DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE: November 19, 2007

CBCA 115-FCIC, 116-FCIC

In the Matters of RURAL COMMUNITY INSURANCE SERVICES

(In re: CYNTHIA FAIN, RONNIE HALES, and W.M. NOBLES)

Elizabeth T. Bufkin of Henke Bufkin, Clarksdale, MS, counsel for Appellant.

Donald A. Brittenham, Jr., Office of the General Counsel, Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, counsel for Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.

VERGILIO, Board Judge.

ORDER

By letters dated May 9, 2003, Rural Community Insurance Services (insurance company) filed appeals seeking review of denials of financial litigation assistance, determinations made by the Acting Deputy Administrator of the Risk Management Agency (RMA). Under Manager=s Bulletin 98-031, the insurance company claimed entitlement to relief for litigation expenses relating to the policy of Cynthia Fain (now CBCA 115-FCIC) and the policies of Ronnie Hales and W.M. Nobles (now CBCA 116-FCIC). While in the process of developing the record, after a ruling on a jurisdictional question, Rural Community Insurance Services, AGBCA 2003-169-F, et al., 04-1 BCA & 32,504, after a change in forum, 72 Fed. Reg. 31,437-38 (June 7, 2007), and during a stay in formal proceedings, the insurance company notified the Board that it no longer seeks to pursue these matters. On November 16, 2007, the Board received from the parties a mutual request for a stipulated dismissal, seeking dismissals with prejudice of these matters.

The cases are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

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JOSEPH A. VERGILIO

Board Judge