Free Motion for Hearing/Conference - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge Robert E. Blackburn Civil Action No. 01-cv-1451-REB-PAC (Consolidated with Civil Action Nos. 01-CV-1472, 01-CV-1527, 01-CV-1616, 01-CV1799, 01-CV-1930, 01-CV-2083, 02-CV-333, 02-CV-374, 02-CV-507, 02-CV-658, 02CV-755, and 02-CV-798) In re QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

JOINT REQUEST FOR STATUS CONFERENCE

On January 16, 2008, the Tenth Circuit: (1) held that non-settling defendants Joseph P. Nacchio and Robert Woodruff have standing to challenge the partial settlement reflected in this Court's Partial Final Judgment and Order of Partial Dismissal with Prejudice dated September 29, 2006 ("PFJ"), New England Health Care Employees Pension Fund, et al. v. Woodruff, et al., No. 06-1482 (10th Cir. Jan. 16, 2008) [Docket No. 1110] ("Opinion") at 7-11; and (2) remanded this case to this Court "so that it might make appropriate findings and conclusions with respect to Mr. Nacchio and Mr. Woodruff's objections to the settlement," Id. at 3. On April 2, 2008, the Tenth Circuit denied Qwest's Petition for Panel Rehearing and its Petition for Rehearing En Banc, and on April 10, 2008, issued the Mandate returning jurisdiction to this Court. The parties believe that the Court (and the parties) would benefit from holding a status conference to discuss how the Court wishes to proceed in light of the Tenth

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Circuit's remand. Qwest and Lead Plaintiffs believe the Court would benefit from further briefing given the significant amount of time that has elapsed since the original briefing before this Court, and at the status conference will request an opportunity for the parties to submit briefs on the issues presented by the remand. Counsel for Messrs. Nacchio and Woodruff believe that, given the extensive papers already before the Court on these issues and the Tenth Circuit's mandate, no further briefing is necessary, except to the extent this Court desires input from the parties on any particular issue.

DATED: April 17, 2008

Respectfully submitted, __s/ Kenneth F. Rossman IV____ Jonathan D. Schiller David Boyd Kenneth F. Rossman IV BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP 5301 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20015 Telephone: (202) 237-2727 Facsimile: (202) 237-6131 Terence C. Gill SHERMAN & HOWARD, L.L.C. 633 Seventeenth Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: (303) 297-2900 Facsimile: (303) 298-0940 Attorneys for Qwest Communications International Inc. Michael J. Dowd Thomas E. Egler Spencer A. Burkholz Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, LLP 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101 2

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Telephone: (619) 231-1058 Facsimile: (619) 231-7423 Attorneys for Lead Plaintiff New England Health Care Employees Pension Fund Joel M. Silverstein Jeffrey Speiser Stern & Kilcullen, LLC 75 Livingston Avenue Roseland, NJ 07068 Telephone: (973) 535-1900 Facsimile: (973) 535-9664 Attorneys for Defendant Joeseph P. Nacchio

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 17th day of April, 2008, a copy of the foregoing JOINT REQUEST FOR STATUS CONFERENCE was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the USDC CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses: X. Jay Alvarez Timothy G. Atkeson [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs Counsel for Defendants Arthur Andersen & Iwan Local Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs Counsel for Defendant Szeliga Counsel for Defendants Arthur Andersen & Iwan Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs Counsel for Defendants Arthur Andersen & Iwan Counsel for Defendant Woodruff Counsel for Defendant Szeliga Counsel for Plaintiff New Jersey Dept. of Treasury

Jeffrey A. Berens Terry W. Bird Jessica Brody

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Spencer A. Burkholz Kwame A. Clement

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David L. Cook Jennifer L. Coon Merrill G. Davidoff

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Michael J. Dowd Mark T. Drooks Stephanie E. Dunn Thomas E. Egler Kevin D. Evans

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Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs Counsel for Defendant Szeliga Counsel for Defendant Smith Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs Counsel for Defendant J. Kozlowski in the SEC matter Counsel for Defendants Arthur Andersen & Iwan Local Counsel for Defendant Qwest Communications Int. Inc. Local Counsel for Defendant Qwest Communications Int. Inc. Counsel for Defendants Anschutz & Slater Counsel for Defendants Anschutz & Slater Counsel for M. Schumacher

John A. Freedman

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Terence C. Gill

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Marcy M. Heronimus

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Michael J. Hofmann

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Kevin B. Huff

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Gary M. Kramer

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Vincent J. Marella David Meister James D. Miller Robert N. Miller Edward S. Nathan James E. Nesland Elissa J. Preheim

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Counsel for Defendant Szeliga

[email protected] Counsel for Defendant Woodruff [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Defendant Woodruff Counsel for Defendant Smith Counsel for Defendant Nacchio Counsel for Defendant Tempest Counsel for Defendants Arthur Andersen & Iwan Counsel for Defendant Woodruff Counsel for Defendant Szeliga Local Counsel for Defendant Nacchio Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs Counsel for Defendants Arthur Andersen & Iwan Counsel for Defendant Tempest Counsel for Defendants Anschutz & Slater Counsel for Defendant Nacchio

Kimberly W. Price Thomas V. Reichert John M. Richilano Scott Saham Scott Schreiber Paul H. Schwartz

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David L. Schwarz Joel M. Silverstein

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Jeffrey A. Smith Jeffrey Speiser Herbert J. Stern

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Counsel for Defendant Tempest Counsel for Defendant Nacchio Counsel for Defendant Nacchio

and, I also certify that I have served same by depositing in the U.S. Mail, first-class postage prepaid, addressed to the following: Sean C. Lindsay Qwest Communications International Inc. 1801 California Street Suite 900 Denver, CO 80202 Service pursuant to D.C. COLO.LCivR 6.1(D) s/ Eileen Gould Eileen Gould

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