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

RESPONSE re Notice

D.D.C.January 16, 2008

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’ RESPONSE TO THE COURT’S JANUARY 9, 2008, NOTICE On January 9, 2008, the Court provided notice to the parties regarding a letter from veteran William J. Journey requesting information on his role in this litigation.1 In response to the Court’s Notice, Plaintiffs report having received three letters from Mr. Journey. The Ogletree Deakins Law Firm received two similar letters from Mr. Journey. The first letter to Ogletree was dated November 5, 2007 (Att. 1) and the second December 26, 2007 (Att. 2). In addition, the Mezibov firm received a similar letter dated November 5, 2007 (Att. 3). Based on the information in the letters, on January 2, 2008, attorney Rosinski mailed Mr. Journey a response indicating there was no responsibility for him to “coordinate” his case with the one before this Court. Att. 4. Upon receiving the Court’s Notice, counsel obtained and reviewed the filings on the docket in Mr. Journey’s case, which is No. 4:07-cv-00016 in the U.S. District Court for District of Alaska. Mr. Journey’s Complaint makes clear that his alleged injury arose from an event that purportedly occurred “on or about, April 26, 2000” and involved an incident with a “back-up hard drive” at the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office in Anchorage, Alaska. Compl. (Att. 5) ¶ 12. Further, Mr. Journey complained of 1 Notice (Jan. 9, 2008), Docket Item 34. Case 1:06-mc-00506-JR Document 36 Filed 01/16/2008 Page 1 of 2 “Personal Information disclosed about April 26, 2000,” id. ¶ 21, and not from issues arising from the May 3, 2006, event underpinning Plaintiffs’ claims before this Court. Thus, Plaintiffs continue to believe and respectfully suggest to the Court that, although Mr. Journey may be a member of the putative class, his litigation in Alaska is separate and distinct from this matter. It is clear from the face of Mr. Journey’s Complaint that his is not a “tag-along action” as there are no “common questions of fact” with any of the consolidated actions in this Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1407. The Court, therefore, need take no action in response to Mr. Journey’s inquiry. 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 John C. Murdock Jeffrey S. Goldenberg Murdock Goldenberg Schneider & Groh, LPA 35 E. 7th Street, Suite 600 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513) 345-8291 Marc D. Mezibov Christian A. Jenkins Mezibov & Jenkins LLP 401 E. Court Street Suite 600 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513) 723-1600 Gary Mason The Mason Law Firm 1225 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 429-2290 Mark D. Smilow Weiss & Lurie 551 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600 New York, NY 10176 (212) 682-3025 Dated: January 16, 2008. 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