MICHAEL PENCE, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Indiana, et al.,
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Case No. 1:14-cv-405-RLY-TAB
REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
GREGORY F. ZOELLER Attorney General of Indiana
THOMAS M. FISHER Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General IGC South, Fifth Floor 302 W. Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 Tel: (317) 232-6255 Fax: (317) 232-7979 Tom.Fisher@atg.in.gov
Counsel for Defendants
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .......................................................................................................... ii REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR SUMMARY J UDGMENT .............................................................................................................1 ARGUMENT ...................................................................................................................................1 I. Although the Court Has Already Disposed of Plaintiffs Equal Protection and Due Process Claims in Related Litigation, Other Claims Remain for Adjudication ..................1 II. Defendants Cross-Motion for Summary J udgment Was Timely Filed and the Court Should Deny Plaintiffs Motion to Strike ............................................................................2 III. The Governor and the Attorney General Are Not Proper Defendants .................................3 IV. The Tax Injunction Act Bars Plaintiffs Claims Against the Commissioner .......................7 V. Indianas Traditional Marriage Definition Does Not Violate Plaintiffs Right of Access to Courts ..................................................................................................................8 CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................................................12 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ......................................................................................................13
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Ankenbrandt v. Richards, 504 U.S. 689 (1992) ...................................................................................................................9 Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971) ...........................................................................................................10, 11 Christopher v. Harbury, 536 U.S. 403 (2002) ...................................................................................................................9 Johnson v. Orr, 551 F.3d 564 (7th Cir. 2008) .....................................................................................................7 Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343 (1996) ...................................................................................................................9 Morrison v. Sadler, 821 N.E.2d 15 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005)...........................................................................................7 Okpalobi v. Foster, 244 F.3d 405 (5th Cir. 2001) .....................................................................................................5 Southern Pacific Transportation Company v. Brown, 651 F.2d 613 (9th Cir. 1980) .....................................................................................................5 Walker v. Gilligan, 487 F.2d 508 (6th Cir. 1973) .....................................................................................................8 STATUTES Ind. Code 31-11-1 et seq. ..............................................................................................................6 Ind. Code 31-11-1-1 ............................................................................................................ passim Ind. Code 31-11-11-1 ....................................................................................................................6 Ind. Code 31-11-11-3 ....................................................................................................................6 Ind. Code 31-11-11-7 ....................................................................................................................6 Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 3 of 17 PageID #: 472
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RULES Fed. Rule Civ. P. 8(a)(2) ..................................................................................................................8 CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Ind. Const. Article 5, 16 ................................................................................................................4 OTHER AUTHORITIES Office of the Governor, Statement on Federal Court Ruling on Indianas Marriage Statute, available at http://www.in.gov/activecalendar/EventList.aspx?view= EventDetails&eventidn=176231&information_id=202906&type=&syndicate= syndicate (J une 25, 2014) ..........................................................................................................4 Tim Evans, Indiana Couple Files Federal Lawsuit to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage, Indianapolis Star, Mar. 7. 2014 ..................................................................................................6
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REPLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Defendants Michael Pence, Gregory Zoeller, Michael Alley, and Anita Samuel respectfully submit this reply memorandum in support of their Motion for Summary J udgment. ARGUMENT I. Although the Court Has Already Disposed of Plaintiffs Equal Protection and Due Process Claims in Related Litigation, Other Claims Remain for Adjudication
Plaintiffs claim that Indianas traditional marriage definition, Indiana Code Section 31- 11-1-1, violates the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment is functionally identical to the claims made by the plaintiffs in the related cases Baskin v. Bogan, No. 1:14-cv-355-RLY-TAB, Fujii v. Commissioner, No. 1:14-cv-404-RLY-TAB, and Lee v. Abbott, No. 1:14-cv-406-RLY-MJ D. Contrast Bowling Doc. No. 1 at 18-20 with Baskin Doc. No. 30 at 26-32, Fujii Doc. No. 22 at 20-23, and Lee Doc. No. 52 at 7-15. 1 Because the Court ruled in those cases that Section 31-11-1-1 violates both the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses, there is little point in Defendants providing additional argument on these claims. Defendants do, however, reserve all rights and preserve all defenses relating to their Equal Protection and Due Process arguments. See Doc. No. 26 at 12-42. Defendants have, of course, appealed the judgments in Baskin, Fujii, and Lee, and will do so here as well. While summary judgment in the Plaintiffs favor may be a foregone conclusion with respect to their Equal Protection and Due Process claims, several other issues remain to be adjudicated in this case. Plaintiffs have asserted that Section 31-11-1-1 violates the Full Faith and Credit Clause, the Establishment Clause, the right of access to courts, and the right to travel. See Doc. No. 20 at 19-23, 30-35. Of these claims, Plaintiffs summary judgment response memorandum addresses only their access-to-courts claim. Doc. No. 30 at 40-43. Thus, with
1 Hereafter, all citations to the record reference the Bowling docket unless otherwise noted. Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 5 of 17 PageID #: 474
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respect to the Full Faith and Credit, Establishment Clause, and right to travel claims, Defendants stand on the arguments made in their opening summary judgment memorandum. See Doc. No. 26 at 8-12, 49-52. II. Defendants Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment Was Timely Filed and the Court Should Deny Plaintiffs Motion to Strike
Plaintiffs ask this Court to strike the Defendants Cross-Motion for Summary J udgment because [t]he parties agreed that all dispositive motions were to be filed no later than April 21, 2014 . . . [and] Defendants Motion for Summary J udgment was not filed until May 29, 2014[.] Doc. No. 30 at 1. The Court must decline this request as Plaintiffs have plainly misconstrued the April 21 dispositive-motion deadline and, regardless, suffer no prejudice from Defendants Cross-Motion for Summary J udgment. The Court established the April 21 deadline during a status conference with counsel from all five same-sex marriage cases. See Doc. No. 17; Baskin Doc. No. 40; Fujii Doc. No. 28; Lee Doc. No. 17; Love Doc. No. 20. During that status conference, various plaintiffs counsel had informed the Court that they planned to file dispositive motions on their clients behalf. Accordingly, the Court established that any such motions would be due by April 21. Id. Neither counsel for Defendants nor, apparently, any of the other plaintiffs counsel, understood this deadline to apply to any cross-motions for summary judgment Defendants might file in response to the plaintiffs motions. Indeed, Defendants filed their cross-motions for summary judgment in Baskin, Fujii, and Lee after April 21 with no objection from the plaintiffs in those cases. See Baskin Doc. No. 55 (cross-motion filed April 22); Fujii Doc. No. 44 (cross-motion filed May 7); Lee Doc. No. 41 (cross-motion filed May 15). The Court ruled on the parties cross-motions for summary judgment in Baskin, Fujii, and Lee in a consolidated order issued on J une 25, 2014. Baskin Doc. No. 89. That ruling included summary judgment for Defendants as to some parties, Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 6 of 17 PageID #: 475
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id. at 31-32, and in no way indicated that the Court considered Defendants cross-motions to be untimely. What is more, allowing Defendants to file responsive cross-motions for summary judgmentas opposed to simultaneous cross-motionspromotes greater efficiency and judicial economy. When parties file simultaneous cross-motions, they essentially argue across one another and must file a total of six briefs (three from each side) in order to make and respond to all the relevant arguments. When the non-moving party is permitted to file a responsive cross- motion, on the other hand, only four briefs are necessary. Greater efficiency across fewer briefs is especially critical where, as here, there are a number of related cases pending before the same court on the same issue. Finally, Plaintiffs have not explained how they have been injured by Defendants cross- motion or how this case should be resolved if the Court strikes Defendants cross-motion for summary judgment. If the Court wishes to rule in Defendants favor on any of the remaining claims, there is no mechanism to do so in the absence of a cross-motion for summary judgment. Instead, presumably, those claims would proceed to trial. As Plaintiffs have expressed a strong desire to move this case forward (see Doc. No. 33 at 3), and there is no dispute of material fact (see Doc. No. 30 at 1-3), it is difficult to imagine that Plaintiffs want a trial. As a practical matter, therefore, Defendants cross-motion for summary judgment is necessary to propel this case toward resolution. Accordingly, the Court should adhere to the model it followed in Baskin, Fujii, and Lee and refuse to strike the Defendants cross-motion for summary judgment. III. The Governor and the Attorney General Are Not Proper Defendants 1. In Love, Fujii, and Lee, this Court explicitly held that the Governor is not a proper party because the Plaintiffs injuries are not fairly traceable to him and cannot be Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 7 of 17 PageID #: 476
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redressed by him. Baskin Doc. No. 89 at 10; Love Doc. No. 32 at 7. The Bowling Plaintiffs claims with respect to the Governor are indistinguishable from the claims made by the Love, Fujii, and Lee Plaintiffs. In all four cases, Plaintiffs argued that the Governor is a proper defendant due to his general duty to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. Ind. Const. art. 5, 16; see also Doc. No. 30 at 7; Love Doc. No. 26 at 2; Fujii Doc. No. 46 at 14; Lee Doc. No. 46 at 29-30. The Court has explicitly rejected this rationale, holding in Love that Plaintiffs have failed to establish that the Governor has the authority to enforce, or plays any other role respecting, Indianas Defense of Marriage Act. Love Doc. No. 32 at 5-7; see also Baskin Doc. No. 89 at 10 (reaffirming Loves holding). Notwithstanding the Courts clear and firm ruling on this matter, Plaintiffs contend that a press release issued by the Governors office after the Courts J une 25 ruling acknowledg[es] his authority to enforce the statute[.] Doc. No. 30 at 10. In fact, the press release contains nothing more than a blanket statement expressing support for the Attorney Generals appeal of the J une 25 ruling and affirming that the State of Indiana will comply with the federal courts order as this case moves through the appeals process. Office of the Governor, Statement on Federal Court Ruling on Indianas Marriage Statute, available at http://www.in.gov/ activecalendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=176231&information_id=202906 &type=&syndicate=syndicate (J une 25, 2014). The press release does not direct any state officer or agency to do anything in relation to enforcing the statute. Furthermore, no matter the degree of gubernatorial control over agency action, the Governors general supervisory authority is not enough to justify suit against him. As the Court explained in its order dismissing the Love lawsuit, [e]ven if the Governor did exercise some measure of managerial authority over [those] . . . who may administer some aspect of marriage Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 8 of 17 PageID #: 477
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law, that authority would be insufficient to justify a suit against the Governor . . . . Love Doc. No. 32 at 5. This is so because (1) Plaintiffs complained-of injury is not fairly traceable to the Governor because he lacks the authority to enforce the challenged statute against them, and (2) because the Governor cannot enforce the challenged statute, he cannot redress Plaintiffs injury. Id. Guidance from a governor to subordinate agencies does not constitute enforcement of statutes that the agencies themselves are charged with enforcing. See Southern Pacific Transportation Company v. Brown, 651 F.2d 613, 614 (9th Cir. 1980) (finding that an officials duty to advise and direct those responsible for enforcement of a statute is insufficient to make him a proper defendant); see also Okpalobi v. Foster, 244 F.3d 405, 427, 428 (5th Cir. 2001) (en banc) (finding governor to be an improper defendant because the governor cannot be enjoined to act in any way that is beyond his authority to act in the first place. . . . This is not to say that the administrators of [the statute] themselves could not be enjoined to do a particular act that was within their authoritybut these plaintiffs must sue those individuals authorized to exercise the orders of the injunction.). Finally, there is no merit to Plaintiffs suggestion that Governor Pences public statements on traditional marriage make him a proper defendant to this action. No doctrine exists under which an official can be sued on the basis of his public statements rather than his official acts. Indeed, Plaintiffs cite no authority in support of their rather astonishing position. Indianas traditional marriage definition is the result of a policy choice made by the legislature. The Governors public statements in support of that choice in no way expose him to suit regarding the laws constitutionality. 2. In Baskin, the Court held that the Attorney General is a proper defendant owing to his broad authority to assist in the prosecution of any offense, particularly the criminal Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 9 of 17 PageID #: 478
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provisions in place to prevent individuals from marrying in violation of [Section 31-11-1-1]. Baskin Doc. No. 89 at 9 (citing Ind. Code 31-11-11-7; 31-11-11-1; 31-11-11-3). The Bowling Plaintiffs contend that the same rationale applies to their claims against the Attorney General. Doc. No. 30 at 12. The statutes cited by the Court in Baskin, however, are criminal provisions relating to licensure and solemnization of marriages, not recognition of marriages. See Ind. Code 31-11-11-7 (A person who knowingly solemnizes a marriage . . . prohibited . . . by IC 31-11-1 commits a Class B misdemeanor.); Ind. Code 31-11-11-1 (criminalizing the provision of false information to the clerk of the court when applying for a marriage license); Ind. Code 31-11-11-3 (same). As the Bowling Plaintiffs seek recognition of their existing marriagesnot the licensure or solemnization of new marriagesthe Attorney General is not capable of enforcing any of these statutes against them. In short, the Attorney General does not have a sufficient connection and role in enforcing such statutes for purposes of Ex Parte Young. Baskin Doc. No. 89 at 9-10. Plaintiffs claim that the Attorney General has made public statements that he intends to enforce Indianas Anti-Recognition statute, Doc. No. 30 at 12, but the statements to which Plaintiffs refer have only to do with the Attorney Generals handling of this and the other related constitutional challenges to Indianas traditional marriage definition. Specifically, the Attorney General has stated that he will represent the state and defend [Section 31-11-1-1] now and on any appeal and that [a]s state governments lawyer, he must defend the states authority to define marriage at the state level within Indianas borders. Id. (citing Tim Evans, Indiana Couple Files Federal Lawsuit to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage, Indianapolis Star, Mar. 7. 2014). In other words, the Attorney General has said that he will defend a state statute against a constitutional challengeas is his duty under the lawnot that he will assist in the prosecution Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 10 of 17 PageID #: 479
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of any criminal charges against these Plaintiffs. The analysis does not change when the Attorney General intervenes in a case to defend the constitutionality of an Indiana law (see Doc. No. 30 at 12-13 (citing Morrison v. Sadler, 821 N.E.2d 15 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005)) or when he files an amicus brief in a case that has some relation to or bearing on Indiana law (see id. at 13 (citing Brief for the State of Indiana, et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Reversal, Kitchen v. Herbert, No. 13-4178 (10th Cir. Feb. 10. 2014)). Simply put, defending the constitutionality of a statutewhether as a defendant, intervenor, or amicusis not the same as enforcing a statute. Likewise, the Attorney Generals issuance of official opinions advising public officials that Section 31-11-1-1 prohibits the recognition of same-sex marriages, Doc. No. 30 at 12, has nothing to do with his broad authority to assist in the prosecution of marriage-related offenses. Baskin Doc. No. 89 at 9. Again, the Plaintiffs point to no provisions of the Indiana Code criminalizing the recognition of same-sex marriages. Thus, the Attorney Generals advice to public officials regarding various forms of recognition of same-sex marriage is unrelated to any enforcement powers he may have that would give plaintiffs standing to sue him where licensure is concerned. IV. The Tax Injunction Act Bars Plaintiffs Claims Against the Commissioner Plaintiffs argue that the Tax Injunction Act does not bar their claims against the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Revenue because Plaintiffs are not challenging the collection of State taxes or seeking a federal court order to avoid paying state taxes but, rather, are challenging the DORs tax filing guidance which prevents them from filing joint tax returns. Doc. No. 30 at 14. Allowing them to file jointly, they claim, would not impede the collection of taxes or reduce the flow of tax revenue because Indiana has a flat 3.4% tax rate for individual income. Id. at 15 (quoting Johnson v. Orr, 551 F.3d 564, 571 (7th Cir. 2008)). Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 11 of 17 PageID #: 480
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What Plaintiffs appear to be saying is that they suffer no specific tax harm as a result of their inability to file joint tax returns. If this is true, then they have stated a claim for which there is no relief. They counter, however, that [a]s a result of DORs policy, [they] were required to spend additional time and preparation fees to prepare and file two separate Indiana tax returns with a filing status of single and to prepare three federal income tax returns. Doc. No. 30 at 14. This relatively minor burden is hardly a concrete harm sufficient to confer Article III standing. In all events, federal courts lack jurisdiction over plaintiffs tax claims where, as here, an adequate state remedy exists. See Walker v. Gilligan, 487 F.2d 508, 510 (6th Cir. 1973) (per curiam) ([F]ederal courts have repeatedly expressed the judicial policy that anticipatory federal adjudication of state tax laws must be avoided where adequate state remedies exist.). Indeed, federal courts have held that the Tax Injunction Act removes jurisdiction even where plaintiffs claims do not directly challenge the amount of tax collected. See, e.g., id. (holding that the Act barred plaintiffs claims challenging the constitutionality of an Ohio law requiring married couples filing joint federal income tax returns also to file joint state income tax returns). Accordingly, the Court has no jurisdiction to adjudicate Plaintiffs claims against the Commissioner. V. Indianas Traditional Marriage Definition Does Not Violate Plaintiffs Right of Access to Courts
1. Plaintiff Linda Bruner acknowledges that she did not separately plead her right- of-access-to-courts claim and now attempts to shoehorn it into her broader Due Process claim. See Doc. No. 30 at 41. She contends that her passing reference to the denial of access to courts in the context of her Due Process argument is sufficient to comply with Rule 8s requirement of a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief. Id. (citing Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 12 of 17 PageID #: 481
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Fed. Rule Civ. P. 8(a)(2)). Such a statement can hardly be characterized as plain, however, when it is buried within other claims. As Defendants explained in their opening summary judgment brief, Bruner neither alleges a violation of right of access to courts as a separate count nor includes a specific demand for declaratory or injunctive relief that would address such a claim; thus, the Court should treat this claim as waived. See Doc. No. 26 at 43. 2. Bruner argues that the domestic relations exception does not bar her claim because she is not asking this Court to issue a decree of dissolution, but rather, she is requesting this Court to find Indianas Anti-Recognition statute unconstitutional . . . . Doc. No. 30 at 42. This statement oversimplifies the matter. Regardless of the specific relief Bruner is requesting here, the result, should she succeed, will be to obtain a divorce decree in state court by way of a federal court proceeding. This falls squarely within the domestic relations exception, which encompasses [] cases involving the issuance of a divorce, alimony, or child custody decree. Ankenbrandt v. Richards, 504 U.S. 689, 704 (1992). 3. Even if the Court finds there are no jurisdictional barriers to Bruners access-to- courts claim, it must nevertheless fail on the merits. The right of access to courts is violated when systemic official action frustrates a plaintiff . . . in preparing and filing suits at the present time. Christopher v. Harbury, 536 U.S. 403, 413 (2002). The right requires the government to provide only a reasonably adequate opportunity to present claimed violations of fundamental constitutional rights to the courts. Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 351 (1996) (internal quotations omitted) (emphasis added). Under this standard, Bruner has suffered no violation of her right of access to the courts. She filed a petition for dissolution in state court and alleges no systemic official action that frustrate[d] her ability to do so. Instead, she contends that her right of access has been violated Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 13 of 17 PageID #: 482
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because the Marion Superior Court dismissed her dissolution action in reliance upon Indianas traditional marriage definition. Doc. No. 30 at 42. As courts have repeatedly held, however, a state courts lack of subject-matter jurisdiction over a claim, as opposed to a courts refusal even to accept and docket a pleading initiating a claim, does not constitute an unconstitutional denial of access to courts. See Doc. No. 26 at 46-47 (collecting cases). Bruner makes no attempt to argue otherwise. Instead, she continues to rely on Boddie v. Connecticut, 401 U.S. 371 (1971), for the broad proposition that [a]ccess to the Courts is a fundamental right that is rooted in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Doc. No. 30 at 41. As Defendants explained in their opening brief, however, this reliance is misplaced. See Doc. No. 26 at 46. In Boddie, indigent married parties were prevented from having their divorce action heard in court because they could not pay a filing fee. Boddie, 401 U.S. at 376, 379. The Court held that the filing fee was a violation of the plaintiffs right of access to courts because the fee was a bar to the filing of their lawsuit. Id. at 380. Again, Bruner was able to file her dissolution action and have her claims heard by the Marion Superior Court. Although the trial court ultimately dismissed her dissolution action, Bruners access does not end there, of course. Bruner notes that she plans to timely file her Notice of Appeal with the Indiana Court of Appeals. Doc. No. 30 at 41. Thus, she can hardly claim she has been denied access to courts when her claim has been heard by a state trial court and is ripe for appeal. Nor has Bruner explained why a separate federal court lawsuit is the proper vehicle for adjudication of her constitutional challenge to Section 31-11-1-1. Presumably, Bruner plans to appeal the trial courts dismissal of her dissolution action on the grounds that Section 31-11-1- 1the basis for the trial courts dismissalis unconstitutional. If the Indiana Court of Appeals Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 14 of 17 PageID #: 483
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and/or Indiana Supreme Court agree with her in this regard and issue a decision holding Section 31-11-1-1 unconstitutional, then the state trial courts will follow suit and begin adjudicating on the merits dissolution petitions filed by same-sex couples married in other States. Thus, there is no need for parallel federal litigation to adjudicate the same constitutional claims Bruner will be pursuing in state court. 4. In their previous brief, Defendants explained that while a same-sex couple married in another State may not be able to obtain a division of property by way of a formal divorce decree, Indiana courts may nonetheless equitably divide their property upon the couples request. See Doc. No. 26 at 48-49. Bruner contends, however, that an equitable division of property that has been acquired during the relationship is not the equivalent to a dissolution of marriage because, in a dissolution, the court divides all property, not just the property that was acquired during the marriage. Doc. No. 30 at 43. Even if true, this is not a violation of Bruners right of access to courts. The right mandated by Boddie and its brethren is the ability to file a petition for dissolution, not the guarantee of a specific remedy. See Boddie, 401 U.S. at 383 (directing the State only to provide access to the means [for divorce]). The relevant point is that same-sex couples married in other States can file an action in state court requesting an equitable division of their property. That such property may be divided differently than the property of an opposite-sex married couple does not diminish the fact that same-sex couples have access to the courts and the ability, generally, to obtain some relief. If anything, Bruners objection in this regard generally (though not meritoriously) sounds in Equal Protection, not in the Due Process right of access to courts. In all events, however, it must fail. Case 1:14-cv-00405-RLY-TAB Document 38 Filed 07/24/14 Page 15 of 17 PageID #: 484
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CONCLUSION The Court should deny Plaintiffs Motion for Summary J udgment and grant Defendants Motion for Summary J udgment. Respectfully submitted,
GREGORY F. ZOELLER Attorney General of Indiana
s/ Thomas M. Fisher Thomas M. Fisher Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General IGC South, Fifth Floor 302 W. Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 Tel: (317) 232-6255 Fax: (317) 232-7979 Tom.Fisher@atg.in.gov
Counsel for Defendants
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on J uly 24, 2014, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which sent notification of such filing to the following: Richard A. Mann Lisa M. J oachim J ennifer A. Mann Todd D. Small Megan L. Clearwaters RICHARD A. MANN, P.C. RMann@RichardMann-LawOffice.com LJ oachim@RichardMann-LawOffice.com J Mann@MannLaw.us TSmall@RichardMann-LawOffice.com MClearwaters@MannLaw.us
s/ Thomas M. Fisher Thomas M. Fisher Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General Indiana Government Center South 5th Floor 302 W. Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46204-2770 Phone: (317) 232-6255 Fax: (317) 232-7979 Email: Tom.Fisher@atg.in.gov
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