronic Filing to the CM/ECF registrants who have entered their appearance as counsel of
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`/s/ Toni Thomas
`Toni Thomas
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