IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
____________________________________
)
ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al.,)
) No. 1:96CV01285
Plaintiffs, ) (Judge Robertson)
v. )
)
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of )
the Interior, et al., )
)
Defendants. )
)
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO FILE UNDER SEAL DOCUMENTS
SUPPLEMENTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD
On July 6, 2007, the Department of the Interior filed the Administrative Record (“AR”)
in support of its Plan for Completing the Historical Accounting of Individual Indian Money
Accounts, filed with the Court on May 31, 2007 (Dkt. No. 3333). By separate Notice,
Defendants are filing today documents to supplement the AR. Two of these documents
contain confidential Privacy Act information, protected under the Court’s Order of August 29,
2007 (Dkt. No. 3376) (extending the protections of the Order of November 27, 1996). This
information has been redacted from the public version of these supplemental documents.
For these reasons, Defendants respectfully request that the Court issue an Order
permitting the filing under seal of the unredacted documents supplementing the AR (attached
as Exhibit 1). Defendants’ counsel have contacted Plaintiffs’ counsel and they state that they
do not oppose this motion.
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Dated: August 31, 2007 Respectfully submitted,
PETER D. KEISLER
Assistant Attorney General
MICHAEL F. HERTZ
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN
Director
/s/Robert E. Kirschman, Jr.
ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.
D.C. Bar No. 406635
Deputy Director
PHILLIP M. SELIGMAN
Trial Attorney
Commercial Litigation Branch
Civil Division
P.O. Box 875
Ben Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044-0875
(202) 616-0328
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that, on August 31, 2007 the foregoing Defendants' Motion to File under
Seal Documents Supplementing the Administrative Record was served by Electronic Case Filing,
and on the following who is not registered for Electronic Case Filing, by facsimile:
Earl Old Person (Pro se)
Blackfeet Tribe
P.O. Box 850
Browning, MT 59417
Fax (406) 338-7530
A copy of the Sealed Attachment was delivered to:
Dennis Gingold
Keith Harper
607 14th St., NW
Washington, DC 20005
/s/ Jay St. John
Jay St. John
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
____________________________________
)
ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al., )
) No. 1:96cv01285 (JR)
Plaintiffs, )
v. )
)
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of )
the Interior, et al., )
)
Defendants. )
____________________________________)
NOTICE OF EXHIBIT UNDER SEAL
The exhibit accompanying Defendants’ Motion to File Under Seal Documents
Supplementing the Administrative Record has been filed under seal.
Dated: August 31, 2007 Respectfully submitted,
PETER D. KEISLER
Assistant Attorney General
MICHAEL F. HERTZ
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN
Director
Robert E. Kirschman, Jr.
ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, Jr.
(D.C. Bar No. 406635)
Deputy Director
Commercial Litigation Branch
Civil Division
P.O. Box 875
Ben Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044-0875
(202) 616-0328
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
__________________________________________
)
ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et
al.,)
)
Plaintiffs, )
)
v. ) Case No. 1:96cv01285 (JR)
)
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, )
Secretary of the Interior, et
al.,)
)
Defendants. )
__________________________________________)
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on the unopposed Defendants’ Motion to File Under
Seal Documents Supplementing the Administrative Record (Dkt. No. ). Upon consideration
of the Defendants’ Motion, and the entire record of this case, it is hereby
ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED.
SO ORDERED.
___________________________________
Hon. James Robertson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
United States District Court for the
District of Columbia
Date:______________
