Civil Division

U.S. Department of Justice

Cobell v. Norton, et al.

Case No. 1:96CV01285 (D.D.C.)

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March, 2005 Filings

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Cobell Case Documents
Date and Summary Full Title

March 22,2005
Government opposes plaintiffs' dilatory motion for enlargement of time

United States' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Enlargement of Time to File Bills of Particulars Relating to Plaintiffs' Motions for Order to Show Cause

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March 15, 2005
Pursuant to the Court's February 23, 2005 Order, Government files response regarding effect of Court of Appeals' decision to vacate Structural Injunction

Defendants' Brief in Response to Order of February 23, 2005

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March 15, 2005
Government files February status report with respect to Interior's Office of Trust Records

Notice of Filing of February 2005 Status Report by the Department of the Interior Office of Trust Records

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March 15, 2005
Interior files their Fiduciary Trust Model, which is a compilation of trust reform activities being implemented, and the "To-Be" model shows how the trust should be structured in the future

Defendants' Notice of Filing the Department of the Interior's Fiduciary Trust Model and "To-Be" Model


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The DOI 'To-Be' Model

March 8, 2005
Government requests the Court dismiss plaintiffs' motion since they have not presented a prima facie case of contempt and sovereign immunity precludes such action against members of government acting in their official capacity

Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Supplement Motion to Amend Plaintiffs' Motion for Order to Show Cause Why Interior Defendants and Their Employees and Counsel Should Not Be Held in Contempt for Destroying E-mail


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March 4, 2005
Government appeals the reissuing of the Structural Injunction pertaining to the historical accounting provisions of the Court's September 25, 2003 Structural Injunction

Notice of Appeal


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March 3, 2005
Government asks Court to strike plaintiffs' filing and order plaintiffs to return to the government the privileged memorandum

Defendants' Reply in Further Support of Motion and Supporting Memorandum to Strike Plaintiffs' "Notice of Supplemental Information in Support of Plaintiffs' Renewed Request for Emergency Status Conference Regarding the Security of Electronic Trust Records (Filed January 4, 2005) and Continuing Violation of December 17, 2001 Consent Order" and to Require Return of Privileged Document

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March 3, 2005
Treasury files its quarterly report with the Court

Notice of Filing of the Twenty-First Quarterly Report for the Department of the Treasury

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