Lawyers for Michael Cohen in a memorandum filed late Friday afternoon stuck closely to established arguments in their bid to have Michael Avenatti’s pro hac vice application denied by U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood of the Southern District of New York.

The brief, following Wood’s instructions in an order earlier this week, included case law they argued backed up their request. The court has an obligation to “avoid the creation of a ‘carnival atmosphere’ in high-profile cases,” Cohen’s attorney, McDermott Will & Emery partner Stephen Ryan argued, citing United States v. Smith, a 2013 case out of Manhattan federal court. This, the brief said, is exactly what Avenatti has done.