Free Motion to Substitute Party - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT __________________________________________ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : Plaintiff : : V. : : 43.47 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, : SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF LITCHFIELD, : TOWN OF KENT, ET AL., : Defendants. : __________________________________________: : SCHAGHTICOKE TRIBAL NATION : Plaintiff : : V. : : KENT SCHOOL CORPORATION, INC., ET AL., : Defendants. : __________________________________________: : SCHAGHTICOKE TRIBAL NATION : Plaintiff : : V. : : THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND : THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT AND POWER : COMPANY : Defendants. : __________________________________________: ORAL ARGUMENT NOT REQUESTED TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED
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CIVIL ACTION NO. H-85-1078 (PCD)

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3-98-CV 01113 (PCD)

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3-00-CV 0820 (PCD)

JANUARY 6, 2004

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MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE PARTY DEFENDANT Defendant, Ms. Barbara Bush Graham and Mr. Sam Kwak, respectfully move pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(c) to substitute Mr. Kwak as a defendant in this action following the legal transfer of Ms. Graham's interest in the property known as 250 Schaghticoke Road, Kent, Connecticut (the "Property"). The Property is at issue in this litigation because it is a portion of the land claimed by the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation in its bid for tribal recognition. Ms. Graham, at the time this action was initiated was the record owner of the Property and accordingly was named as a defendant. Ms. Graham has deeded her interest in the Property to Mr. Sam Kwak. Accordingly, Ms. Graham no longer has an interest in this Property, and, therefore, no interest in this litigation. That interest is now maintained by Mr. Kwak. "The Court, if it sees fit, may allow the trasnferee to be substituted for the transferor." Federal Practice and Procedure, Wright and Miller, 1958 at 557. The decision to allow the substitution of the party per Rule 25(c) is solely within the Court's discretion. In this matter, as there is no personal liability on the part of Ms. Graham in this matter, and the issue is solely related to the ownership of the Property, there is no apparent reason not to allow the substitution of the current property owner as the proper defendant. Mr. Kwak will be represented by the

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undersigned and his inclusion as a defendant will not prejudice any party or the resolution of this matter. The movants, respectfully ask the Court to allow the substitution of Mr. Kwak as party defendant instead of Ms. Graham. DEFENDANT, BARBARA BUSH GRAHAM MOVANT, SAM KWAK

By_____________________________________ THOMAS A. GUGLIOTTI, ESQ. Fed. Bar. No. ct THOMAS W. EDGINGTON, ESQ. Fed. Bar No. ct22277 UPDIKE, KELLY & SPELLACY, P.C. One State Street P.O. Box 231277 Hartford, CT 06123-1277 (860) 548-2600

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CERTIFICATION This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing was mailed, this ____ day of January, 2004 to: Eric Watt Wiechmann, Esq. Charles D. Ray, Esq. Vanessa D. Roberts, Esq. Cummings & Lockwood CityPlace I, 185 Asylum Street Hartford, CT 06103-3495 Robert A. Slavitt, Esq. Slavitt, Connery & Vardamis 618 West Avenue Norwalk, CT 06850 John B. Hughes, Esq. Chief of Civil Division United States Attorney's Office 157 Church Street, Floor 23 New Haven, CT 06510 Jerry C. Straus, Esq. Judith A. Shapiro, Esq. Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP 2120 L Street, NY Washington, DC 20037 David J. Elliot, Esq. Day, Berry & Howard CityPlace I Hartford, CT 06103-3499 Thomas W. Van Lenten, Esq. Pinney, Payne, Van Lenten, Burrell, Wolfe & Dillman, P.C. Lee Farm Corporate Park 83 Wooster Heights Danbury, CT 06813-3499 Susan Quinn Cobb, Esq. Assistant Attorney General 55 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06141 James R. Fogarty, Esq. Fogarty, Cohen, Selby & Nemiroff 88 Field Point Road P.O. Box 2508 Greenwich, CT 06836-2508 Jeffrey B. Sienkiewicz, Esq. Sienkiewicz & McKenna, P.C. 9 South Main Street P.O. Box 786 New Milford, CT 06776-0786 Richard L. Street, Esq. Carmody & Torrance 50 Leavenworth Street Waterbury, CT 06721

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Loretta Bonos P.O. Box 32256 Washington, D.C. 20007 Renita Ford, Esq. General Litigation Section Environmental &Natural Resources Division United States Department of Justice P.O. Box 663 Washington, DC 20004-0663

Michael J. Burns, Esq. Law Offices of Attorney Michael J. Burns 57 Pratt Street Hartford, CT 06103 Scott Keep, Esq. Office of the Solicitor U.S. Department of the Interior 2849 C Street, NW Mailstop 6456 Washington, DC 20240

_________________________________________ THOMAS A. GUGLIOTTI, ESQ.

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