CONCLUSION
For all of the foregoing reasons, this action should be dismissed onjusticiability grounds, or, assuming justiciability, on the merits.
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT D. MCCALLUM, JR. Assistant Attorney General
ROSCOE C. HOWARD, JR. United States Attorney
THEODORE C. HIRT Assistant Branch Director
/s/
CRAIG M. BLACKWELL, D.C. Bar No. 438758
Senior Counsel
U.S. Department of Justice
Ben Franklin Station
P.O. Box 883
Washington, D.C. 20044
Tel: (202) 616-0679
Fax:(202)616-8470
Attorneys for Defendants Date: November 22, 2002
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