Fed. Appeal’s Court allows more time for response
The federal appeal’s court in Washington D.C. has granted a request by the defendants for additional time to respond to written arguments by plaintiffs and others in the citizenship lawsuit case involving five American Samoans and one California non profit organization.
The defendants requested an additional 30-days in which to file their briefs in response to plaintiffs as well as the briefs of the four amici curiae, or friends of the court that support the plaintiffs.
Briefs by the defendants (the U.S. Secretary of State, the U.S. State Department and two other officials) were due next week Wednesday. But with the court’s approval for additional time, the briefs are now due on July 11.
Briefs by intervenors — Congressman Faleomavaega Eni and the American Samoa Government — in support of the defendants are now due July 25.