Free Memorandum in Support of Motion - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
SCHAGHTICOKE TRIBAL NATION, )
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PLAINTIFF, )
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v. ) CIVIL NO. 3:98CV0l 1 13 (PCD)
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KENT SCHOOL )
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DEFENDANTS. )
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SCHAGHTICOKE TRIBAL NATION, )
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PLAINTIFF, )
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v. ) CIVIL NO. 3:00CV0820 (PCD) -/
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
AND THE CONNECTICUT LIGHT )
AND POWER COMPANY, ET AL )
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DEFENDANTS. )
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN, )
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PLAINTIFF, )
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v. ) CIVIL NO. H-85-1078 (PCD)
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43.47 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR )
LESS, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF )
LITCHFIELD, TOWN OF KENT, ET AL ) AUGUST 5, 2005
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DEFENDANTS. )
MEMORANDUM OF UNITED STATES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
PROTECTIVE ORDER
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In these related actions the defendants, the Connecticut Light and Power Company
("CL&P") and Kent School Corporation, Inc., ("Kent School") have moved the Court pursuant to
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26(c) for an order of protection with respect to the deposition of
Francelia Johnson noted for Monday, August 8, 2005. For the reasons set forth by those
defendants in their motion for protective order the United States joins in the request that the
deposition not be had. As articulated in that motion, it is clear that the record before the Bureau
of Indian Affairs ("BIA") is now closed and if the purpose of the deposition is to obtain
additional evidence, it cannot be included in the record. Moreover, the purpose of the deposition
does not appear to be in furtherance of the limited issue upon which discovery was allowed by
the Court’s order of May 20, 2005, that discovery be had for the sole purpose of determining
whether the scheduling order prohibition on meeting or contacting officials of the Department of
Interior was violated. Accordingly, the United States asks that the Court grant the defendants
motion for protective order.
DATED: August __, 2005.
Respectfully submitted,
KEVIN J. O’CONNOR
UNITED STATES ATTORN Y
gr/M é X 224/
J B. HUGHES
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY
157 CHURCH STREET, P.O. Box 1824
NEW HAVEN, CT 06508
TELEPHONE NO. (203) 821-3700
FEDERAL BAR NO. CT05289
JOHN .HUGHES@USDOJ .GOV
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CERTIFICATION
This is to certify that copies of the within and foregoing Memorandum in Support in
Protective Order has been mailed, postage prepaid, this August 5, 2005, to:
Eric Weichmann
McCarter & English LLC
City Place 1
185 Asylum Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Judith Shapiro
6856 Eastern Ave. NW A
Washington, DC 20012
J eny Strauss
Hobbs, Strauss, Dean & Walker
2120 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
Michael Burns
57 Pratt Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Thomas Gugliotti
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy
One State Street
Hartford, CT 06123
Richard Blumenthal
Attorney General
55 Elm Street, Po Box 120
Hartford, CT 06141
James Fogarty
Fogarty, Cohen, Selby & Nemiroff
88 Field Point Road
Po Box 2508
Greenwich, CT 06386
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Loretta Bonos
594 Bend View Drive
Charleston, WV 25314
James Upton
General Litigation Section
Environmental & Natural Resources Divison
U.S. Department of Justice
Po Box 663
Washington, DC 20004-0663
Jeffrey Sienkiewicz
Sienkiewicz & McKenna PC
9 South Main Street, Po Box 786
New Milford, CT 06676
Barbara Coen
Division of Indian Affairs
Office of Solicitor
U.S. Department of Interior
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
Richard Street
Cannody & Torrance LLP
50 Leavenworth Street, Po Box 1110
Waterbury, CT 06721
David Elliott
Day, Berry, Howard LLP
City Place I
185 Asylmn Street
Hartford, CT 06103
JO B. HUG S
AS ISTANT US ATTORNEY
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