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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,    

                  Plaintiff,

                  v.

SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.,

                  Defendant.


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Civil Action No.1:03-CV-00434 (HHK)


NOTICE OF FILING REDACTED VERSION OF PLAINTIFF'S REPLY TO DEFENDANT'S MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER COMPELLING COMPLIANCE WITH PLAINTIFF'S DISCOVERY REQUESTS AND FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff is filing a redacted, non-confidential version of Plaintiff's Reply to Defendant's Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of an Order Compelling Compliance with Plaintiff's Discovery Requests and for an Extension of Time for Jurisdictional Discovery, originally filed on July 25, 2003. The Reply was redacted pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order Governing Confidential Information, entered June 17, 2003.




Dated this 3rd day of February, 2004.






  Respectfully submitted,
Plaintiff, United States


_______________/s/________________
By Jessica K. Delbaum
Antitrust Division
United States Department of Justice
325 Seventh Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20530
Telephone: (202) 616-1636
Facsimile: (202) 616-2441