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               On August 26, 2002, Mr. Hassell and Ms. Hassell filed a                
          petition with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District           
          of Texas (Bankruptcy Court) under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the             
          United States Code (Chapter 11).3                                           
               On September 5, 2002, the District Court entered a default             
          judgment (District Court judgment) against Mr. Hassell and Ms.              
          Hassell in the District Court proceeding.  That default judgment            
          provided in pertinent part:                                                 
                    IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Court                
               finds that Defendants Melvin R. Hassell and Nelda J.                   
               Hassell [Mr. Hassell and Ms. Hassell] are jointly and                  
               severally indebted to the United States in the amount                  
               of $804,558.41, for their unpaid federal income (1040)                 
               taxes for tax years 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, and                  
               1992, plus additional interest and statutory additions                 
               thereon as provided by law from October 5, 1998 until                  
               paid.                                                                  
               On September 16, 2002, Mr. Hassell and Ms. Hassell commenced           
          a so-called adversary proceeding (adversary proceeding of Mr.               
          Hassell and Ms. Hassell) in the Bankruptcy Court against the                
          United States.  In that proceeding, Mr. Hassell and Ms. Hassell             
          sought a determination with respect to the validity, priority,              
          and extent of certain liens.                                                



               3On Oct. 21, 2002, the proceeding that Mr. Hassell and Ms.             
          Hassell commenced in the Bankruptcy Court under Chapter 11 was              
          converted to a proceeding under Chapter 7 of Title 11 of the                
          United States Code (Chapter 7).  (We shall refer to the proceed-            
          ing that Mr. Hassell and Ms. Hassell commenced in the Bankruptcy            
          Court, as converted to a proceeding under Chapter 7, as Mr.                 
          Hassell’s bankruptcy case.)                                                 





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