IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (VA) DATA THEFT LITIGATION - MDL 1796

MOTION for Leave to File Excess Pages

D.D.C.March 28, 2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ In Re: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS : AFFAIRS (VA) DATA THEFT : LITIGATION : ____________________________________: Misc. Action No. 06-0506 (JR) : MDL Docket No. 1796 This Document Relates To: : ALL CASES : ____________________________________: PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO FILE EXCESS PAGES Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 7 and Local Civil Rule 7, Plaintiffs in the three consolidated cases hereby move the Court for permission to file a 69-page memorandum of points and authorities in support of their opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss or, in the Alternative, For Summary Judgment filed on February 22, 2007. The reason for the instant motion is that Plaintiffs have prepared a joint memorandum to consolidate their arguments in opposition to Defendants’ lengthy moving papers. The Court previously granted Defendants leave to file excess pages in their motion. See Scheduling Order (Jan. 27, 2007) ¶ 4. Plaintiffs reasonably required approximately the same length memorandum to fully respond to Defendants’ arguments. Plaintiffs are informed that Defendants do not oppose this motion. WHEREFORE Plaintiffs’ respectfully request that the instant motion be GRANTED. Case 1:06-mc-00506-JR Document 19 Filed 03/28/2007 Page 1 of 2 2 A proposed order is attached for the Court’s consideration. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Douglas J. Rosinski Donald A. Cockrill Douglas J. Rosinski Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 1320 Main Street, Suite 600 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 252-1300 (803) 254-6517 (fax) Counsel in No. 1:06-CV-01038(JR) John C. Murdock Jeffrey S. Goldenberg Murdock Goldenberg Schneider & Groh, LPA 35 E. 7th Street, Suite 600 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 345-8291 (513) 345-8294 (fax) Counsel in No. 1:06-CV-01943(JR) Marc D. Mezibov Christian A. Jenkins Mezibov & Jenkins, LLP 401 E. Court Street, Suite 600 Cincinnati, OH 45202 (513) 723-1600 (513) 723-1620 (fax) Counsel in No. 1:06-CV-01943(JR) Gary E. Mason The Mason Law Firm, L.L.P. 1225 19th Street, N.W., Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 429-2290 (202) 429-2294 (fax) Counsel in No. 1:06-CV-01943(JR) Mark D. Smilow Weiss & Lurie The French Building 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600 New York, NY 10176 (212) 682-3025 (212) 682-3010 (fax) Counsel in No. 1:06-CV-01944(JR) Alexander E. Barnett The Mason Law Firm, L.L.P. 1120 Avenue of the Americas Suite 4019 New York, NY 10036 (212) 362-5770 (917) 591-5227 (fax) Counsel in No. 1:06-CV-01943(JR) Dated: March 28, 2007 Case 1:06-mc-00506-JR Document 19 Filed 03/28/2007 Page 2 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ In Re: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS : AFFAIRS (VA) DATA THEFT : LITIGATION : ____________________________________: Misc. Action No. 06-0506 (JR) : MDL Docket No. 1796 This Document Relates To: : ALL CASES : ____________________________________: [Proposed] ORDER THIS MATTER having come before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motion To File Excess Pages, and good cause having been shown, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion is GRANTED; SO ORDERED. Dated:______________. ______________________________ JAMES ROBERTSON United States District Judge Case 1:06-mc-00506-JR Document 19-2 Filed 03/28/2007 Page 1 of 1