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STUART F. DELERYPrincipal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

ANDRE BIROTTE, JR.United States Attorney

ARTHUR R. GOLDBERG (DC Bar No. 180661)

Assistant Branch Director

JEAN LIN (NY Bar No. 4074530)

Senior Trial Counsel

United States Department of Justice

Civil DivisionFederal Programs Branch

20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

Washington, DC 20530(202) 514-3716

jean.lin@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, WESTERN DIVISION

TRACEY COOPER-HARRIS and

MAGGIE COOPER-HARRIS

Plaintiffs,

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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.

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CASE NO. CV12-887 CMB (AJWx)

Judge:Hon. Consuelo B. Marshall

FEDERAL DEFENDANTS NOTICE

OF MOTION AND MOTION TO

DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT

MATTER JURISDICTION

Hearing: February 25, 2013

Time: 10 a.m.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, defendants the United States of America,

Eric H. Holder, Jr., the Attorney General of the United States, and Eric K.

Shinseki, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (Federal Defendants)

will move this Court on February 25, 2013, at 10 pm, or as soon thereafter as

counsel may be heard in the United States District Court for the Central District of

California, Courtroom 2, 312 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, for an

order granting the Federal Defendants motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter

jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(1). This motion is

based on the attached Memorandum of Points and Authorities, and is made

following a conference between counsel for Plaintiffs and federal defendants as

required by Local Rule 7-3, which took place on November 6, 2012. Federal

defendants also conferred with counsel for intervenor-defendant Bipartisan Legal

Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives on December 13, 2012, who

indicates that BLAG reserves the opportunity to respond to this motion.

Date: December 13, 2012 Respectfully Submitted,

STUART F. DELERYPrincipal Deputy Assistant Attorney

General

ANDRE BIROTTE, JR.

United States Attorney

ARTHUR R. GOLDBERG

Assistant Branch Director

__/s/Jean Lin___________

JEAN LIN

Senior Trial Counsel

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div.

Federal Programs Branch

20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.

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Washington, DC 20530

(202) 514-3716

jean.lin@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

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