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Ryan Danks
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DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
ENTRY OF PROPOSED FINAL JUDGMENT Pursuant to Section 2(e)-(f) of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act ("the APPA"), 15 U.S.C. §16(e)-(f), with the consent of the Defendants, the United States moves for entry of the proposed Final Judgment in this civil antitrust action. The United States' Certificate of Compliance, certifying that the parties have complied with all applicable provisions of the APPA and that the waiting period imposed by the APPA has expired, is being filed simultaneously with this Memorandum. The Competitive Impact Statement (Dkt# 3) demonstrates that the proposed Final Judgment is in the public interest, and the United States requests that the Court enter the Final Judgment after the Court determines that its entry is in the public interest. I. The United States and the Defendants have complied with the APPA The APPA prescribes a sixty-day period for the submission of comments on the proposed Final Judgment, following completion of the requisite publications. 15 U.S.C. §16(b). The sixty-day comment period commenced on June 23, 2007, and ended on August 22, 2007. During this period, the United States received no comments on the proposed Final Judgment. As the Certificate of Compliance filed by the United States simultaneously with this Memorandum demonstrates, the settling parties have completed all of the procedures required by the APPA for entry of the proposed Final Judgment. It is now appropriate for the Court to make the public interest determination required by 15 U.S.C. §16(e), and to enter the Final Judgment. The Court will retain jurisdiction to construe, modify or enforce the Final Judgment. The United States incorporates by reference here its previously filed Competitive Impact Statement (Dkt# 3) in which the United States explained how the proposed Final Judgment effectively remedies the Defendants' violation alleged in the Complaint and prevents its recurrence. The public, including affected competitors and customers, has had an opportunity to comment on the proposed Final Judgment as required by statute. No comments were received. There has been no showing that the proposed settlement, embodied in the Final Judgment, constitutes an abuse of the Department of Justice's discretion or that it is not consistent with the public interest, or is otherwise inadequate under the applicable standard of review, as explained in pages 14-16 of the Competitive Impact Statement. III. Conclusion For the reasons set forth in this Memorandum and in the Competitive Impact Statement, the Court should find that the proposed Final Judgment is in the public interest. Further, there is no just reason to delay the entry of the proposed Final Judgment.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on September 7, 2007, I electronically transmitted the
attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and
transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants, and
further provided copies to the registrants via electronic mail:
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