THOMAS v. REAGAN

USDC Cr. No. 84-3552

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WILLIAM THOMAS, et al    
     Plaintiff Pro Se    
                         
versus                          CA 84-3552
                                Judge Louis Oberdorfer
UNITED STATES, et al     
     Defendants

PLAINTIFFS' REPLY TO FEDERAL DEFENDANTS'
OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS' APPEAL OF THE MAGISTRATE'S
OCTOBER 8, 1986 ORDER

Immediately plaintiffs note their impression that the Fed. R. Civ. P. provide that an opposition should be filed within ten days after receipt of a given submission. If such is the case, in failing to file a response to this Court's "November 7, 1986" (actually October 8, 1986) Order before December 3, 1986, counsel has failed to comply with the Rules.

Defendants argue that to allow plaintiffs to proceed upon their Motion for Joinder of Parties, Claims, and Remedies, and their Motion for Leave to File an Amended Restatement of Claim "would: 1) prejudice the current defendants; 2) be futile and frivolous; and 3) be unduly unfair and late in this litigation."

Plaintiffs contend that to deny them the right to proceed on those Motions and, in particular, Plaintiffs' Opposition to Federal Defendants' Motion for Judgment, also filed September 22, 1986, would be 1) to trivialize Justice and the meaningful resolution of controversy, 2) expose this "civilized way" to comply with the law as nothing more than a futile and frivolous waste of paper, and 3) be unduly unfair, while negating the concepts of reason and logic.

Plaintiffs' position on these matters is more specifically laid out in the accompanying Summary of Points and Authorities in Support of this Reply.

Respectfully submitted this____day of December, 1986.

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William Thomas, Plaintiff Pro Se
1440 N Street, N.W. Apt. 410
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202)-462-3542

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Ellen Thomas, Plaintiff Pro Se
Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
P.O. Box 27217, D.C., 20038
(202) 462-3542


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