Free Response to Order to Show Cause - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

____________________________________ ) THE PEOPLE OF BIKINI, BY AND ) THROUGH THE KILI/BIKINI/EJIT ) LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL, ) ELDON NOTE, ET AL. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) ) ____________________________________)

No. 06-288C (Judge Miller)

PLAINTIFFS' RESPONSE TO SHOW CAUSE ORDER

In response to the Court's March 14, 2007 order, plaintiffs, The People of Bikini et al., do not object to having the defendant's motions to dismiss in this case and in Ismael John v. United States, No. 06-289L, argued and decided together, nor do they object to having these two cases consolidated for other relevant further proceedings pursuant to RCFC 42(a). Counsel for defendant in Ismael John v. United States has already informed the Court that oral argument on April 4 poses a problem for some of the parties. Counsel in both cases will hold a conference call this afternoon, after which counsel for defendant will contact the Court on behalf of all the parties to set a mutually agreeable date for oral argument.

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Respectfully submitted,

s/Jonathan M. Weisgall__ Jonathan M. Weisgall Jonathan M. Weisgall, Chartered Counsel of Record 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20036-6812 tel: (202) 828-1378 fax: (202) 828-1380 E-mail: [email protected] Attorney for Plaintiffs

Of Counsel: Robert K. Huffman Miller & Chevalier Chartered 655 15th St., N.W. Washington, DC 20005 tel: (202) 626-5824 fax: (202) 626-0858 E-mail: [email protected] Elizabeth Langer Law Offices of Elizabeth Langer 3712 Ingomar Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20015 tel: (202) 244-0456 fax: (202) 244-0456 E-mail: [email protected]

March 22, 2007

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Certificate of Filing I hereby certify that on March 22, 2007, a copy of the foregoing "Plaintiffs' Response to Show Cause Order" was filed electronically. I understand that notice of this filing will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing though the Court's system.

s/Jonathan M. Weisgall

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