Free Motion to Quash - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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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 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, versus § § § § § § § § § § §

CIV-04-363-PHX-JWS MOTION TO QUASH PENDING RESOLUTION OF MOTION TO STAY

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NOW COMES, ALBERTO ABED-SCHEBAIKAN, Calezar, Ltd., Uptongrove, Ltd., [hereinafter, "Claimants"], and file this Motion to Quash Pending Resolution of Motion to Stay, and in support would show the Court as follows: 1. The Claimants Uptongrove Ltd, Calezar, Ltd., and Alberto Abed move the Court pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 26 and also because Claimants have pending a Motion for Stay to Quash a Deposition Notice served upon Claimant Alberto Abed and for a Protective Order regarding Requests for Admissions and Interrogatories served by Plaintiff on Abed. The documents are attached hereto as Exhibits A, B and C. All of the above were received by counsel on October 21, 2005. The grounds for the Motion are that a motion for stay of this cause is currently pending and no meeting of counsel has taken place as required under FED. R. CIV. P. 26 (d). A Memorandum in Support accompanies this Motion. WHEREFORE, Claimants pray that the Court strike the Requests for Admissions and Interrogatories directed to the Claimants as being premature under FED. R. CIV. P. 26(d)and

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quashed as possibly mooting the pending motion for stay burdening Claimants rights against self incrimination in the pending criminal investigation and that the Court quash the Notice of Deposition for the deposition of Claimant, Alberto Abed, for the same reasons, and pray that the Court grant such other and further relief as the Court deems proper.

Respectfully submitted, 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 November 21, 2005, 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] Douglas F. Behm 2

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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 and Leonard J. McDonald, Jr. Tiffany & Bosco, P.A. 2525 E. Camelback Rd. Phoenix, AZ 86015-4237.

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