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DATE: September 29, 1999
CASE NO. 1997-CAA-18
IN THE MATTER OF
RUTH ANN WEIDEL
Complainant
v.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Respondent
RECOMMENDED ORDER OF DISMISSAL
Complainant alleged in her complaint that in terminating her employment, two
employees of the United States Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney and First Assistant U.S.
Attorney in the Southern District of Texas, violated her protection provisions of four separate
environmental statutes. Trial had been scheduled for October 4, 1999 in Houston, Texas, however, in
the interim, the Complainant, Ruth Ann Weidel, decided to voluntarily withdraw her complaint. The
reasons for her decision are set out in a letter from her attorney, David H. Shapiro to Joseph Gontram,
United States Department of Justice, said letter dated August 25, 1999. In this letter, Mr. Shapiro
states that the Department of Justice will consent to the dismissal with each party bearing their own
costs and attorneys' fees.
I have a written stipulation, signed by the attorneys dated August 20, 1999
entitled, "Stipulation of Dismissal." The Stipulation indicates that the parties agree to the
dismissal of the complaint pursuant to 29 C.F.R. § 18.1(a) and Rule 41(a) of the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure, each party to bear their own costs and attorneys' fees. It also states that the
dismissal is not part of any settlement or any other agreement between Ms. Weidel and the Department
of Justice.
Wherefore, the above considered, it is hereby recommended that an Order be
issued dismissing the complaint pursuant to 29 C.F.R. § 18.1(a) and Rule 41(a) of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure.
