Free Motion for Extension of Time - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

: : : : v. : : M. JODI RELL, GOVERNOR : OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ET AL., : Defendants. :

GOLDEN HILL PAUGUSSETT TRIBE OF INDIANS, Plaintiff,

Civil No. 2:92CV0738(JBA) CONSOLIDATED

AUGUST 2, 2006

UNITED STATES' MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO AMENDED COMPLAINT The United States hereby moves for an extension of time to respond to the Amended Complaint filed by Plaintiff on July 20, 2006. By previous electronic order of the Court, the defendants were to file dispositive motions in response by August 3, 2006. The United States is requesting an additional three weeks to respond, or by August 24, 2006. In the Amended Complaint, the interest of the United States is set forth in paragraph 46 and relates to land at 120 Middle Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut, which is the location of a United States Postal Service facility. However, in addition to this particular land interest, the United States also has an interest in this litigation due to the decision of the Department of the Interior finding that the Golden Hill Paugusett Plaintiff is not an Indian Tribe under the Federal Acknowledgment regulations at 25 C.F.R. Part 83. The United States needs additional time to coordinate between the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice to prepare a response. In particular, the impact of the agency's acknowledgment decision on Plaintiff's standing to pursue land claims and the impact of recent cases such as City of Sherill v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York, 544 U.S. 197

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(2005) and Cayuga Indian Nation of New York v. Pataki, 413 F.3d 266 (2d Cir. 2005) concerning land claims under the Non-Intercourse Act is currently under review by DOI and DOJ. Counsel for Plaintiff has been contacted and has no objection to the request for a three week extension. This is the first request for an extension filed by the United States with respect to this current deadline. Respectfully submitted, KEVIN J. O'CONNOR UNITED STATES ATTORNEY /s/ JOHN B. HUGHES ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY CHIEF, CIVIL DIVISION 157 CHURCH STREET, 23RD FLOOR NEW HAVEN, CT 06510 FEDERAL BAR #ct05289 (203) 821-3700; fax: (203) 773-5373 [email protected]

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CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE

This is to certify that a copy of the within and foregoing United States Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Amended Complaint was electronically filed on this 2d day of August, 2006, with notice of this filing served by e-mail to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system or by mail to anyone unable to accept electronic filing. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF System. Bernard Wishnia Roseland Professional Building 204 Eagle Rock Avenue Roseland, NJ 07068 William A. Wechsler Bailey & Wechsler 583 Slocum Road Hebron, CT 06248 Mark S. Puzella Anthony M. Feeherry Andrea L. Studley Goodwin, Procter & Hoar Exchange Place, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02109-2881 David G. Chabot Gerald L. Garlick Linda Clifford Hadley Krasow, Garlick & Hadley One State Street Hartford, CT 06103 Jeffrey R. Babbin Noel E. Hanf Wiggin & Dana One Century Tower 265 Church Street, P. O. Box 1832 New Haven, CT 06508-1832 Thomas Gugliotti Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P. C. One State Street, P. O. Box 231277 Hartford, CT 06123-1277 Michael D. O'Connell O'Connell Flaherty & Attmore 280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103-3598 Richard L. Albrecht Cohen & Wold, P. C. 1115 Broad Street, P. O. Box 1821 Bridgeport, CT 06604 Mark F. Kohler Susan Quinn Cobb Office of the Attorney General 55 Elm Street, P. O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120

John J. Kelly, Jr. Cantor, Floman, Gross, Kelly, Amendola & Sacramone 378 Boston Post Road P. O. Box 966 Orange, CT 06477 Austin K. Wolf Cohen & Wolf, P. C. 1115 Broad Street, P. O. Box 1821 Bridgeport, CT 06604

Henry C. Winiarski, Jr. 941 Wethersfield Avenue Hartford, CT 06114-3137

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Geoffrey A. Hecht Caplan, Hecht, Scanlon & Mendel 20 Trumbull Street, P. O. Box 9505 New Haven, CT 06534 Janet L. Janczewski The Southern Connecticut Gas Co. 885 Main Street Bridgeport, CT 06604 Robert L. Berchem Richard J. Buturla Berchem, Moses & Devlin, P. C. 75 Broad Street Milford, CT 06460 Caroline Blanco U. S. Department of Justice Ben Franklin Station, P. O. Box 663 Washington, D.C. 20044-6208 Judith A. Mauzaka Gerald T. Weiner Weinstein Weiner Ignal Vogel & Shapiro 350 Fairfield Avenue, P. O. Box 9177 Bridgeport, CT 06601 Stuart A. Margolis 1332 Temple Street New Haven, CT 06510 Howard R. Wolfe Goldman, Gruder & Woods 125 Mason Street Greenwich, CT 06830 Paul Ruszczyk Highland Professional Center 408 Highland Avenue Cheshire, CT 06410

John Pirina, Jr. Law Offices of Arnaldo J. Sierra 215 Washington Street Hartford, CT 06106 Kimball Haines Hunt Hunt, Leibert, Chester & Jacobson, P.C. 50 Weston Street Hartford, CT 06120-4626 James A. Trowbridge Quinnipiac University Law School Clinic 275 Mount Carmel Avenue Hamden, CT 06518-1946 Michael Stanton Hillis Dombroski, Knapsack & Hillis 129 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT 06510 Mark T. Anastasi City of Bridgeport Office of the City Attorney 999 Broad Street, 2nd Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604-4328 Thomas E. Behuniak 44 Greenwood Circle Seymour, CT 06483 Kenneth M. Rozich Law Firm of Edward D. Jacobs P. O. Box 1952 New Haven, CT 06509

____/s/______________________ JOHN B. HUGHES CHIEF, CIVIL DIVISION