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PIGFORD v. VENEMAN

Nos. CIV.A. 97-1978(PLF), CIV.A. 98-1693(PLF).

182 F.Supp.2d 50 (2002)

Timothy PIGFORD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ann VENEMAN, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant. Cecil Brewington, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ann Veneman, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

January 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Sitcov, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC.

Alexander J. Pires, Jr., Esq., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, LLP, Washington, DC.

J.L. Chestnut, Jr., Rose M. Sanders, Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders & Pettaway, Selma, AL.

Randi Ilyse Roth, Esq., Office of the Monitor, Saint Paul, MN.

Anthony Herman, Esq., Covington & Burling, Washington, DC.

Michael Lewis, Esq., ADR Associates, Washington, DC.

Lester Levy, Jams, San Francisco, CA.

Julie Redell, Nicole Fahey, Poorman-Douglas Corporation, Beaverton, OR.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

The Court has before it plaintiffs' motion to endow arbitrators with discretion to extend arbitration deadlines, a joinder in the motion filed by Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP and defendant's oppositions to both filings. Based on the parties' written arguments, the Consent Decree and the history of this case, the Court will GRANT plaintiffs' motion for the following reasons.

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