Free Motion for Leave to File - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Gerald H. Goldstein TX Bar No. 08101000 Cynthia E. Orr TX Bar No. 15313350 Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley 310 S. St. Mary's St., 29 th Floor San Antonio, Texas 78205 210-226-1463

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA § § § § § § § § § § § § CIV-04-363-PHX-JWS MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE INTERVENING DOCUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR REHEARING OF MOTION FOR STAY AND TO QUASH DEPOSITION NOTICE, AND MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS AND INTERROGATORIES SERVED ON CLAIMANT ABED

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, versus 1. Lear Jet, Model 31A, Serial Number 31A-244, U.S. Registration No.N224LJ, Defendant.

NOW COMES, CLAIMANT, ALBERTO ABED-SCHEKAIBAN ("Abed") and respectfully requests leave of this Honorable Court to file the attached intervening documents, received by the undersigned on Tuesday, February 28, 2006, in support of his motion to reconsider its Order from Chambers issued on January 23, 2006, docket number 152, and in support thereof will show this Court: 1. Counsel for Claimants have received two documents on this date that support their Motion to Reconsider, docket number 153. 2. These intervening documents are a letter, dated February 6, 2006, from the Department of Justice seeking "The temporary detention and presentation of Alberto Abed Shekaiban, who has his date of birth on April 27, 1952 in Lebanon," the Department of Justice is conducting a criminal investigation of Mr. Abed. The second document is the response to the Department of Justice letter, dated February 24, 2006, by the office of the

1

Case 2:04-cv-00363-JWS

Document 156

Filed 02/28/2006

Page 1 of 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Procuraduria General de la Republica ("PGR"), stating that the PGR cannot comply with the request of the United States to temporarily detain and present Mr. Abed to the United States with regard to their investigation of Jaime Eduardo Ross Castillo, Alberto Abed Schekaiban and others for the crimes of money laundering. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Claimant prays that this Honorable Court grant him leave to file these attached intervening documents in support of his Motion for Rehearing of Motion for Stay and to Quash Deposition Notice, and Motion for a Protective Order Against Request for Admissions and Interrogatories Served on Claimant Abed. Respectfully submitted,

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

GERALD H. GOLDSTEIN Bar No. 08101000 CYNTHIA EVA HUJAR ORR Bar No. 15313350 GOLDSTEIN, GOLDSTEIN & HILLEY 310 S. St. Mary's St. 29 th Floor Tower Life Bldg. San Antonio, Texas 78205 210-226-1463 210-226-8367 facsimile BY: __/s/______________________________ CYNTHIA E. ORR CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on February 28, 2006, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Reid Pixler Assistant United States Attorney 2 Renaissance Sq. 40 N. Central, Ste. 1200 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 [email protected] Allen B. Bickart 6508 N. 10 th Place Phoenix, Arizona 85014 [email protected]

2

Case 2:04-cv-00363-JWS

Document 156

Filed 02/28/2006

Page 2 of 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Douglas F. Behm Jennings Strouss & Salmon P.L.C. Collier Cntr. 201 E. Washington St., Ste. 1100 Phoenix, AZ 85004-2385 [email protected] Lawson Pedigo Miller, Keffer & Pedigo 8401 N. Central Expressway, Ste. 630 Dallas, Texas 75225 [email protected] and via U.S. Mail, first class, to the following who are not registered participants of the CM/ECF: Jennifer Collins Mark Hopson Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood 1501 "K" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Geoffrey Young Ruden McClosky 150 2 nd Ave., Suite 1700 St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Marc S. Nurik, Esq. Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A. 200 East Broward Blvd., Ste. 1500 P.O. Box 1900 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33302 Leonard J. McDonald, Jr. Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. 2525 E. Camelback Rd. Phoenix, AZ 86015-4237. BY: __/s/______________________________ CYNTHIA E. ORR

Case 2:04-cv-00363-JWS

Document 156

Filed 02/28/2006

Page 3 of 3