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PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney District of Arizona MICHAEL A. JOHNS Assistant U.S. Attorney Civil Chief Arizona State Bar No. 3803 Two Renaissance Square 40 North Central Avenue, Suite 1200 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 Telephone: (602) 514-7566 Fax: (602) 514-7760 SHEILA LIEBER Deputy Branch Director DIANE KELLEHER Trial Attorney Department of Justice, Civil Division Federal Programs Branch 20 Massachusetts Ave. N.W ., Rm. 7318 W ashington, D.C. 20001 Telephone: (202) 514-4775 Fax: (202) 616-8470

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA SHARON NEWTON-NATIONS, et al.

15 Plaintiffs, 16 v. 17 ANTHONY RODGERS, et al. 18 Defendants. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Court.

CV 03-2506 PHX-EHC DEFENDANT LEAVITT'S NOTICE REGARDING CONTINUATION OF STAY OF LITIGATION

NOTICE OF RECENT AUTHORITY Defendant Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services ("HHS") (hereinafter "the Secretary"), hereby files this notice regarding a continuation of the stay of litigation in this case. The Secretary states the following: 1. On March 10, 2005, this Court stayed this case pending the outcome in Spry v.

Thompson, No. 04-35746. 2. 3. The Ninth Circuit issued a decision in Spry on May 21, 2007. On June 11, 2007, the Secretary filed a notice of the Spry decision with this

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On June 25, 2007, Plaintiffs filed a Response in Opposition to Defendant

Michael Leavitt's Notice of Recent Authority. 5. In that response, Plaintiffs indicated that the attorneys for the Spry plaintiffs,

one of whom is also counsel for Plaintiffs in this case (Martha Jane Perkins), planned to file a petition for rehearing en banc of the Spry decision. 6. Plaintiffs argued that their planned en banc petition meant that this Court

should continue its stay and should not address the parties' pending summary judgment. 7. In light of the Plaintiffs' representation that the Spry plaintiffs will be seeking

en banc review, the Secretary has no opposition to the continuation of the stay until the petition is resolved. 8. The Secretary believes that the issue of further briefing ­ and the page limits

for further briefing ­ should be addressed after the Spry petition is resolved. Respectfully submitted this 28th day of June, 2007.

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PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney MICHAEL A. JOHNS Civil Chief SHEILA LIEBER Deputy Branch Director s/Diane Kelleher DIANE KELLEHER U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division 20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Rm. 7318 Washington, D.C. 20001 Tel: Fax: E-mail: (202) 514-4775 (202) 616-8470 [email protected]

Attorneys for Defendant Secretary Mike Leavitt

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Diane Kelleher, an attorney, hereby certify that on June 28, 2007, I electronically transmitted the foregoing Notice of Recent Authority to the Clerk's Office using the ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic filing and to ECF registrants. I further certify that a copy of the foregoing Notice of Substitution was mailed this 28th day of June, 2007, to the following: MARTHA JANE PERKINS NATIONAL HEALTH LAW PROGRAM 211 N. COLUMBIA ST. 2ND FLOOR CHAPEL HILL, NC 27516

s/Diane Kelleher 13 14 DIANE KELLEHER 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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