Free Letter - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-00425-SLR

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Filed 02/07/2007

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BEN T. CASTLE SHELDON N. SANDLER RICHARD A. LEVINE RICHARD A. ZAPPA FREDERICK W. IOBST RICHARD H. MORSE DAVID C. MCBRIDE JOSEPH M. NICHOLSON CRAIG A. KARSNITZ BARRY M. WILLOUGHBY JOSY W. INGERSOLL ANTHONY G. FLYNN JEROME K. GROSSMAN EUGENE A. DIPRINZIO JAMES L. PATTON, JR. ROBERT L. THOMAS WILLIAM D. JOHNSTON TIMOTHY J. SNYDER BRUCE L. SILVERSTEIN WILLIAM W. BOWSER LARRY J. TARABICOS RICHARD A. DILIBERTO, JR. MELANIE K. SHARP CASSANDRA F. ROBERTS RICHARD J.A. POPPER TERESA A. CHEEK NEILLI MULLEN WALSH JANET Z. CHARLTON ROBERT S. BRADY JOEL A. WAITE BRENT C. SHAFFER DANIEL P. JOHNSON CRAIG D. GREAR TIMOTHY JAY HOUSEAL MARTIN S. LESSNER PAULINE K. MORGAN C. BARR FLINN NATALIE WOLF LISA B. GOODMAN JOHN W. SHAW JAMES P. HUGHES, JR. EDWIN J. HARRON MICHAEL R. NESTOR MAUREEN D. LUKE ROLIN P. BISSELL SCOTT A. HOLT JOHN T. DORSEY M. BLAKE CLEARY CHRISTIAN DOUGLAS WRIGHT DANIELLE GIBBS JOHN J. PASCHETTO NORMAN M. POWELL ELENA C. NORMAN

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February 7, 2007 BY E-FILE The Honorable Sue L. Robinson Chief Judge United States District Court 844 King Street - Room 6124 Lock Box 31 Wilmington, DE 19801 RE: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. MBNA America Bank, N.A. C.A. 04-cv-425 SLR

Dear Judge Robinson: I am pleased to advise you, on behalf of both parties, that the above-referenced case, which is scheduled for trial beginning Monday, February 26, 2007, has been settled. The parties are working out the details of a proposed consent decree and will submit it later in the week or early next week. Respectfully yours, /s/ Sheldon N. Sandler Sheldon N. Sandler SNS:sde cc: Clerk, District Court Terrence R. Cook, Esquire

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