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Case 3:07-cv-03758-SC

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JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO United States Attorney RICHARD LEPLEY Assistant Branch Director DANIEL BENSING D.C. Bar No. 334268 STEVEN Y. BRESSLER D.C. Bar No. 482492 KYLE R. FREENY California Bar No. 247857 Attorneys United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch P.O. Box 883 Washington, D.C. 20044 Telephone: (202) 514-5108 Facsimile: (202) 616-8460 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants Hon. James B. Peake, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Hon. James P. Terry, Hon. Daniel L. Cooper, Hon. Bradley G. Mayes, Hon. Michael J. Kussman, Ulrike Willimon, the United States of America, Hon. Peter D. Keisler, and Hon. William P. Greene, Jr. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS FOR COMMON SENSE and ) VETERANS UNITED FOR TRUTH, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) Hon. JAMES B. PEAKE, Secretary of ) Veterans Affairs, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) ____________________________________ )

No. C 07-3758-SC DISCOVERY CERTIFICATION

I certify that on January 25, 2008, I spoke by telephone with counsel for plaintiffs, 25 Gordon Erspamer, to discuss defendant's interest in seeking a stay of discovery from the U.S. 26 Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) pending a ruling on defendants' Motion to 27 Dismiss Claims Against Defendants William P. Greene, Jr. and Michael B. Mukasey. I 28
Case No. C 07-3758-SC Discovery Certification for Defendant's Motion for Protective Order to Stay Discovery from the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

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explained to plaintiffs' counsel that defendants objected to discovery from the CAVC at least until this Court could rule on the pending dispositive motion to dismiss claims against Chief Judge Greene. I expressed defendant's intent to file a motion for stay of discovery from the CAVC if plaintiffs could not consent to such a stay. Mr. Erspamer informed me that plaintiffs could not consent to a stay of discovery from the CAVC.

Dated: January 25, 2008

Respectfully Submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO United States Attorney RICHARD LEPLEY Assistant Branch Director /s/ Kyle R. Freeny KYLE R. FREENY California Bar #247857 DANIEL BENSING D.C. Bar #334268 STEVEN Y. BRESSLER D.C. Bar #482492 Attorneys U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division P.O. Box 883 Washington, D.C. 20044 (202) 514-5108 (telephone) Counsel for Defendants

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Case No. C 07-3758-SC Discovery Certification for Defendant's Motion for Protective Order to Stay Discovery from the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

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