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petitioners alleged that “Petitioner is [sic] did not receive of
[sic] any of the interrogatories that the Respondent wishes
answered in a timely manner. They were apparently sent to the
attorney of record who was fired.” The reason quoted above for
petitioners’ asking the Court to grant petitioners’ motion to
continue was false and groundless. As set forth above, on
September 4, 2001, the Court served petitioners in the cases at
docket Nos. 10001-00 and 10002-00, at the address of record
listed in the petitions, with copies of (1) respondent’s respec-
tive motions to compel discovery in those cases, including the
exhibits that respondent had attached thereto (inter alia,
respondent’s discovery requests), and (2) the Court’s respective
September 4, 2001 Orders directing petitioners to file a response
to each such motion on or before September 13, 2001. Moreover,
as discussed above, Mr. Wise represented in Mr. Wise’s motion to
withdraw that on September 10, 2001, he sent to petitioners via
Federal Express for delivery at 10 a.m. on September 11, 2001,
copies of the Court’s September 4, 2001 Orders as well as respon-
dent’s motions to compel discovery. On October 4, 2001, the
Court denied petitioners’ motion to continue.
On October 9, 2001, respondent filed a report (respondent’s
October 9, 2001 report) in each of the cases at docket Nos.
10001-00 and 10002-00, as directed by the Court in the Court’s
September 19, 2001 Order in each of those cases. Respondent’s
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