IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,	)

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Plaintiff,	)

)	Civil Action No.1:03-CV-00434 (HHK)

v.	)

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SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.,	)

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Defendant.	)

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NOTICE OF FILING REDACTED VERSION OF PLAINTIFF'S REPLY TO DEFENDANT'S MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER COMPELLING COMPLIANCE WITH PLAINTIFF'S DISCOVERY REQUESTS AND FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME FOR JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff is filing a redacted, non-confidential version of Plaintiff's Reply to Defendant's Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of an Order Compelling Compliance with Plaintiff's Discovery Requests and for an Extension of Time for Jurisdictional Discovery, originally filed on July 25, 2003. The Reply was redacted pursuant to the Stipulated Protective Order Governing Confidential Information, entered June 17, 2003.

Dated this 3rd day of February, 2004.

Respectfully submitted,

Plaintiff, United States

_____________/s/_____________

By Jessica K. Delbaum

Antitrust Division

United States Department of Justice

325 Seventh Street, NW, Suite 500

Washington, D.C. 20530

Telephone: (202) 616-1636

Facsimile: (202) 616-2441