Erik Strindberg (Bar No.

4154)
Lauren I. Scholnick (Bar No. 7776)
Kathryn Harstad (Bar No. 11012)
STRINDBERG & SCHOLNICK, LLC
675 East 2100 South, Ste. 350
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Telephone: (801) 359-4169
Facsimile: (801) 359-4313
erik@utahjobjustice.com
lauren@utahjobjustice.com
kass@utahjobjustice.com


John Mejia (Bar No. 13965)
Leah Farrell (Bar No. 13696)
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF
UTAH FOUNDATION, INC.
355 N. 300 W.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
Telephone: 801.521.9862
Facsimile: 801.532.2850
aclu@acluutah.org

Joshua A. Block*
ACLU LGBT Project
125 Broad Street, Floor 18
New York, New York, 10004
Telephone: (212) 549-2593
Facsimile: (212) 549-2650
jblock@aclu.org
*Admitted pro hac vice
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH
CENTRAL DIVISION

In theii iesponse to Plaintiffs' motion to supplement (Bkt. No. S2), Befenuants uo
not object to Plaintiffs' pioposeu supplementation. Insteau, Befenuants pioffei facts about
!"# %& '()(#, Case No. 14u9uuS42, anu aigue that the !"# case is ielevant to the pieliminaiy

JONELL EVANS, et al.
Plaintiffs
v.
STATE OF UTAH, et al.,
Defendants.

REPLY IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS
MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT



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injunction motion. As explaineu heiein, Befenuants' belateu aiguments about !"# aie not
timely anu the !"# case uoes not suppoit Befenuants' position in any event.
!"#$%
1. The Befenuants weie well awaie of }uuge Faust's iuling in !"# %& '()(#, Case No.
14u9uuS42 at the time they biiefeu anu aigueu the Plaintiff's motion foi a
pieliminaiy injunction in this case. }uuge Faust uenieu the TR0 motion in !"#
on }anuaiy 27, 2u14, almost a full month befoie Befenuants' opposition, which
they fileu on Febiuaiy 21, 2u14.
2. The piivate tiansciipt of the }anuaiy 27, 2u14 TR0 heaiing in !"#, attacheu as
an unsealeu exhibit to Befenuants' iesponse, shows that }uuge Faust expiessly
uiu not iule on the meiits of the !"# plaintiff's motion, anu specifically anu
expiessly ueclineu to iule on whethei the same sex couples maiiieu in 0tah hau
vesteu iights in theii maiiiages. ('## !"# TR0 Beaiing Tiansciipt at 42-4S, Ex. 1
to Befs.' Response to Notion to Supplement, Bkt. No. SS-1.)
S. The !"# case was voluntaiily uismisseu without a iuling on the meiits aftei
Befenuants iemoveu it to feueial couit anu sought to consoliuate it with the
piesent case.
4. None of the Plaintiffs in this action weie paities to the !"# case.
"'()*+,$
Plaintiffs filed a motion to supplement to bring this Courts attention to factual
developments that occurred after the pending motion for preliminary injunction was fully briefed
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and argued. In casting about for a counterweight to Judge Stones granting of J.s stepparent
adoption, Defendants now attempt to further supplement the record with information about an
unrelated case that was resolved a month before Defendants filed their opposition to the
preliminary injunction. Defendants have already raised new cases and legal arguments for the
first time on the eve of and even in the middle of oral argument. But their latest attempt to
raise new arguments that they failed to raise in a timely manner is a bridge too far.
In any event, Judge Fausts ruling in Doe is irrelevant to this case. Judge Faust denied a
TRO but purposely avoided ruling on the merits of the Doe plaintiffs claims. In contrast, Judge
Stones grant of Js stepparent adoption petition was a ruling on the merits after full briefing.
That adoption would not have been possible without concluding that Mr. Milner and Mr.
Barrazas marriage is valid and can be recognized as a basis for granting related legal rights,
regardless of the stay in Kitchen.
For these reasons, the Court should allow and consider Plaintiffs proposed
supplementation, and disregard Defendants improper, implied motion to admit and consider the
private proceedings in the Doe case.
DATED this 30
th
day of April, 2014.

/s/ John Mejia___

John Mejia
ACLU of Utah
Attorney for Plaintiffs


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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that the foregoing pleading was served upon the following via the
CM/ECF electronic delivery system.

JONI J. JONES
KYLE K. KAISER
Office of the Utah Attorney General
160 East 300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
jonijones@utah.gov
kkaiser@utah.gov

/s/ John Mejia
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