UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et. al.                              Plaintiffs,                   v. ECHOSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORP., HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP., GENERAL MOTORS CORP., and DIRECTV ENTERPRISES INC.                           Defendants.

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Civil No.: 1:02CV02138 (EVH) Filed: October 31, 2002

Plaintiffs hereby move for a scheduling order. For the reasons stated in the accompanying memorandum, the court should grant Plaintiffs' motion for a scheduling order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b).

Defendants approached Plaintiffs on Friday, Nov. 1, 2002, and requested a meet-and-confer on scheduling and informed us that they intended to go immediately to the Court to seek an extraordinarily abbreviated schedule for resolution of this case if the parties could not agree. The parties have met and conferred on this question pursuant to LCvR 7.1(m) and have been unable to reach agreement. A proposed order accompanies this motion.

Dated this 4th day of November, 2002.

Respectfully submitted,

By:

_______________/s/________________ CLAUDE F. SCOTT United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1401 H Street, N.W., Suite 8000 Washington, D.C. 20530 Attorney for the United States Jeremiah H. (Jay) Nixon Attorney General of the State of Missouri Anne E. Schneider MO Bar #35479 Assistant Attorney General P.O. Box 899 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Tel: 573-751-8455 Fax: 573-751-7948 Eliot Spitzer Attorney General of the State of New York Jay L. Himes Bureau Chief, Antitrust Bureau Richard E. Grimm James Yoon Assistant Attorneys General 120 Broadway, 26C New York, NY 10271 Tel: 212-416-8282 Fax: 212-416-6015 On Behalf of the Plaintiff States