Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2012
Closed Date: 2013
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On December 14, 2012, plaintiffs, a binational same-sex couple, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its component agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The complaint and most other court documents are not available via PACER. The website Equality on Trial describes the case as an immigration-related challenge to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
On May 8, 2013, the Court (Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong) granted defendants' stay pending the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Windsor, 133 S. Ct. 2675 (2013). The Windsor Court struck down Section 3, on July 3, 2013, holding that DOMA violated the constitutional rights of same-sex couples who had legally married under state law. Plaintiffs and defendants filed a joint motion to reopen this case, and then, on August 14, 2013, plaintiffs filed a notice of voluntary dismissal. Presumably that's because the Department of Homeland Security changed its policies in light of Windsor and granted the plaintiffs the immigration benefits they sought.
Summary Authors
David Hamstra (2/22/2015)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4179763/parties/partridge-v-napolitano/
Armstrong, Saundra Brown (California)
Anderson, Gary L. (California)
Aponte, Milton (California)
Adams, Larry D (California)
Amanat, Farzin Franklin (California)
Armstrong, Saundra Brown (California)
Anderson, Gary L. (California)
Attorney, OIL-DCS Trial (California)
Attorney, Noticing INS (California)
Bauer, Jeffrey Michael (California)
Belsan, Timothy Michael (California)
Bennett, Richard Wesley (California)
Blain, Jennifer Ellen (California)
Cirillo, Richard A. (California)
Connolly, Christopher Kendrick (California)
Davila, Yamileth G. (California)
Driscoll, Jessica P. (California)
Erickson-Pogorzelski, Anthony (California)
Evans, Walter Manning (California)
Flentje, August E (California)
Girdharry, Glenn M (California)
Goettel, Katherine E (California)
Goldsmith, Aaron S. (District of Columbia)
Halaska, Alexander James (California)
Hennes, Stefanie Notarino (California)
Hernandez, Ysabel Maria (California)
Hollis, Christopher W (California)
Ikari, Carolyn Aiko (California)
Johnson, Lisa Hammond (California)
Kimball, Kimere Jane (California)
LA-CV, Assistant US (California)
Maynor-Faulcon, Mercedes C. (California)
McConaghy, Michelle Lynn (California)
Oswald, Craig Arthur (California)
Pogorzelski, Anthony (California)
Robins, Jeffrey S (California)
Schachner, Elliot M. (California)
Shinners, Katherine J (California)
Soloveichik, Layaliza K. (California)
Walker, James Joseph (California)
Ward, Brian Christopher (California)
Weinkle, James Alan (California)
Westwater, Gisela (California)
Amanat, Farzin Franklin (California)
Atkinson, Theodore W (California)
Bartolomucci, H. Christopher (District of Columbia)
Bashyrov, Jacob Alexander (California)
Bennett, Michelle Renee (California)
Berwick, Benjamin L (California)
Bianco, Anthony Daniel (California)
Braunstein, Joshua E (California)
Cargo, Shane Patrick (California)
Chan, Priscilla To-Yin (California)
Chilakamarri, Varu (California)
Clement, Paul D. (District of Columbia)
Clopton, Zachary David (California)
Cohen, Rebecca Shapiro (California)
Coleman, John Robert (California)
Connolly, Kathleen Ann (California)
Coppolino, Anthony Joseph (California)
Cowart, Brandon Herbert (California)
Daeubler, Kirsten L (California)
Darrow, Joseph Anton (California)
Davenport, Christine (District of Columbia)
Davis, Kathryn Celia (California)
Dupre, Brock Darren (California)
Ernce, Lynn Trinka (California)
Everitt, Jeslyn A. (California)
Fairchild, Katie Denise (California)
Feldman, Brian Marc (California)
Finneran, Richard E. (California)
Foust, Joshua Thomas (California)
Freeborne, Paul Gerald (California)
Freeny, Kyle Renee (California)
Frey, Christopher Douglas (California)
Fuchs, Siegmund F. (California)
Goldman, Adam Laurence (California)
Guerra, David Louis (California)
Guzman, Gladys M. (California)
Habeas, US Attorney (California)
Heckenlively, Bryan H. (California)
Hendry, Melanie Dyani (California)
Hildebrand, Regan (California)
Ihsanullah, Neelam (California)
Jones, Luke Matthew (California)
Jones, Terrence M (California)
Kennedy, Sam Delk (California)
Kim, Elizabeth Ann (California)
Kircher, Kerry W. (District of Columbia)
Kisor, Colin Abbott (California)
Kneedler, Jennie Leah (California)
LaFevers, Kathryn Jean (California)
Lawrence, Victor M (California)
LeBeouf, Sunni Jones (California)
Lester, Robert Ira (California)
Martin, Edward J. (California)
McCord, Stacey Elise (California)
McGinley, Michael H. (District of Columbia)
McShain, Heather Kirsten (California)
Medinger, Jason Daniel (California)
Merchant, Orelia E. (California)
Mooppan, Hashim M (California)
Morabito, Douglas P. (California)
Morehead, Sarah K (California)
Murphy-Osborne, Maura (California)
Nelson, Nicholas J. (District of Columbia)
Nelson, Anna Emily (California)
Nestler, Emily B. (California)
Orenstein, Karin K. (California)
Osinoff, Joanne S (California)
Peluso, Abigail Lynn (California)
Phillips, Bradley S. (California)
Pittard, William (District of Columbia)
Prairie, Nicole R (California)
Press, Joshua Samuel (California)
Prime, Caroline Jane (California)
Reddy, Kirti Vaidya (California)
Robinson, Charles Furlonge (California)
Robinson-Gaither, Eleanor A (California)
Rocque, Amanda Adams (California)
Roden, Michael L. (California)
Romero, Jacqueline Christine (California)
Rosenberg, Brad Prescott (California)
Rosenstein, Rod J (California)
Schreiber, Glenn Kenneth (California)
Schwartz, Beth Patricia (California)
Schwei, Daniel Stephen (California)
Schweiner, Dianne (California)
Security, Department of (California)
Serafyn, Jennifer A. (California)
Shaitelman, Kenneth Lee (California)
Sheffield, Carlton Frederick (California)
Sherer, Jeremy Paul (California)
Shumate, Brett A. (California)
Silverman, Matthew (California)
Silvis, William Charles (California)
Smith, Sharon Denise (California)
Smith, Kathryn L. (California)
Smith, Barbara Healy (California)
Sneed, Sekret Tamara (California)
Sowles, Marcia K. (California)
Spaccarotella, John C. (California)
Stark, Jennifer L. (California)
Stegeby, Erik Kenneth (California)
Steverson, Carolyn Williams (California)
Swinton, Nathan Michael (California)
Tannenbaum, Andrew Harris (California)
Tatelman, Todd B. (District of Columbia)
Taylor, Sara Nadine (California)
Theis, John Kenneth (California)
Tyler, John Russell (California)
Ulrich, Tamara Lynn (California)
Vargas, Jeannette Anne (California)
Walker, Elizabeth Lee (California)
Walker, Mary Beth (District of Columbia)
Wichers, Christine J. (California)
Wildasin, Mark H. (California)
Wu, Margaret Louisa (California)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4179763/partridge-v-napolitano/
Last updated Feb. 23, 2024, 4:26 a.m.
State / Territory: California
Case Type(s):
Public Benefits/Government Services
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Dec. 14, 2012
Closing Date: 2013
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
A binational married same-sex couple seeking immigration benefits.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
The Department of Homeland Security, Federal
Defendant Type(s):
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Constitutional Clause(s):
Available Documents:
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Preliminary injunction / Temp. restraining order
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Order Duration: 2013 - None
Issues
General:
Discrimination-basis: