Free Motion to Withdraw as Attorney - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 01-cv-01451-REB-PAC (Consolidated with Civil Action Nos. 01-cv-01472-REB-CBS, 01-cv-01527-REB-CBS, 01-cv-01616-REB-CBS, 01-cv-01799-REB-CBS, 01-cv-01930-REB-CBS, 01-cv-02083REB-CBS, 02-cv-00333-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00374-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00507-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00658-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00755-REB-CBS, 02-cv-00798-REB-CBS and 04-cv00238-REB-CBS) In Re: QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC., SECURITIES LITIGATION

UNOPPOSED MOTION BY WILLIAM J. LEONE TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL FOR THE UNITED STATES

William J. Leone hereby submits this unopposed motion to withdraw as counsel for the United States of America in this action, upon the following grounds: 1. Undersigned counsel submits that there is good cause for this motion, see

D.C.COLO.LCivR 83.3(D), because he will soon be leaving Government service and because Assistant United States Attorney Kevin T. Traskos has entered his appearance as substitute counsel of record in this action. 2. Pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1(A), undersigned counsel certifies that

all parties in this action were consulted regarding this motion by e-mail on Friday, September 15, 2006. As of this date, none of the parties indicated that they had any objection to this motion. WHEREFORE, for the reasons stated, William J. Leone respectfully requests that the Court issue an Order permitting him to withdraw as counsel for the United

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States in this action, and substituting Kevin T. Traskos as counsel for record for the United States in this action. A proposed order is attached. Respectfully submitted this 19th day of September, 2006. Respectfully submitted, TROY A. EID United States Attorney s/ William J. Leone WILLIAM J. LEONE Assistant U. S. Attorney 1225 17th Street, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80202 303-454-0100 Fax: (303) 454-0404 [email protected] Attorneys for United States of America

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on September 19th, 2006, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following email addresses:

X. Jay Alvarez [email protected] Timothy Granger Atkeson [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Michael James Barry [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Jeffrey Allen Berens [email protected] Terry W. Bird [email protected] David Robert Boyd [email protected]; [email protected] J.Patrick Bradley [email protected] Jessica Brody [email protected] [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Spencer A. Burkholz [email protected]; [email protected] John K. Carroll [email protected] Kwame A. Clement [email protected]; [email protected]

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David Lawrence Cook [email protected] Jennifer Lynn Coon [email protected]; [email protected] Merrill Gene Davidoff [email protected]; [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] Terence C. Gill [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Michael W. Gross [email protected]; [email protected]

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Marcy Marie Heronimus [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Michael James Hofmann [email protected]; [email protected] Kevin Brent Huff [email protected]; [email protected] Shelby Hunt [email protected] Richard L. Jacobson [email protected]; [email protected] Roberta A. Kaplan [email protected] Curtis L. Kennedy [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] Jeffrey D. Meyer [email protected]; [email protected] Charles G. Michaels [email protected] James D. Miller [email protected] [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Robert Nolen Miller [email protected]; [email protected]

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Barbara C. Moses [email protected]; [email protected] Edward S. Nathan [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] Keith F. Park [email protected] Elissa J. Preheim [email protected] Kimberly Wolf Price [email protected] Thomas Vincent Reichert [email protected]; [email protected] John M. Richilano [email protected]; [email protected] Eric Tolentino Rillorta [email protected] Kenneth F. Rossman, IV [email protected] Ashley Elizabeth Rupp [email protected] Scott Saham [email protected] Scott B. Schreiber [email protected] Arthur M. Schwartz [email protected]; [email protected]

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Paul Howard Schwartz [email protected] [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] David L. Schwarz [email protected] Kip Brian Shuman [email protected]; [email protected] . Edward F. Siegel [email protected] Joel M. Silverstein [email protected] Jeffrey Allen Smith [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Jeffrey Speiser [email protected] Herbert J. Stern [email protected] Michael D. Trager [email protected]; [email protected] Jesus Manuel Vazquez, Jr [email protected]; [email protected] James Gregory Waller [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Ronald L. Wilcox [email protected] I hereby certify that I have mailed or served the document or paper to the following non CM/ECF participants in the manner (mail, hand delivery, etc.) indicated by the nonparticipant's name: Geoffrey C. Jarvis (mail) Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A. 1201 North Market Street #2100 Wilmington, DE 19801

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C. Mylett (mail) P.O. Box 1031 Coleman, FL 33521 Cleo J. Rauchway (mail) Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons, LLP United States District Court Box 11 1200 - 17th Street #3000 Denver, CO 80202 William M. Rogers (mail) 606 S. Military Trail Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 AnchorMedia Ventures (mail) Attn: Alan Henry 35 Franklin Court So. St. Petersburg, FL 33711

I. Walton Bader (mail) Bader & Bader, LLP 50 Main Street #1000 PMB 1029 White Plains, NY 10601 Fredric C. Clodius (mail) 11015 Millbank Road King George, BA 22485 Brian Hawkins Custer (mail) 5032 Belt Road Tenally Town, DC 20016 Brian Fitzpatrick (mail) 87 Barrow Street Apartment 6H New York, NY 10014 Tim Myles (mail) 254 Cass Street Portsmouth, NH 03801

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New York State Teachers' Retirement System (mail) Wayne Schneider Joseph J. Indelicato 10 Corporate Woods Drive Albany, NY 12211-2395 Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System (mail) Michael A. Budin 30 North Third Street Suite 150 Harrisburg, PA 17101

s/ Kevin T. Traskos Kevin T. Transkos Assistant United States Attorney 1225 17th Street, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: (303) 454-0100 Fax: (303) 454-0404 E-mail: [email protected]