Civil Division

U.S. Department of Justice

Cobell v. Norton, et al.

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

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November, 2003 Filings

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Cobell Case Documents
Date and Summary Full Title

November 26, 2003
Government opposes plaintiffs transparent attempt to circumvent the authority of the Court of Appeals

Defendants' Opposition to (1) Plaintiffs' Motion for Expedited Consideration of Defendants' Motion to Stay the Court's Structural Injunction Pending Appeal; and (2) Plaintiffs' Consolidated Motion to Construe Defendants Motion to Stay the Court's Structural Injunction as Motion to Amend Timetables in the Structural Injunction and Request for Declaration


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November 26, 2003
Government opposes plaintiffs' improper and premature discovery request disguised as an improper motion for protective order

Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Protective Order Requiring Defendants to File with the Court, and Produce to Plaintiffs, Documentation Concerning What the United States Has Paid to its Experts and for Related Relief


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November 26, 2003
Government seeks to prohibit unauthorized deposition of Interior's Associate Deputy Secretary

Defendants' Motion for a Protective Order Regarding Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of James Cason and Request for Production of Documents


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November 25, 2003
Government seeks to prohibit unauthorized deposition of Interior's Executive Director for the Office of Historical Trust Accounting

Defendants' Motion for a Protective Order with Regard to Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition Directed to Bert T. Edwards


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November 24, 2003
Government reiterates its opposition to plaintiffs' attempt to probe into matters reported by the Special Master despite the fact that the Special Master's findings have yet to be adopted or rejected by the Court

Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion for Protective Order Regarding Plaintiffs' Request for Production of MMS Audit Documents and Plaintiffs' Notices of Deposition of Deborah Gibbs Tschudy and Lonnie J. Kimball with Request for Production of Documents and Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel and Request for Sanctions Pursuant to Rule 37


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November 20, 2003
Government seeks to prohibit unauthorized deposition of Interior's Regional Director for the Navajo Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs

Defendants' Motion for a Protective Order Regarding Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of Elouise Chicharello


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November 19, 2003
Government seeks to prohibit unauthorized deposition of Interior's Principal Special Trustee for American Indians

Defendants' Motion for a Protective Order with Regard to Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition Directed to Donna Erwin and Request for Production of Documents Directed to Interior Defendants


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November 17, 2003
Government moves to strikes plaintiffs' pleadings filed in contravention of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rules of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Defendants' Motion to Strike Plaintiffs' Reply and Plaintiffs' Notice of Supplemental Information Submitted in Support of Their Consolidated Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction


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November 17, 2003
Government seeks to prohibit unauthorized deposition of Interior's Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management, Minerals Management Service

Defendants' Motion for a Protective Order Regarding Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of Lucy Querques Denett


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November 14, 2003
Government seeks to prohibit unauthorized deposition of Interior's Acting Director of the Office of Appraisal Services, Office of the Special Trustee

Defendants' Motion for a Protective Order Regarding Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of Gabriel Sneezy


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November 12, 2003
Government seeks to prohibit unauthorized deposition of Interior's Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs

Defendants' Motion for a Protective Order Regarding Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of David L. Bernhardt


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November 10, 2003
Government seeks to prohibit unauthorized deposition of Interior Secretary Norton

Defendants' Motion for a Protective Order Regarding Plaintiffs' Notice of Deposition of the Secretary of Interior


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November 10, 2003
Government moves for stay of structrual injunction in District Court pending appeal

Defendants' Motion to Stay the Court's Structural Injunction Pending Appeal


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November 10, 2003
Government asks Court of Appeals for stay of structrual injunction pending appeal

Appellants' Motion for Stay Pending Appeal


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November 06, 2003
Government opposes plaintiffs' request for extension of time to file motion that is not ripe in any event

Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Enlargement of Time within which to File Supporting Attorney and Expert Witness Documentation Re EAJA Fee Application


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November 03, 2003
Interior's fifteenth report on the status of IIM trust reform

Notice of Filing of Interior's Fifteenth Status Report


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