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f the -7". foregoing has been provided this % day of January 2010 via U.S. Mail and email transmittal to all those on the attached service list. Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. 425 N. Andrews Ave., Suite 2 By: BRADLEY J. EDWARDS Florida Bar No.: 542075 EFTA00725381 SE

Circuit has recently refused to extend the act of production doctrine to facts very similar to those here. In United States v. Ponds, 454 F.3d 313 (D.C. Cir. 2006), federal prosecutors sought information about possible crimes committed by a defense attorney in the course of representing a defendant in a

o amend should not be given automatically." Chitimachia Tribe of Louisiana Harry L. Laws Co 690 F.2d 1157, 1163 (5th Cir. 1982), citin Addington'. Farmer's Elevator Mut. Ins. Co., 650 F.2d 663, 666 (5th Cir. 1981). The Fifth Circuit observed that the "[m]ere passage of time need not result in a denia

construed. Center for Biological Diversity I. Hamilton, 453 F.3d 1331, 1334 (11th Cir. 2006), citing Spannaus I. Dept. of Justice 824 F.2d 52, 55 (D.C. Cir. 1987). "[A] waiver of the Government's sovereign immunity will be strictly construed, in terms of its scope, in favor of the sovereign." Lane'. Pe

d 1157, 1163 (91' Cir. 1982), citing Addington I. Farmer's Elevator Mut. Ins. Co., 650 F.2d 663, 666 (56'

ly construed. Center for Biological Diversity I. Hamilton 453 F.3d 1331, 1334 (116 Cir. 2006), dtkgi Spannaus I. Dept. of Justice, 824 F.2d 52, 55 (D.C. Cir. 1987). "[A] waiver of the Government's sovereign immunity will be strictly construed, in terms of its scope, in favor of the sovereign." Lane I. P

ted, /s/ Bradley J. Edwards Bradley J. Edwards FARMER, JAFFE, WEISSING, EDWARDS, FISTOS & LEHRMAN, P.L

ed by a grand jury investigating possible criminal violations is not part of a 'civil action.'"); Blair-Bey. Quick, 151 F.3d 1036, 1039 (D.C. Cir.) (D.C. Cir. 1998) ("the courts have uniformly concluded that habeas corpus proceedings — and their cousins, section 2255 proceedings — are not 'civil actions"

1157, 1163 (5'1' Cir. 1982), citing Addington I. Farmer's Elevator Mutual Insurance maC ., 650 F.2d 663,

construed. Center for Biological Diversity I. Hamilton, 453 F.3d 1331, 1334 (IP" Cir. 2006), citing Spannaus I. Dept. of Justice, 824 F.2d 52, 55 (D.C. Cir. 1987). "[A] waiver of the Government's sovereign immunity will be strictly construed, in terms of its scope, in favor of the sovereign." Lane'. Pe

n District of Florida Bradley J. Edwards, Esq., Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L.

s period in section 2401(a) "applies to all civil actions whether legal, equitable, or mixed." Spannaus U.S. Department of Justice 824 F.2d 52, 55 (D.C. Cir. I987)(citations omitted). Moreover, the Eleventh Circuit has recognized that, "[u]nlike an ordinary statute of limitations, § 2401(a) is a jurisdi

etitioner: Bradley James Edwards, LEAD ATTORNEY, Farmer Jaffe Weissing Edwards Fistos & Lehrman PL, Fort

e level of conduct that triggers an exception to the work product doctrine. See, e.g., In re Sealed Case, 754 F.2d 395, 401, 244 U.S. App. D.C. 11 (D.C. Cir. 1985) (exception to attorney- client privilege applied where alleged wrongdoing included "perjured testimony, document destruction, and similar mis

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e of the jury and thereby substitute his spoken word for the written document.") (italics in original). Gaines v. United States, 349 F.2d 190, 192 (D.C. Cir. I965)(error to allow prior written statement to be read to the witness in front of the jury for the purpose of refreshing recollection because "it

ted, /s/ Bradley J. Edwards Bradley J. Edwards FARMER, JAFFE. WEISSING, P.L. DWARDS. FIST0S & LEHRMAN,

by a grand jury investigating possible criminal violations is not part of a 'civil action.'"); Blair-Bey I. Quick, 151 F.3d 1036, 1039 (D.C. Cir.) (D.C. Cir. 1998) ("the courts have uniformly concluded that habeas corpus proceedings — and their cousins, section 2255 proceedings — are not 'civil actions"

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of the final decision of the Attorney General" of any complaints of violations of the CVRA. Block v. Securities and Exchange Comm In, 50 F.3d I078 (D.C. Cir. 1995), is instructive. In Block, petitioners filed a petition asking the Court to find that the SEC had failed to fulfill its obligation to hold a