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Case 3:07-cv-03758-SC

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PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General SCOTT N. SCHOOLS Interim United States Attorney RICHARD LEPLEY Assistant Branch Director STEVEN Y. BRESSLER D.C. Bar No. 482492 Trial Attorney KYLE R. FREENY California Bar No. 247857 United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch P.O. Box 883 Washington, D.C. 20044 Telephone: (202) 514-5108 Facsimile: (202) 616-8460 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants Hon. R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, et al. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO

VETERANS FOR COMMON SENSE and ) VETERANS UNITED FOR TRUTH, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) Hon. R. JAMES NICHOLSON, Secretary of ) Veterans Affairs, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ____________________________________ )

No. C 07-3758-SC

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Kyle R. Freeny, Esq., will be appearing in this action on 24 behalf of defendants Hon. R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; the U.S. 25 Department of Veterans Affairs; Hon. James P. Terry, Chairman of the Board of Veterans 26 Appeals; Hon. Daniel I. Cooper, Under Secretary, Veterans Benefits Administration; Hon. 27 Bradley G. Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension Service; Hon. Michael J. Kussman, 28

Case 3:07-cv-03758-SC

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Under Secretary, Veterans Health Administration; Pritz K. Navara, Veterans Service Center Manager, Oakland Regional Office, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Hon. Peter D. Keisler,1 Acting Attorney General of the United States; Hon. William P. Greene, Jr., Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; and the United States of America. Dated September 27, 2007 Respectfully Submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General SCOTT N. SCHOOLS Interim United States Attorney RICHARD LEPLEY Assistant Branch Director /s/ Kyle R. Freeny KYLE R. FREENY California Bar #247857 Trial Attorney U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch P.O. Box 883 Washington, D.C. 20044 (202) 514-5108 (telephone) (202) 616-8460 (fax) Attorneys for Defendants

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Hon. Peter D. Keisler became the Acting Attorney General of the United States on September 18, 2007. Accordingly, he should be substituted for his predecessor, Alberto Gonzales, as defendant in this action pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 25(d)(1). -21