UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       Plaintiff,                   vs. FEDERATION OF PHYSICIANS AND    DENTISTS, INC.,                   Defendant.

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CA 98-475 JJF

UNITED STATES' MOTION TO COMPEL NON-PARTY FIRST STATE ORTHOPAEDICS' PRODUCTION OF SUBPOENAED DOCUMENTS

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(c)(2)(B) and D. Del. LR 7.1.1, the United States hereby moves for entry of the accompanying proposed order compelling non-party First State Orthopaedics ("First State") to produce and permit inspection and copying of documents responsive to Document Request No. 7 attached to a subpoena that was served October 29, 1998, on First State Orthopaedics. This motion is made on the grounds that the documents sought are reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, and therefore are relevant under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1) to the subject matter of the action, and that First State's refusal to comply is without justification.

Pursuant to D. Del. LR 7.1.1, and as explained in detail in the accompanying brief, plaintiff certifies that it has conferred in good faith with counsel for First State Orthopaedics in an effort to resolve this dispute.

Respectfully submitted,

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RICHARD G. ANDREWS
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

_______________/s/________________ By: Virginia Gibson-Mason (DSB # 3699) Assistant United States Attorney 1201 Market Street, Suite 1100 Wilmington, DE 19801 Tel.: (302)573-6277 Facsimile: (302) 573-6220 _______________/s/________________ Melvin A. Schwarz Special Counsel for Enforcement U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 601 D Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel.: (202) 305-1210 Facsimile: (202) 514-1629

_______________/s/________________ Steven Kramer Richard S. Martin Denise E. Biehn Michael D. Farber Heather H. Howard Jean Lin Attorneys U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 325 Seventh Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel.: (202) 307-0997 Facsimile: (202) 514-1517

Dated: January 21, 1999