IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al., ) Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 1:96CV01285 (Judge Lamberth) ) ) ) ) ) GALE NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., ) Defendants. ) ) __________________________________________) NOTICE OF FILING OF THE SIXTEENTH QUARTERLY REPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY The Department of the Treasury has prepared its Sixteenth Quarterly Report on Actions Taken By the Department of the Treasury to Retain IIM-Related Documents Necessary For an Accounting and submits it to the Court in accordance with this Court’s Order of December 21, 1999. A copy of the report is attached hereto. Respectfully submitted, Dated: December 1, 2003 ROBERT D. McCALLUM, JR. Associate Attorney General PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General STUART E. SCHIFFER Deputy Assistant Attorney General J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN Director /s/ John T. Stemplewicz SANDRA P. SPOONER D.C. Bar No. 261495 Deputy Director JOHN T. STEMPLEWICZ Senior Trial Counsel GLENN D. GILLETT Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division P.O. Box 875 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 (202) 514-7162 (phone) (202) 307-0494 (fax) 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on December 1, 2003 the foregoing Notice of Filing of the Sixteenth Quarterly Report for the Department of the Treasury 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 /s/ Sean P. Schmergel Sean P. Schmergel