FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
July 21, 2011
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
Suzanne Webb (334) 242-7351
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AG ASKS COURT TO ORDER CLARIFICATION OF IMMIGRATION LAWSUIT
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Luther Strange yesterday asked a federal court
to require the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Alabama’s new immigration law to
provide a more definite statement as to which plaintiffs are suing which defendants and
upon which grounds. In a motion filed yesterday, the Attorney General described the
complaint as “a disfavored shotgun pleading” much of which is inappropriately vague
and immaterial.
The Attorney General filed the motion in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of Alabama in the case of Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama et al. v. Robert
Bentley. The lawsuit concerns a challenge to Alabama Act No. 2011-535, titled the
Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act.
Attorney General Strange said he hopes the court will act upon his motion
before ruling on the plaintiffs’ request that was filed this morning for a preliminary
injunction to halt enforcement of the immigration law. “The plaintiffs need to provide a
clearer picture of legal issues to be addressed so that this litigation may be handled in
an appropriate and efficient way that does not waste the Court’s time and resources.”
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