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14304-1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL HAND, Plaintiff, vs. LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON, FLOYD T. OLSON, and. BARBARA E COFFMAN, Defendants.

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No. 08 CV 0640-JAH (BLM)

District Judge John A. Houston Magistrate Judge Barbara L. Major

REPORT OF INVESTIGATION Plaintiff, MICHAEL HAND, by his attorney, Lawrence A. Stein of HUCK BOUMA PC, reports on the results of his investigation regarding whether the interpled funds are deposited with the registry of the clerk of this court. As his report of the investigation, plaintiff states as follows: 1. The plaintiff has consulted in writing and orally with the clerks of the district courts

of this court and the Northern District of Illinois. 2. The results of that investigation reveal that the interpled funds were promptly

transferred from Illinois to the clerk of this court at the time this case was transferred. 3. The clerk of this court has confirmed that it has possession of the funds. The clerk

also reports that it advised both the district judge and magistrate judge that the funds are on deposit with the clerk of this court once prompted to inquire by the undersigned's investigation. 4. A joint motion to dismiss is due today. Counsel for the plaintiff and Liberty Life have

agreed to the terms of a new order of dismissal. But Ms. Jacobi, the other attorney of record in this case, has not responded to multiple requests for her agreement to the motion. Thus, no new agreed

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document can be filed within the time set by the court. The undersigned presumes that the court's order to file such a document was premised on the assumption that an agreement could be reached and that in the absence of an agreement no document needed to be filed. Respectfully submitted, HUCK BOUMA, P.C. /s/ Lawrence A. Stein

Lawrence A. Stein

Lawrence A. Stein HUCK BOUMA PC 1755 South Naperville Road Wheaton, Illinois 60187 Telephone (630) 221-1755 Facsimile (630) 221-1756 Email [email protected]

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING AND SERVICE I, Lawrence A. Stein, state as follows under penalty of perjury this fifth day of September

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I filed this Report of Investigation by filing it electronically. I served this Report of Investigation by electronically filing it with the court whose

facilities transmitted it to the attorneys of record. 3. I made the electronic filing on September 5, 2008. /s/ Lawrence A. Stein

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