R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY et al v. UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION et al

Filing 45

NOTICE OF APPEAL as to 39 Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction,,, 38 Memorandum & Opinion by MARGARET A. HAMBURG, UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, KATHLEEN G. SEBELIUS. Fee Status: No Fee Paid. Parties have been notified. (Crane-Hirsch, Daniel)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO
COMPANY, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES FOOD AND
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 1:11-cv-1482 (RJL)

NOTICE OF APPEAL
All defendants (the United States Food and Drug Administration, Margaret Hamburg, and
Kathleen Sebelius) appeal from the Court’s preliminary-injunction order and accompanying
memorandum of November 7, 2011, docket numbers 38 and 39. This appeal is to the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Respectfully submitted,
Dated: November 29, 2011
Of Counsel:
WILLIAM B. SCHULTZ
Acting General Counsel
ELIZABETH H. DICKINSON
Acting Associate General Counsel
Food and Drug Division

TONY WEST
Assistant Attorney General
BETH S. BRINKMANN
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
MAAME EWUSI-MENSAH FRIMPONG
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General

ERIC M. BLUMBERG
Deputy Chief Counsel, Litigation
KAREN E. SCHIFTER
Senior Counsel
U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services
Office of the General Counsel
10903 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
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DRAKE CUTINI
DANIEL K. CRANE-HIRSCH
Attorneys, Consumer Protection Branch
PO Box 386
Washington, DC 20044
202-307-0044 (Cutini)
[e-mail]
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MARK B STERN
ALISA B. KLEIN
SARANG V. DAMLE
DANIEL TENNY
LINDSEY POWELL
Attorneys, Appellate Staff
Civil Division, Room 7217
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20530
202-514–5735 (Damle)
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]