UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

		                               
WILLIAM THOMAS,	
		Plaintiff	                      
vs.		                       	Case No. 97-0712 (TFH)

CHRISTIAN STANTON, et al,
	Defendants.
REPORT UNDER LOCAL RULE 206 (d)

In accordance with Local Rule 206(d), the plaintiff William Thomas, and the defendants, Christian Stanton and United States of America, by their respective counsel, report their agreements, and their respective positions in absence of agreement, on the thirteen matters set forth in Local Rule 206(c). Defendants have previously filed a dispositive partial motion to dismiss, and plaintiff's opposition and defendants' reply thereto are currently pending. Once this court has ruled on the defendants' pending partial motion to dismiss, the parties agree to meet again and confer pursuant to Rule 206 within thirty (30) days of the entry of the order of the Court resolving defendant's motion, and to submit a supplemental report pursuant to Rule 206 within ten (10) days of such second meeting.

The paragraph numbers below correspond to the numbers in Rule 206(c). A proposed scheduling order is attached.

Case Tracking Category

1. The parties agree that the Standard Track is the appropriate case tracking category.

Joinder, Pleading Amendments, Narrowing of Issues

2. The parties agree that no other parties shall be joined; that no pleading amendments are anticipated and, if any shall become necessary then a motion shall be required; and that some of the factual and legal issues can be agreed upon and/or narrowed in conjunction with the dispositive motion currently pending.

Assignment to Magistrate Judge

3. The parties agree that the case should not be referred to a magistrate judge.

Settlement

4. The parties agree that there is no realistic possibility of settling this case at this time, pending the outcome of the currently pending dispositive motion. The parties agree to revisit the issue if necessary.

Referral to ADR

5. The parties agree that it is premature to consider whether the case would benefit from referral to the Court's ADR procedures, and to revisit the issue if necessary.

Dispositive Motions

6. Defendants' dispositive motion to dismiss is pending and all oppositions and replies have been filed. The parties agree to revisit the issue if necessary.

Initial Disclosers

7. The parties agree to dispense with the initial disclosures required by Fed.RCiv.P. 26(a)(l) at the present time and to revisit the issue if necessary.

Discovery

8. The parties agree that discovery matters should await the Court's decisions on defendants' partial motion to dismiss, and to revisit the issue if necessary.

Experts

9. The parties do not presently anticipate the use of expert witnesses.

Class Action

10. Not applicable.

Bifurcation of Discovery and Trial

11. The parties agree that there is no need to bifurcate or manage discovery or trial.

Pretrial Conference

12. The parties agree that if the case is not ultimately resolved by dispositive motions, then the pretrial conference should be scheduled after the close of discovery as proposed by the parties in their supplement to this report.

Trial Date

13. The parties agree that, if the case is not ultimately resolved by dispositive motion, a trial date should be set at the pretrial conference and that the trial should be from 30 to 60 days after that conference.

Respectfully Submitted,

/s/ Alisa A. Wilkins
Alisa A. Wilkens #440880
Gaffney & Schember, P.C.
Suite 225
1666 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 328-2244
Counsel for Plaintiff

cc:
Stacy M. Ludwig #445719 ,
Asst. United States Attorney
Judiciary Center Building
555 Fourth Street, N.W. Washington,D.C. 20001
(202) 514-7147 Counsel for Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

		                               
WILLIAM THOMAS,	
		Plaintiff	                      
	vs.		                                                                      	Case No. 97-0712 (TFH)

CHRISTIAN STANTON, et al,
	Defendants.

ORDER

Upon consideration of the parties' Report Under Local Rule 206 (d), it is by the Court, on this__day of , ___ 1997 hereby ORDERED as follows:

1. The case shall be placed on the Standard Track

2. All discovery in this matter is stayed pending the Court's ruling on the defendants' dispositive motion.

3. Once the court has ruled on defendants' partial motion to dismiss, then within thirty (30)days of the Court's decision on said motion, the parties will meet again and discuss the matters set forth in Rule 206. The parties shall file a supplement to the Rule 206(d) Report within ten (10) days of said supplemental meeting.

Judge Thomas F. Hogan
U.S. District Court Judge

COPIES TO:

Alisa A Wilkins
Liotta, Dranitzke & Engel
Suite 225
1666 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009

Stacy M. Ludwig
Asst. United States Attorney
Judiciary Center Building
555 Fourth Street, N.W.
Washington,D.C. 20001

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of the foregoing Report Under Local Rule 206(d) was served, via first class mail, postage prepaid, this 24th day of October, 1997 to:

Stacy M. Ludwig
Assistant United States Attorney
Judiciary Center Building
555 Fourth Street, N.W., Room 10-806
Washington, DC 20001

Alisa A. Wilkins