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I N THE UNITED S TATES D ISTRICT COURT FOR THE D ISTRICT O F COLORADO

Civil Action No. 01- B- 2076 (PAC) MARK ALLEN TAYLOR, Plaintiff, vs. SOLVAY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Defendant.

Civil Action No. 00- B- 808 (PAC) BRIAN E. ROHRBOUGH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. WAYNE N. HARRIS, et al. Defendants.
POSITION STATEMENT OF PLAINTIFF MARK ALLEN TAYLOR

Pursuant to the Court's directive at the hearing held on January 26, 2007, Plaintiff Mark Allen Taylor submits his position statement as follows: 1. Mr. Taylor agrees with and supports the position of the Colorado Attorney

General that the protective order should be modified to allow access to the remaining evidence room materials by Dr. Elliott. Such access is in the public interest.

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Plaintiff does not oppose the ultimate transfer of the evidence room

records - the deposition transcripts and their remaining exhibits - to the National Archives. 3. Plaintiff does oppose, however, sealing those records at the National

Archives for 25 years. The Court did not reveal its rationale for suggesting this time frame for a sealing order, but it does not appear consistent with applicable law, or the rationale underlying the initial protective order governing the evidence room. For example, if denying access to the public is based upon the fear of potential copycat crimes, that rationale does not extend to allowing access to Dr. Elliott. Nor is it apparent why total sealing for 25 years would serve this or any other interest. 4. The Court's concern about whether the deposition transcripts are

"records" under the Federal Records Act is addressed in the Attorney General's position statement. But even if the transcripts are not subject to that Act, the Court should not sanction destruction of the transcripts as contemplated by the Magistrate's order. The Tenth Circuit has recently reiterated that protective orders are subject to modification even after a case has been dismissed. Abraham v. Intermountain Health Care, Inc. , 461 F.3d 1249, 1268 (10th Cir. 2006). Obviously, if the records are destroyed, any later attempt to modify the protective order to gain access to the evidence room materials would be negated.

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Dated February 9, 2007. Respectfully submitted,

s/ A. Bruce Jones A. Bruce Jones, #11370 HOLLAND & HART LLP 555 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3200 Post Office Box 8749 Denver, CO 80201-8749 (303) 295-8000 D.C. Box 06 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF M ARK ALLEN TAYLOR

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CERTIFICATE O F S ERVICE I hereby certify that on February 9, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the following e- mail addresses: Amy L. Padden - [email protected] Craig Ruvel May - [email protected] Ericka Houck Englert - [email protected] James Ernest Hooper - [email protected] Mark Frank Kennedy - [email protected] William V. Allen - [email protected] Kevin T. Traskos - [email protected] C. Michael Montgomery (terminated) - [email protected] Joel A. Kolodny (terminated) - [email protected] Michael J. Gates - [email protected] Steven Gregory Greenlee (terminated) - [email protected] Barry K. Arrington (terminated) - [email protected] Kerri Atencio (terminated) - [email protected] Benjamin E. Colkitt, III (terminated) - [email protected] Andrew J. Fisher (terminated) - [email protected] m Marc D. Flink - [email protected] Michael J. Gates (terminated) - [email protected] Robert P. Ingram (terminated) - jingram@dpai- legal.com Roger F. Johnson - [email protected] Scott Jurdem (terminated) - [email protected] - [email protected] Charles J. Kall - [email protected] Gregg E. Kay (terminated) - [email protected] Writer Mott - [email protected] J. Stephen Mullen (terminated) - [email protected] J. Andrew Nathan - [email protected] Lorraine E. Parker (terminated) - lparker@leventhal- law.com Franklin D. Patterson (terminated) - [email protected] Michelle R. Prud'Homme (terminated) - mprudhomme@dpai- legal.com James P. Rouse, Sr. (terminated) - [email protected] Heather A. Salg (terminated) - [email protected] William S. Stuller - [email protected] Michael B. Sullivan (terminated) - [email protected] Alaurice M. Tafoya- Modi (terminated) - [email protected] Michael R. Waters (terminated) - [email protected]

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