1:14-cv-01180 #58
1:14-cv-01180 #58
v.
DEBORAH ADERHOLD, et al.,
Defendants.
1:14-cv-00208, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7775, at *5 (S.D. Al. Jan. 23, 2015) (As
long as a stay is in place, same-sex couples and their families remain in a state of
limbo with respect to adoption, child care and custody, medical decisions,
employment and health benefits, future tax implications, inheritance and many
other rights associated with marriage.). Nonetheless, Plaintiffs have conferred
with counsel for Defendants Deborah Aderhold and Monica Fenton (Defendants)
and are informed that those Defendants would seek at least four months of
discovery were the case to proceed. Accordingly, Obergefell will be argued and
likely decided well before the parties could finish discovery and then proceed to
dispositive motions for the Court. Since Obergefell will likely significantly
reshape the issues for discovery, and may decide this case, and given the discovery
that Defendants believe is necessary, Plaintiffs believe that proceeding with the
case before Obergefell is decided would not serve the interests of efficiency or
judicial economy.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on January 27, 2014, I electronically filed the foregoing
document with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will
automatically send email notification to the following attorneys of record:
Tara L. Borelli
Susan L. Sommer (Pro Hac Vice)
Gregory R. Nevins
Elizabeth L. Littrell
LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE AND
EDUCATION FUND, INC.
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
William V. Custer
Douglas E. Winter (Pro Hac Vice)
Jennifer D. Odom
Jennifer B. Dempsey
Luke A. Lantta
BRYAN CAVE LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Nels Peterson
Devon Orland
OFFICE OF STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Attorneys for Defendant Deborah
Aderhold
Diana L. Freeman
Kaye W. Burwell
R. David Ware
FULTON COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE
Attorneys for Defendant Hon. Judge
Pinkie Toomer