UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

WILLIAM THOMAS,                 FILED; Oct  8, 1997
          Plaintiff             Clerk US District Court
                                District of Columbia
     v. 
                        Civil Action No. 97-0712 (TFH)
CHRISTIAN STANTON, et al.,
          Defendants

ORDER

UPON CONSIDERATION of the defendants' motion for enlargement of time and for good cause shown, it is this 7 day of October , 1997,

ORDERED, that the defendants' motion should be and is hereby granted, and it is further

ORDERED, that defendants shall have until October 6, 1997, within which to submit a reply memorandum in support of their partial motion to dismiss.

(signed) Thomas F. Hogan
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Stacy M. Ludwig
Assistant United States Attorney
Judiciary Center Building
555 Th Street, NW, Room 10-806
Washington, D.C. 20001

Daniel N. Schemer, Esq.
Alisa Wilkins, Esq.
Gaffney & Schemer
1666 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 225
Washington D.C. 20009