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Jersey 08625-0970Re:Garden State Equality
et
al.
v.
PaulaDow
et
al.
Supreme Court Docket
No.
A-21-13Appellate Division Docket No.
A-0521-13
Law Division Docket No.
Mer-L-1729-11
Dismissal
of
Appeal pursuant
to
R. 2:8-2Dear Mr. Neary:Please accept this letter
as
a
withdrawal of the
appeal
in
the
-above referenced
matter
pursuant
to Rule 2:8-2.
matter.Thank
you
for your assistance and
courtesies in this
Respectfully
submitte
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General of
New
Jersey
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Joseph Orlando Clerk
of
the
Appellate Division
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SUPREME COURT
OF
NEW
JERSEY
DOCKET
NO. A-21-13GARDEN STATE EQUALITY; DANIELWEISS; JOHN GRANT;MARSHASHAPIRO;LOUISE WALPIN;MAUREENKILIAN;CINDYMENEGHIN;SARAH KILLIANMENEGHIN;
ERIC
BRADSHAW;KARENNICHOLSONMCFADDEN;MARCYENICHOLSONMCFADDEN;KASEYNICHOLSONMCFADDEN;MAYANICHOLSONMCFADDEN;THOMASDAVIDSON;KEITH HEIMANN;MARIEHEIMANNDAVIDSON; andGRACEHEIMANN DAVIDSON
Respondents
v.
PAULA
DOW
in
her
officialcapacity as Attorney Generalof
New Jersey;
JENNIFER
VELEZ
in her official capacity as
Commissioner of
the New JerseyDepartment of Human Services;
and
MARY E
O
OVdD
in herofficial
capacity
asCommissioner of
the
New Jersey
Department
of
Health andSenior
Services
Appellants.
CIVIL ACTION
ON
DIRECT CERTIFICATION
FROM
THE
SUPERIOR COURT
OF
NEWJERSEY LAW DIVISION
MERCER
COUNTY
Sat Below:
Hon.
Mary
C.Jacobson A.J.S.C.
DOCKET
NO. L-1729-11CERTIFICATION
OF SERVICE
I,
ROBERT LOUGY, of
full
age, hereby certify:
1. am
an
Assistant Attorney General employed by
the
Department
of
Law and Public Safety, Division of Law.
I
am
assigned to represent Appellants
in
the above-captioned
matter.2.
On
October 21,
2013,
caused
to
be
delivered
byovernight delivery the letter from Acting Attorney
General John
J. Hoffman to the Clerks of the Supreme Court and
the Appellate
Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey informing
them of
State Defendants dismissal of the appeal pursuant to R. 2:8-2
in
the above-captioned matter
to:
Lawrence S. Lustberg, Esq.Gibbons P.C.One
Gateway
CenterNewark, New Jersey 07102-5310Attorney
for
PlaintiffsHayley Gorenberg, Esq.Lambda
Legal
120 Wall Street19th Floor
New
York,
New
York 1005-3919Attorney
for
PlaintiffsRonald
K.
Chen, Esq.Rutgers Constitutional Litigation ClinicCenter
for
Law
Justice
123 Washington StreetNewark, New Jersey 07102Attorney
for
Amici
Curiae
Edward
Barocas, Esq.
ACLU of New JerseyP.O.
Box 32159
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Attorney for
Amici
Curiae
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