PIGFORD v. VENEMAN

Civil Action Nos. 97-1978(PLF), 98-1693(PLF).

201 F.Supp.2d 139 (2002)

Timothy PIGFORD, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ann VENEMAN, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant. Cecil Brewington, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ann Veneman, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

May 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Richard Talbot Seymour, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Washington, DC, for Timothy C. Pigford, McArthur Nesbit, Eddie Slaughter, Leo Jackson, J. B. Black, Lucious Abrams, Jr., Griffin Tood, Sr., Gregory Erves, Cecil Brewington, Herbert L. Skinner, Jr., Obie L. Beal, Clifford Lovett.

Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, John Michael Clifford, Mona Lyons, Clifford, Lyons & Garde, Washington, DC, Richard Talbot Seymour for Lloyd Shafer.

Caroline Lewis Wolverton, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Jacob A. Stein, Alexander John Pires, Jr., David A. Branch, Anthony Herman, Richard Talbot Seymour, for George Hall.

Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, DC, Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, David A. Branch, Washington, DC, Anthony Herman, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, Marcus B. Jimison, NCCU School of Law, Land Loss Prevention Project, Durham, NC, Stephon J. Bowens, Durham, NC, for Leonard Cooper.

Phillip L. Fraas, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P. Columbia Square, Washington, DC, Alexander John Pires, Jr.David A. Branch Anthony Herman, for Abraham Carpenter.

Stephon J. Bowens, Durham, NC, for Houston Blakeney, Reatha Blakeney, Leroy Robinson, Bobbi Newton, Pearlie Peterson, Naomi Knockett, Ilenthe Porter, James Davis.

Michael Sitcov, Terry M. Henry, Susan Hall Lennon, Amanda Quester, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Washington, DC, Daniel Edward Bensing, U.S. Department of Justice Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, David Monro Souders, Weiner Brodsky Sidman & Kider, PC, Washington, DC, for Dan Glickman.

Michael Sitcov, Terry M. Henry, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Washington, DC, Elizabeth Goitein, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Ann M. Veneman.

Wyndell Oliver Banks, Washington, DC, for Banks Law Firm, Randi Ilyse Roth, Harold B. Dixon, Thomas Burrell.

Randi Ilyse Roth, St. Paul, MN, pro se.

Evans M. Folins, Los Valores, CA, pro se.

Dennis Charles Sweet, Lanston, Frazer, Sweet & Freese, Jackson, MS, for Sarah Davis.

Ford C. Ladd, Alexandria, VA, for James Tanner.

Evelyn M. Coleman, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.

Willie S. Maymon, Rolling Fork, MS, pro se.

Colie Dixon, Sr., Georgetown, MS, pro se.

L.D. Maymon, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.

Louis S. Clark, Wesson, MS, pro se.

Linda Catching, Hazelhurst, MS, pro se.

Henry A. Vaughn, Hazelhurst, MS, pro se.

Floria A. Vaughn, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.

Marilynn Stewart, Jackson, MS, pro se.

Gerard Robert Lear, Arlington, VA, for Antonio Santos, Clinton R. Martin.

Ezra McNair, Crystal Springs, MS, pro se.

Grover Miller, Georgetown, MS, pro se.

Geraldstine Miller, Georgetown, MS, pro se.

Larry D. Barnes Harrisville, MS, pro se.

Edith Lomax-Barnes Crystal Springs, MS, pro se.

Daryl Brentr, Pinola, MS, pro se.

Curtis Dixon, Jackson, MS. pro se.

Harold B. Dixon, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.

Larry Garrett, Georgetown, MS, pro se.

Velma J. Collins, Hazlehurst, MS, pro se.


ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

By Order of December 20, 1999, this Court delegated authority to the Arbitrator in this case, Michael K. Lewis, to decide all petitions by claimants seeking to late file under Section 5(g) of the Consent Decree. See also Order of November 26, 2001. Pursuant to that order, the Arbitrator continues to review petitions to late file as well as reconsider previously denied petitions, upon request of the claimant...

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