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Attorneys for George W. Bush President of the United States
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
REV. DR. MICHAEL A. NEWDOW,   )    CIV. No. S-01-0218 LKK/GGH PS
) Plaintiff,     )    REPLY TO PLAINTIFF'S
)    OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO V.                       )    DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE
) GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF  ) THE UNITED STATES,            )
)    DATE:     June 14, 2001 Defendant.     )    TIME:     10:00 a.m. ________________           )    COURTROOM:#24
Defendant George W. Bush, President of the United States, submits the following brief in reply to plaintiff Michael A. Newdow's "Opposing Memorandum of Law in Response to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice" filed on June 1, 2001. I. ARGUMENT
A.   Newdow cannot allege the type of direct injury necessary to confer standing.
Newdow remains unable to establish that he has suffered an "injury in fact," a critical element of standing.  Whitmore v. Arkansas^ 495 U.S. 149, 155, 110 S.Ct. 1717, 1723 (1990).
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