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agent’s final report should form the basis for a probable
settlement. Petitioners filed no status report.
On May 7, 2003, the Court received respondent’s trial
memoranda, as required by the Court’s Standing Pre-Trial Order.
The Court received no trial memorandum from petitioners.
On May 8, 2003, the Court made absolute its March 18, 1999,
Orders to Show Cause why the Court should not impose sanctions on
petitioners pursuant to Rule 104; as a sanction, the Court
ordered that petitioners were prohibited from introducing into
evidence any testimony or documents that would have been
responsive to respondent’s discovery requests served on
petitioners February 10, 1999.
On May 13, 2003, respondent filed a supplemental status
report, dated May 12, 2003, in which Ms. Miller stated, among
other things, that in a telephone conversation on May 5, 2003,
Mr. Gazi had informed Ms. Miller that he was attempting to work
out the details of retaining a Baltimore attorney, Mark Edward
Kell (Mr. Kell) to represent petitioners; and that in a telephone
conversation on May 7, 2003, Mr. Kell had told Ms. Miller that he
“believed he would be entering his appearance, and that he would
be requesting a continuance”, and that he would send Ms. Miller a
facsimile of his entry of appearance when it was ready for filing
so that they could have a meaningful discussion of these cases.
The supplemental status report states:
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