Free Motion to Amend/Correct/Modify - 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-1451-REB-PAC (Consolidated with Civil Action Nos. 01-cv-1472-REB-PAC, 01-cv-1527-REB-PAC, 01cv-1616-REB-PAC, 01-cv-1799-REB-PAC, 01-cv-1930-REB-PAC, 01-cv-2083-REBPAC, 02-cv-0333-REB-PAC, 02-cv-0374-REB-PAC, 02-cv-0507-REB-PAC, 02-cv-0658REB-PAC, 02-cv-755-REB-PAC, 02-cv-798-REB-PAC and 04-cv-0238-REB-PAC) In re QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION AGREED MOTION MODIFYING THE DECEMBER 29, 2005 MINUTE ORDER REGARDING REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS AND CONTENTION INTERROGATORIES

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Pursuant to Rule 26(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and for the following reasons, the parties hereby move the Court to modify the period in which parties may serve requests for admissions and contention interrogatories. Lead Plaintiffs request that this discovery now be served between February 19, 2007 and March 19, 2007. As good cause therefore, Lead Plaintiffs state: On October 27, 2005, pursuant to an agreed upon motion, the Court ordered that the parties had to serve any requests for admissions and contention interrogatories between January 6, 2006 and February 6, 2006. On December 29, 2005, this Court extended the relevant dates to between July 7, 2006 and August 7, 2006. On February 27, 2006, Lead Plaintiffs filed a Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement which settled all claims against the defendants, with the exception of defendant Joseph P. Nacchio ("Nacchio") and defendant Robert S. Woodruff ("Woodruff"). The Court held a hearing on that motion on May 19, 2006. Separately, on December 20, 2005, defendant Nacchio was indicted on 42 counts of insider trading allegedly occurring between January 2, 2001 and May 29, 2001. See United States v. Nacchio, No. 05-CR545 (EWN). The court in that case has indicated it is contemplating a trial later this year, and the United States Attorney for the District of Colorado has sought to "embargo" the civil depositions of key remaining witnesses in this action, including Nacchio and Woodruff, pending the criminal trial. The original scheduling order in this action contemplated that contention interrogatories and requests for admissions would not be served until after the close of other fact discovery. Until the "embargoed" depositions proceed, the parties believe that -1-

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fact discovery will not have ended, and contention interrogatories and requests for admission will have little utility. Considering the above facts, all parties agree that a further extension of the time in which to serve requests for admissions and contention interrogatories is appropriate. Therefore, in order to reduce the burden on the parties and the Court, the parties ask that the Court modify the period for the parties to serve requests for admissions and contention interrogatories so that such discovery shall now be served between February 19, 2007 and March 19, 2007. This motion shall be without prejudice to Nacchio's right, at any time prior to the completion of the pending criminal case against him (including any appeals therein), to seek such other or further relief from discovery against him as he may believe necessary or appropriate to protect his interests.

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Pursuant to D.COLO.LCivR 7.1, moving counsel have conferred with counsel for defendants in this litigation and all support the relief requested above. An appropriate order is attached. DATED: June 23, 2006 Respectfully submitted, LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP MICHAEL J. DOWD SPENCER A. BURKHOLZ THOMAS E. EGLER SCOTT H. SAHAM X. JAY ALVAREZ TRIG R. SMITH TED MINAHAN ANDREA N. SALOW

s/ THOMAS E. EGLER THOMAS E. EGLER 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: 619/231-1058 619/231-7423 (fax) LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP MICHELLE M. McCARRON 9601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 510 Los Angeles, CA 90210 Telephone: 310/859-3100 310/278-2148 (fax) Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs DYER & SHUMAN, LLP ROBERT J. DYER III KIP B. SHUMAN JEFFREY A. BERENS 801 East 17th Avenue Denver, CO 80218-1417 Telephone: 303/861-3003 Liaison Counsel

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DATED: June 23, 2006

ARNOLD & PORTER TIM ATKESON 370 Seventeenth Street Suite 4500 Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: (303/863-1000 303/832-0428 (fax) ARNOLD & PORTER SCOTT B. SCHREIBER JOHN A. FREEDMAN ELISSA J. PREHEIM KWAME CLEMENT SHELBY HUNT

s/ ELISSA J. PREHEIM ELISSA J. PREHEIM 555 Twelfth Street N.W. Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: 202/942-5000 202/942-5999 (fax) Attorneys for Defendants Arthur Andersen LLP and Mark Iwan DATED: June 23, 2006 BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER & WOLPERT, P.C. MARK T. DROOKS THOMAS V. REICHERT

s/ THOMAS V. REICHERT THOMAS V. REICHERT 1875 Century Park East, 23rd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067-2561 Telephone: 310/201-2100 310/201-2110 Attorneys for Defendant Robin Szeliga

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DATED: June 23, 2006

CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP DAVID MEISTER JAMES MILLER

s/ JAMES MILLER JAMES MILLER 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Telephone: 212/878/8000 212/878-8375 (fax) Attorneys for Defendant Robert Woodruff DATED: June 23, 2006 BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER, LLP ALFRED LEVITT JONATHAN D. SCHILLER DAVID BOYD

s/ ALFRED LEVITT ALFRED LEVITT 5301 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20015-2015 Telephone: 202/237-2727 202/237-6131 (fax) Attorneys for Defendant Qwest Communications International, Inc. DATED: June 23, 2006 COOLEY GODWARD, LLP JAMES E. NESLAND PAUL SCHWARTZ JEFF SMITH

s/ JAMES E. NESLAND JAMES E. NESLAND

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380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900 Broomfield, CO 90021-8023 Telephone: 720/566-4000 720/566-4099 (fax) Attorneys for Defendant Drake S. Tempest DATED: June 23, 2006 STERN & KILCULLEN EDWARD S. NATHAN JOEL M. SILVERSTEIN JEFFREY SPEISER HERBERT J. STERN

s/ JOEL M. SILVERSTEIN JOEL M. SILVERSTEIN 75 Livingston Avenue Roseland, NY 07068 Telephone: 973/535-2600 Fax: 973/535-9664 STILLMAN & FRIEDMAN, P.C. CHARLES A. STILLMAN SCOTT M. HIMES DIANA NEHRO 425 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 Telephone: 212/223-0200 212/223-1942 (fax) Attorneys for Defendant Joseph P. Nacchio DATED: June 23, 2006 HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP MARTIN D. LITT MICHAEL HOFFMAN

s/ MICHAEL HOFFMAN MICHAEL HOFFMAN

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1700 Lincoln, Suite 4100 Denver, CO 80203 Telephone: 303/866-0648 303/866-0200 (fax) Attorneys for Defendants Philip Anschutz and Craig D. Slater DATED: June 23, 2006 PERKINS COIE LLP ROBERT N. MILLER STEPHANIE E. DUNN

s/ ROBERT N. MILLER ROBERT N. MILLER 1899 Wynkoop Street, Suite 700 Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: 303/291-2300 303/291-2400 (fax) Attorneys for Defendant James A. Smith
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on June 23, 2006, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List.

s/ THOMAS E. EGLER THOMAS E. EGLER LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: 619/231-1058 619/231-7423 (fax) E-mail: [email protected]

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Mailing Information for a Case 1:01-cv-01451-REB-PAC
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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] Marcy Marie Heronimus [email protected] [email protected];[email protected]

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Michael James Hofmann [email protected] [email protected] Kevin Brent Huff [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] William J. Leone [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] Alfred P. Levitt [email protected] [email protected] Vincent J. Marella [email protected] [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];david.cook@c Robert Nolen Miller

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[email protected] Scott B. Schreiber [email protected] Arthur M. Schwartz [email protected] [email protected] Paul Howard Schwartz [email protected] [email protected];[email protected];[email protected];calendarreq@coole 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];[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

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AnchorMedia Ventures Attn: Alan Henry 35 Franklin Court So. St. Petersburg, FL 33711 I. Walton Bader Bader & Bader, LLP 50 Main Street #1000 PMB 1029 White Plains, NY 10601 Fredric C. Clodius 11015 Millbank Road King George, VA 22485 Brian Hawkins Custer 5032 Belt Road Tenally Town, DC 20016 Brian Fitzpatrick 87 Barrow Street Apartment 6H New York, NY 10014 Alan Henry 3 Highfields Lane Northport, ME 02870 Geoffrey C. Jarvis Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A. 1201 North Market Street #2100 Wilmington, DE 19801 Tim Myles 254 Cass Street Portsmouth, NH 03801

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C. Mylett P.O. Box 1031 Coleman, FL 33521 New York State Teachers' Retirement System Wayne Schneider Joseph J. Indelicato 10 Corporate Woods Drive Albany, NY 12211-2395 Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System Michael A. Budin 30 Noth Third Street Suite 150 Harrisburg, PA 17101 Cleo J. Rauchway Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons, LLP United States District Court Box 11 1200 - 17th Street #3000 Denver, CO 80202 William M. Rogers 606 S. Military Trail Deerfield Beach, FL 33442