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the time of the settlement agreement, Ms. Miller reasonably
believed (as did the Court) that those issues had been
satisfactorily clarified and resolved.
Ultimately, it appears to us that Mr. Gazi, having authorized
Mr. Kauffman to settle these cases, now wishes to repudiate the
settlement agreement. It may well be that Mr. Gazi authorized the
settlement agreement only to avoid the worse predicament of
proceeding to trial not merely unprepared but also severely
disadvantaged by deemed admissions and Court-ordered sanctions
resulting from petitioners’ repeated failures to comply with the
Court’s Rules and Orders. Nevertheless, such a circumstance
affords no basis for setting aside this Court’s final decisions in
these cases. Accordingly,
Appropriate orders
will be issued denying
petitioners’ motions for leave
to file motions to vacate the
final decisions of this Court.
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