Witt v. Department of the Air Force et al

Filing 145

NOTICE of Supplemental Authority re 141 Trial Brief ; filed by Defendants Department of the Air Force, Donald H Rumsfeld, Mary L Walker, Michael W Wynne. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Exhibit)(Buckingham, Stephen)

Witt v. Department of the Air Force et al

Doc. 145

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Judge Ronald B. Leighton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA MAJOR MARGARET WITT, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. C06-5195 RBL DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY

Defendants' Trial Brief (Docket # 141) contended that plaintiff's requests for back pay and retirement credit were outside of the waiver of sovereign immunity contained in the Administrative Procedures Act. At the September 2, 2010 pretrial conference, the Court expressed its intent to consider that jurisdictional issue in the near future. Defendants offer the following supplemental citations (copies attached), which address the definition of "money damages," under 5 U.S.C. § 702, and which may be helpful to the Court in resolving the issue: · · Hubbard v. Adm'r, Envtl. Prot. Agency, 982 F.2d 531 (D.C. Cir. 1992). Larsen v. U.S. Navy, 346 F. Supp. 2d 122 (D.D.C. 2004).

Dated: September 3, 2010

Respectfully submitted,

(C06-5195-RBL) DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY - 1

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL DIVISION, FEDERAL PROGRAMS BRANCH P.O. BOX 883, BEN FRANKLIN STATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20044 [phone]

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TONY WEST Assistant Attorney General VINCENT M. GARVEY Deputy Branch Director /s/ Peter J. Phipps PETER J. PHIPPS BRYAN R. DIEDERICH STEPHEN J. BUCKINGHAM United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Mailing Address: Post Office Box 883, Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 Courier Address: 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20001 Attorneys for Defendants

Of Counsel: LT. COL. TODI CARNES 1777 N. Kent Street, Suite 11400 Rosslyn, VA 22209-2133 [phone]

(C06-5195-RBL) DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY - 2

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL DIVISION, FEDERAL PROGRAMS BRANCH P.O. BOX 883, BEN FRANKLIN STATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20044 [phone]

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL DIVISION, FEDERAL PROGRAMS BRANCH P.O. BOX 883, BEN FRANKLIN STATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20044 [phone]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on September 3, 2010, I electronically filed the foregoing Defendants' Notice of Supplemental Authority , with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following persons:

James E. Lobsenz, Esq. Carney Badley Spellman, P.S. 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3600 Seattle, WA 98104 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

Sarah A. Dunne, Esq. American Civil Liberties Union of Washington 901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 630 Seattle, WA 98164 Tel: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Sher S. Kung, Esq. American Civil Liberties Union of Washington 901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 630 Seattle, WA 98164 Tel: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail]

/s/ Stephen J. Buckingham STEPHEN J. BUCKINGHAM United States Department of Justice Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch P.O. Box 883, Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Attorney for Defendants