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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

GOLDEN HILL PAUGUSSETT TRIBE OF INDIANS, Plaintiff,

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

Civil No. 2:92CV0738(JBA) CONSOLIDATED

AUGUST 2, 2006

MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS OF DEFENDANT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

Pursuant to Rule 12(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the defendant Governor of the State of Connecticut moves for judgment on the pleadings in these three consolidated cases (Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Indians v. Rell, No. 2:92cv738(JBA); Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Indians v. Nyzio, No. 3:93cv26(JBA); and Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe of Indians v. Bachyrycz, No. 3:93cv694(JBA)). Based on the pleadings and other matters of which the Court may take judicial notice, the plaintiff lacks tribal standing to pursue its claims, and therefore the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction. Moreover, the relief sought by the plaintiff is barred by the equitable defenses of laches, long acquiescence and impossibility as articulated in the recent cases of City of Sherill v. Oneida Indian Nation, 544 U.S. 197 (2005), and Cayuga Indian

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Nation of New York v. Pataki, 413 F.3d 266 (2d Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 126 S.Ct. 2021, 2022 (2006). Accordingly, the defendant is entitled to a judgment of dismissal as a matter of law. A memorandum of law in support of this motion is submitted herewith.

DEFENDANT, M. JODI RELL, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT RICHARD BLUMENTHAL ATTORNEY GENERAL

/s/ Mark F. Kohler Mark F. Kohler (#ct 02272) Assistant Attorney General Susan Quinn Cobb (#ct 03850) Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 55 Elm Street, P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 (860)808-5270 (860)808-5385(fax) [email protected] [email protected]

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CERTIFICATION This certifies that a copy of the foregoing Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings was electronically filed on this 2nd day of August, 2006, with notice of this filing served by email 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 St., PO Box 1832 New Haven, CT 06508-1832 Thomas Gugliotti Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C. One State St., PO 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 & Wolf, P.C. 1115 Broad St., PO Box 1821 Bridgeport, CT 06604 Henry C. Winiarski, Jr. 941 Wethersfield Avenue Hartford, CT 06114-3137

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

David Michael Tilles Law Offices of Scott B. Clendaniel 300 Windsor St. PO Box 2138 Hartford, CT 06145-2138

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Geoffrey A. Hecht Caplan Hecht Scanlon & Mendel 20 Trumbull St., PO Box 9505 New Haven, CT 06534 Janet L. Janczewski The Southern Connecticut Gas Co. 885 Main Street Bridgeport, CT 06604

John Pirina, Jr. Law Offices of Arnaldo J. Sierra 215 Washington Street Hartford, CT 06106 John B. Hughes U.S. Attorney's Office of the Attorney General 157 Church Street, 23rd Floor, PO Box 1824 New Haven, CT 06510 James A. Trowbridge Quinnipiac College Law School Clinic 275 Mount Carmel Ave. Hamden, CT 06518-1946 Kimball Haines Hunt Hunt, Leibert, Chester & Jacobson, P.C. 50 Weston Street Hartford, CT 06120-4626 Mark T. Anastasi City of Bridgeport Office of the City Attorney 999 Broad Street, 2nd Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604-4328

Robert L. Berchem Richard J. Buturla Berchem, Moses & Devlin, P.C. 75 Broad Street Milford, CT 06460 Andrew M. Eschen U.S. Department of Justice Ben Franklin Station, PO Box 663 Washington, DC 20044-6208 Judith A. Mauzaka Gerald T. Weiner Weinstein, Weiner, Ignal, Vogel, & Shapiro 350 Fairfield Ave., PO 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

Thomas E. Behuniak 44 Greenwood Circle Seymore, CT 06483 Michael Stanton Hillis Dombroski, Knapsack & Hillis 129 Whitney Avenue New Haven, CT 06510

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Kenneth M. Rozich Law Firm of Edward D. Jacobs PO Box 1952 New Haven, CT 06509

Paul Ruszczyk Highland Professional Center 408 Highland Avenue Cheshire, CT 06410

/s/ Mark F. Kohler___________ Mark F. Kohler (#ct 02272) Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 55 Elm Street, P.O. Box 120 Hartford, CT 06141-0120 (860)808-5270 (860)808-5385(fax) [email protected]

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