UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

August 26, 1999

ConcepcionPicciotto
P.O. Box 4931
Washington, D.C. 20008

Ellen Thomas and William Thomas
1424 12th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005

Eric Jaffe, Esq.
AUSA
Judiciary Center Building, 10th Floor
555 4th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

Re: C.A. No. 99-2113, Concepcion Picciotto, et al. v. USA.

Dear counsel:

NOTICE OF INITIAL PRETRIAL/SCHEDULING CONFERENCE
AND MOTIONS HEARING

Please be advised that the above-captioned case has been assigned to District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson and shall be called in open court at 9:30 a.m. on September 16, 1999, in Courtroom No.2, U.S. Courthouse, Washington, D.C., for an Initial Pretrial/Scheduling Conference pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16. If unable to appear at the scheduled date or time, counsel shall arrange alternative, proximate dates with other counsel and promptly contact the undersigned.

Counsel attending the conference shall be familiar with the case, and shall have full authority as counsel to enter into any necessary agreements, and to make commitments for trial counsel for all future court proceedings, including trial. A hearing on the pending motion(s) shall be held.

NANCY MAYER-WHITTINGTON, Clerk
By: Robert E. West
Courtroom Clerk 354-3141


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