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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 01-cv-01451-REB-CBS (Consolidated with Civil Action Nos. 01-cv-01472-REB-CBS, 01-cv-01527-REBCBS, 01-cv-01616-REB-CBS, 01-cv-01799-REB-CBS, 01-cv-01930-REB-CBS, 01-cv-02083-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00333-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00374-REB-CBS, 02-cv00507-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00658-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00755-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00798REB-CBS and 04-cv-00238-REB-CBS) In Re: QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC., SECURITIES LITIGATION

GOVERNMENT'S STATUS REPORT

The Government, by and through William J. Leone, United States Attorney, respectfully submits the following status report concerning the need for a continued stay of discovery in the above captioned case. 1) The Government strongly believes that a continued stay is necessary in the

interests of justice and is supported by the relevant case law previously cited to the Court. 2) Continuation of the stay will not adversely affect the parties' rights for

several reasons: a) The parties to the Consolidated Class Action have advised the Court that they have reached agreement in principle to settle all claims except as to defendants Nacchio and Woodruff. As a result of that settlement, the

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Government is advised that the parties will seek a stay of all discovery pending finalization of the settlement. b) To the extent that there are additional parties to the SEC action who are not part of the stipulated stay in the Consolidated Class Action, they have been permitted sufficient discovery, and have had access to millions of pages of material to allow them to productively proceed to evaluate the case without compromising the interests of the Government. c) The stay is essential to avoid compromising the criminal investigative process. 3) The Court previously established January 13, 2006 as a date to consider

whether the stay should continue beyond the end of this year. That date remains a logical and meaningful time to consider the issue. The Government cannot further comment on the status of its criminal investigation. 4) There remains a need to maintain a coordinated approach to discovery

between the SEC Action, the remnants of the Consolidated Class Action, and the state court litigation pending in various state courts, especially California. Notwithstanding this Court's order that no discovery occur except as expressly authorized or agreed upon, the CALSTRS Plaintiffs have begun to notice additional discovery, apparently on the theory that all discovery is permitted except as expressly prohibited. A hearing/status conference is presently scheduled for December 22, 2005 in San Francisco, at which this issue may arise. The
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Government respectfully advises the Court that the interests of all the parties, and the interests of this Court's remaining cases, will continue to be better served if the various state court actions continue to proceed in a coordinated fashion and suggests to the Court that it do whatever it can appropriately do to encourage continued coordination with the state court. Dated this 16 th day of November, 2005. Respectfully submitted, s/William J. Leone William J. Leone United States Attorney 1225 17 th Street, Suite 700 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 454-0100 Fax: (303) 454-0400 E-mail: [email protected] Attorney for Intervenor Plaintiff United States Attorney's Office, District of Colorado

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CERTIFICATE OF MAILING I hereby certify that on this 16 th day of November 2005, I electronically filed the forgoing GOVERNMENT'S STATUS REPORT with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses: X. Jay Alvarez [email protected] Timothy Granger Atkeson [email protected] [email protected];[email protected];[email protected] m;[email protected];[email protected];eric_rillorta@aporte r.com;[email protected];[email protected] Michael James Barry [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Jeffrey Allen Berens [email protected] Nicholas M. Billings [email protected] Terry W. Bird [email protected] Jessica Brody [email protected] [email protected];[email protected];[email protected] m;[email protected];[email protected];kwame_clement@a porter.com;[email protected];[email protected] Spencer A. Burkholz [email protected] [email protected] John K. Carroll [email protected]

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Kwame A. Clement [email protected] [email protected] David Lawrence Cook [email protected] Jennifer Lynn Coon [email protected] [email protected] Marguerite S. Dougherty [email protected] Michael J. Dowd [email protected] [email protected] Mark T. Drooks [email protected] [email protected] Stephanie Erin Dunn [email protected] [email protected] Thomas E. Egler [email protected] [email protected] Kevin D. Evans [email protected] [email protected] Clyde A. Faatz, Jr [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Christopher James W. Forrest [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Joshua David Franklin [email protected] John A. Freedman [email protected] Walter W. Garnsey, Jr [email protected] [email protected]
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Terence C. Gill [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Marcy Marie Heronimus [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Scott M. Himes [email protected] Michael James Hofmann [email protected] [email protected] Kevin Brent Huff [email protected] [email protected] Shelby Hunt [email protected] Lee Frederick Johnston [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Roberta A. Kaplan [email protected] Gary Michael Kramer [email protected] [email protected] Alfred P. Levitt [email protected] [email protected] Vincent J. Marella [email protected] David Meister [email protected] James D. Miller [email protected] [email protected];[email protected]

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Robert Nolen Miller [email protected] [email protected] Barbara C. Moses [email protected] [email protected] James E. Nesland [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Sharan Nirmul [email protected] [email protected] Robin Lee Nolan [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Elissa J. Preheim [email protected] Kimberly Wolf Price [email protected] Thomas Vincent Reichert [email protected] [email protected] Eric Tolentino Rillorta [email protected] Kenneth F. Rossman, IV [email protected] Scott Saham [email protected] Scott B. Schreiber [email protected] Paul Howard Schwartz [email protected] [email protected];[email protected];[email protected]

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David L. Schwarz [email protected] Jeffrey Allen Smith [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Holly Stein Sollod [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Jesus Manuel Vazquez, Jr [email protected] [email protected] James Gregory Waller [email protected] [email protected] Jennifer H. Weddle [email protected] I hereby certify that on this 16 th day of November, 2005, I served the forgoing GOVERNMENT'S STATUS REPORT via U.S. mail, postage prepaid, to the following: David R. Boyd Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, LLP 401 B Street #1700 San Diego, CA 92101 Geoffrey C. Jarvis Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A. 1201 North Market Street #2100 Wilmington, DE 19801 Cleo J. Rauchway Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons, LLP United States District Court Box 11 1200 - 17th Street #3000 Denver, CO 80202
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s/William J. Leone William J. Leone United States Attorney 1225 17 th Street, Suite 700 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 454-0100 Fax: (303) 454-0400 E-mail: [email protected]

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