Witt v. Department of the Air Force et al

Filing 180

NOTICE OF APPEAL as to 166 Judgment by Court, 163 Order, 70 Order on Motion for Protective Order, 164 Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law by Defendants Department of the Air Force, Donald H Rumsfeld, Mary L Walker, Michael W Wynne. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit)(Phipps, Peter)

Witt v. Department of the Air Force et al

Doc. 180

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Judge Ronald B. Leighton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR ) FORCE; ROBERT M. GATES, Secretary of ) Defense; MICHAEL B. DONLEY, Secretary of the ) Department of Air Force; and COLONEL ) JANETTE L. MOORE-HARBERT, Commander, ) 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, ) McChord AFB; ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) MAJOR MARGARET WITT,

No. C06-5195 RBL DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF APPEAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Defendants hereby appeal to the United States
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Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from the Judgment dated September 24, 2010 (Docket
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Nos. 166, 165), the Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law dated September 24, 2010 (Docket
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No. 164), the Memorandum Opinion dated September 24, 2010 (Docket No. 163), as well as the
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Minute Order dated March 12, 2010 (Docket No. 70).
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Dated: November 23, 2010
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Respectfully submitted,

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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]

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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]

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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]

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I hereby certify that on November 23, 2010, I electronically filed the foregoing
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Defendants' Notice of Appeal, with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will
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send notification of such filing to the following persons:
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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]

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/ Peter J. Phipps PETER J. PHIPPS 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