COBELL v. NORTON

No. CIV. A. 1:96CV1285(RCL).

184 F.Supp.2d 1 (2002)

Eloise Pepion COBELL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Gale NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

February 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith M. Harper, Lorna K. Babby, Washington, DC, Dennis Marc Gingold, Washington, DC, Elliott H. Levitas, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.

Robert D. Luskin, Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Tom C. Clark, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land & Nat. Resources Div., Washington, DC, Brian L. Ferrell, Andrew M. Eschen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Charles Walter Findlay, III, Sarah D. Himmelhoch, Washington, DC, Sandra Marguerite Schraibman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Fed. Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Edith R. Blackwell, Washington, DC, John Charles Cruden, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Annandale, VA, for Bruce Babbitt, defendant.

Charles Walter Findlay, III, Washington, DC, John Charles Cruden, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Nat. Resources Div., Annandale, VA, for Lawrence Summers, defendant.

Mark E. Nagle, Robert Craig Lawrence, Scott Sutherland Harris, U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, J. Christopher Kohn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Lit. Branch, Washington, DC, John Most, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, Brian L. Ferrell, U.S. Dept, of Justice, Washington, DC, Charles Walter Findlay, III, Washington, DC, Jo-Ann Shyloski, Barry Weiner, Washington, DC, Terry M. Petrie, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Denver, CO, Seth Brandon Shapiro, John Stemplewicz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Sandra Peavler Spooner, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Amalia D. Kessler, Mathew J. Fader, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Lit. Branch, Washington, DC, John Charles Cruden, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Annandale, VA, for Kevin Gover, Dept. of Interior, defendants.

Mark E. Nagle, Robert Craig Lawrence, Scott Sutherland Harris, U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington, DC, J. Christopher Kohn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Lit. Branch, Washington, DC, John Most, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, Charles Walter Findlay, III, Washington, DC, Jo-Ann Shyloski, Barry Weiner, Washington, DC, Terry M. Petrie, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Denver, CO, Seth Brandon Shapiro, John Stemplewicz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Herbert Lawrence Fenster, McKenna & Cuneo, LLP, Washington, DC, Sandra Peavler Spooner, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Amalia D. Kessler, Mathew J. Fader, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Lit. Branch, Washington, DC, John Charles Cruden, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Annandale, VA, for Gale Norton, defendant.

Robert D. Luskin, Patton Boggs, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Amalia D. Kessler, Mathew J. Fader, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Lit. Branch, Washington, DC, for John D. Leshy, Edward B. Cohen, defendants.

Elizabeth Wallace Fleming, Preston, Gates, Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, Washington, DC, Seth Brandon Shapiro, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Peter Blaze Miller, Cynthia L. Alexander, Amalia D. Kessler, Mathew J. Fader, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Commercial Lit. Branch, Washington, DC, John Charles Cruden, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Annandale, VA, for Michael G. Rossetti, defendant.

B. Michael Rauh, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Neal McCaleb, defendant.

Lawrence H. Wechsler, Janis, Schuelke & Wexhsler, Washington, DC, for Eleni M. Constantine, non party.

Donald Michael Barnes, Seyfarth Shaw, Washington, DC, for Roberta McInerney, non party.

David Booth Beers, Shea & Gardner, Washington, DC, for James Regan, non party.

William Aaron Dobrovir, Warrenton, VA, for Daniel Mazella, non party.

Pamela J. Marple, Mannatt, Phelps & Phillips, Washington, DC, for Randall Lewis, non party.

Timothy Patrick Garren, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, for U.S., non party.

Brian L. Ferrell, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Dept. of Treasury, non party.

Erik Lloyd Kitchen, Steptoe & Johnson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Ingrid D. Falanga, non party.

Martha Purcell Rogers, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Washington, DC, for Timothy S. Elliott, non party.

Michael R. Bromwich, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, Amy Berman Jackson, Trout & Richards, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Edith R. Blackwell, non party.

Roger Eric Zuckerman, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Robert Lamb, non party. Kathleen Elizabeth Voelker, Washington, DC, for James Douglas, non party.

Kathleen Elizabeth Voelker, Washington, DC, for James Douglas, non party.

Stephen M. Byers, Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Dominic Nessi, non party.

Michael R. Bromwich, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC, for M. Sharon Blackwell, non party.

Leslie B. Kiernan, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Hilda Manuel, non party.

L. Barrett Boss, Asbill, Junkin, Moffitt & Boss, Chartered, Washington, DC, for Steven Swanson, non party.

Plato Cacheris, Sydney Jean Hoffman, John Francis Hundley, law Offices of Plato Cacheris, Washington, DC, for John Berr, Glenn Schumaker, non parties.

Barbara Ann Van Gelder, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, for James A. Eichner, non party.

William Holt Briggs, Jr., Ross, Dixon & Bell, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Phillip A. Brooks, non party.

Thomas Edward Wilson, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for John S. Most, non party.

Mary Lou Soller, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, Washington, DC, for Chester Mills, Terrance Virden, non parties.

Jeffrey David Robinson, Melissa Heitman McNiven, Baach, Robinson & Lewis, Washington, DC, Lois J. Schiffer, non party.

Dwight Phillip Bostwick, Comey, Boyd & Luskin, PC, Washington, DC, Melissa Heitman McNiven, Baach, Robinson & Lewis, Washington, DC, for Anne Shields, non party.

Larry Allen Nathans, Bennett & Nathans, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, for David Shuey, non party.

John Kenneth Zwerling, Zwerling & Kemler, P.C., Alexandria, VA, for Terry Steele, non party.

Lisa Bondareff Kemler, Zwerling & Kemler, P.C., Alexandria, VA, for Deborah Maddox, non party.

Russell David Duncan, Lisa Ann Freiman Fishberg, Coburn & Schertler, Washington, DC, for John A. Bryson, David Shilton, non parties.

E. Lawrence Barcella, Jr., Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Williams G. Myers, III, non party.

David Sidney Krakorr, Alessio D. Evangelista, Beverage & Daimond, P.C., Washington, DC, for Daryl W. White, non party.

Michael D. Goodstein, Resolution Law Group, PC, Washington, DC, for Tom C. Clark, II, non party.

Bradley Stuart Lui, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, McLean, VA, for Sabrina McCarthy, non party.

Stanley M. Brand, Andrew Dewald Herman, Brand & Frulla, P.C., Washington, DC, for Peter D. Coppelman, non party.

Marshall L. Matz, Olsson, Frank & Weeda, P.C., Washington, DC, Jefferson McClure Gray, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, MD, for Kenneth Paquin, Kenneth Russel, non parties.

Alan Lee Balaran, Washington, DC, pro se.

Jonathan K. Tycko, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Richard Lee Cys, Davis Wright Tremaine, Washington, DC, for Dow Jones & Co., Inc., movant.

Christopher B. Mead, London & Mead, Washington, DC, for Kenneth F. Rossman, movant.

Albert Lee Bynum, pro se.


SECOND STATUS REPORT OF THE SPECIAL MASTER REGARDING THE SHUTDOWN AND RECONNECTION AND/OR RESUMPTION OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BALARAN, Special Master.

Background

On November 14, 2001, the Special Master filed the Report and Recommendation of the Special Master Regarding the Security of Trust Data at the Department of the Interior ("Special Master Report") chronicling...

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