IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1 ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, gt&, 1 No. 1:96CV01285 (RCL) Plaintiffs, v. 1 GALE A. NORTON, Secretary of 1 the Interior, gt&, Defendants. 1 NOTICE OF FILING OF MAY 2005 STATUS REPORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF TRUST RECORDS The Department of the Interior Office of Trust Records hereby submits its status report for activity in May 2005. A copy of the report is attached hereto. Dated: June 15,2005 Respectfully submitted, ROBERT D. McCALLUM, Jr. Associate Attorney General PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General STUART E. SCHIFFER Deputy Assistant Attorney General J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, Jr. / (D.C. Bar No. 406635) Assistant Director Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Mailing Address: P.O. Box 875 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 Phone (202) 307-3242 Fax (202) 514-9163 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that, on June 16,2005 the foregoing Notice of Filing of May 2005 Status Report by the Department of the Interior Office of Trust Records was served by Electronic Case Filing, and on the following who is not registered for Electronic Case Filing, by facsimile: Earl Old Person (Pro se) Blackfeet Tribe P.O. Box 850 Browning, MT 59417 Fax (406) 338-7530 - Kevin P. Kingston District of Columbia live database Page 1 of 9 Notices 1196-c-v-01285-RCL COB-ELL, et at v. NORTON, et al U.S. District Court District of Columbia Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was received from Kirschman, Robert entered on 611512005 at 11:46 PM and filed on 611512005 Case Name: COBELL, et a1 v. NORTON, et a1 Case Number: 1:96-cv-1285 Filer: ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS Document Number: 303.6 Docket Text: NOTICE Notice ofFiling ofDefendantslPrivilegeLogsfor ZantazE-MailProductionofJune 13,2005 by ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS (Attachments: # (1) Privilege Logs for 06-13-05 Zantaz E-Mail Production)(Kirschman, Robert) The following document(s) are associated with this transaction: Document description:Main Document Original filename:J:\C-Financial\Cobell\Current Pleading\00~Notice.Filing.Privilege.Log~96cv1285-06 152005.pdf Electronic document Stamp: [STAMP dcecfStamp_ID=973800458 [Date=6/15/2005] [FileNumber=797647-01 [aaa08a96cec264fddcb6~581120d79e2a44d75a3d9e67589817b34190a6fa46e74dfl ad74500465a07b863fcbl lff94ef9a098975cdf9f306d lbb25lf3f46eld]] Document description: Privilege Logs for 06-13-05 Zantaz E-Mail Production Original filename:J:\C-Financial\Cobell\CurrentPleading\Ol-Privilege Logs.pclf Electronic document Stamp: [STAMP dcecfStamp_ID=973800458 [Date=6/15/2005] [FileNumber=797647-I] [813f5dffc5244aab2178265cf3154aec2ef408fd6b69fc66eb8927ea5734c8d3e1cfl bdlb95fa54fOdab219c046clccede79b3cc6d2d42622fb06816flb1014b]] 1:96-cv-1285 Notice will be electronically mailed to: Cynthia L. Alexander cynthia.alexander@usdoj.gov, Henry A. Azar ,Jr henry.azar@usdoj.gov, Donald Michael Barnes dbarnes@portenvright.com, Alan I. Baron Alan.Baron@hklaw.com Howard Christopher Bartolomucci hcbartolomucci@hhlaw.com, District of Columbia Iive database Page 2 of 9 Michael James Bearman mbearman@mckennalong.com, David Booth Beers dbeers@sheagardner.com, Steven F. Benz sbenz@khhte.com, Kenneth Lee Blalack ,I1 lblalack@omm.com, L. Barrett Boss bboss@cozen.com, ahenry@cozen.com;skerkhoff@cozen.com Dwight Phillip Bostwick dwight.bostwick@baachrobinson.com, Stanley M. Brand sbrand@brand-frulla.com, William H. Briggs ,Jr bbriggs@rdblaw.com, Mark Kester Brown mkesterbrown@attglobal.net, Stephen M. Byers sbyers@crowell.com, Plato Cacheris pcacheris@troutrichards.com Christina M. 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Harper harper@narf.org, hargrow@narf.0rg;apaige@narf.org Andrew Dewald Herman ahermanabrand-frulla.com,jcohenabrand-frulla.com Tracy Lyle Hilmer tracy.hilmer@usdoj.gov, Charles Allen Hobbs chobbs@hsdwdc.com, judan@hsdwdc.com John F. Hundley jhundley@troutcacheris.com Douglas B. Huron huron@hellerhuron.com, Michael X. Imbroscio mimbroscio@cov.com, Amy B. Jackson ajackson@troutcacheris.com Daniel Gordon Jarcho djarcho@mckennalong.com, Julie B. Kaplan julie.kaplan@reslawgrp.com, mlw@reslawgrp.com Lisa Bondareff Kemler lisa@zwerlingkemler.com, Robert E. Kirschman ,Jr robert.kirschman@usdoj.gov, J. Christopher Kohn chris.kohn@usdoj.gov, David Sidney Krakoff dkrakoff@mayerbrownrowe.com, John R. Kresse john.kresse@usdoj .gov, Elliott H Levitas elevitas@kilpatrickstockton.com, Bradley S. Lui blui@mofo.com, Robert D. Luskin rluskin@pattonboggs.com, Christopher B. Mead cmead@londonandmead.com, Mark E. Nagle mnagle@sheppardmullin.com, Larry Allen Nathans nathans@nathanslaw.com Jonathan Brian New jonathan.new@usdoj .gov, Anne Doris Noto anoto@sonosky.com, District of Columbia live database Page 4 of 9 Nathaniel D. Owens wwlwms@aol.com, Terry M. Petrie terry.petrie@usdoj.gov, Brian Michael Privor bprivor@morganlewis.com Michael John Quinn michael.quinn3@usdoj.gov, B. Michael Rauh rauh@blankrome.com John T. Richards ,Jr jtr@troutrichards.com, Marc Evan Rindner rnrindner@rdblaw.com, Jennifer R. Rivera jennifer.rivera@usdoj .gov, Martha Purcell Rogers mrogers@ober.com Steven John Roman romans@dsmo.com, Kerri L. Ruttenberg kruttenberg@cozen.com Robert A. Salerno robert.salerno@pipermdnick.com, Phillip Martin Seligman phillip.seligman@usdoj.gov, John Joseph Siemietkowski john.siemietkowski@usdoj.gov Gregory S. Smith greg.smith@sablaw.com Mary Lou Soller msoller@milchev.com, Sandra Peavler Spooner sandra.spooner@usdoj.gov, John Thomas Stemplewicz john.stemplewicz@usdoj.gov, john.o'connor2@usdoj .gov;sandra.spooner@usdoj.gov;kevin.kingston2@usdoj.gov;james.st.john@usdoj William M. Sullivan ,Jr wsullivan@winston.com Ilana Z. Sultan isultan@mayerbrownrowe.com Jonathan Turley jturley@law.gwu.edu, Jonathan IS. Tycko jtycko@tzslaw.com Barbara Ann Van Gelder bvangeld@wrf.com, Gino D. Vissicchio gino.vissicchio@usdoj.gov, Kathleen Elizabeth Voelker kathleenvoelker@aol.com, District of Columbia live database Page 5 of 9 John Warshawsky john.warshawsky@usdoj.gov, john.o'connor2@usdoj.gov Dodge Wells dodge.wells@usdoj.gov, Judith Lynne Wheat judith.wheat@verizon.net, Thomas Edward Wilson twilson@bcr-dc.com, Emily M. Yinger emyinger@hhlaw.com Roger Eric Zuckerman rzuckerman@zuckerman.com, John Kenneth Zwerling jz@zwerlingkemler.com, 1:96-cv-1285 Notice will be delivered by other means to: Jason B. 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Zirnrnitti ROSS, DIXON & BELL, LLP 2001 K Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-2688 Page 9 of 9 Jun-15-2005 07:54am From- ACTTVrrY REPORT OFTICE OFTRUSTRECORDS May 1 -31,2005 lab at-Anderson (Labat lndexing Pmject) Labat reported that 3,563 boxes of inactive hdik records were completed in May 2005. The total number of boxes completed throughMay 2005 is 1 18,906. Movement of Records T'he Bureau of Indian Affairs @LA) and the Office of the Special.Trustee for American Indians (OST)moved approximately 1,170 boxes of inactive records from various field locations to Lenexa for indexing and subsequent storage ar the American Indian Records Repository (AIRR). OTR moved 558 boxes of inactive records fiom Albuquerque to Lenexa in May. Boxes Requiring Preservation andlor Remediation The Sational Archives and Records Administration (NAIU) advised OTR that NARA will be able to assist OTR in the remediation of the 283 boxes of documents. It is anticipated that NA&4 will provide OTRwith specific procedures for shipping the records in June 2005. Site Assessments A records management site assessment was conducted by OTRat the Concho Agency at rhe request of BIA and OSTin May. The assessment report for the Concho Agency OST field office was sent to the Principal Deputy Special Trustee on May 20,2005 and rhe repon for the BLA programs was sent to the Agency Superintendent on May 31, 2005. In addition to the above, OTR completed and fowarded the foilewing site assessment reports during he month of May. BIA Offices: Southern Pueblos Agency, Easrern Oklahoma Region, and Jicarilla Agency. OSTfield offices: Southwest Region and Navajo Region. OTRexpects to complete three pending sire assessment reports and distribute the reports during June 2005; OTRwas not able to complete the Mescalero reporc in May as anticipated. JU~-15-2005 07:54dm From- Records Training OTR provided records management training for twenty-six (26) identified records contacts from the Office of Law Enforcement Services and twenty-five (25) identified records contacts &om the Office of Indian Education Programs. Equipment OTR did not provide any file storage equipment in May. Records Evaluations - Accession eM0003-8001 The 3 1 boxes continue to remain at OTR pursuant to a litigation hold. Once the boxes are released, OST can carry out its plans to verify whether any potential records in the boxes are also filed at the field office. Litigation Support and Research Requests OTR continued to provide litigation supporr in research of' records for tribal trust litigation cases including: Confederard Tribes of the W m Springs Reservarion or Oregon and Osage. OTR continued ro provide significant support and provide access to records to the Office of Historical Trust Accounting and OST program offices. AIRR staff provided responses ro approximately I25 research requests &om BIA and OST. OTR staff began preparations for the physical move of OTR to the OST Masthead Building. It is anticipated that the move will occur in June 2005. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS: I declare under penalty of pq.ury that Lhe foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, informarion and belief.