...... U?qlTED .................... IIN 1_11_, ;_IAIIZ3 l)lhllKIbl GUUI_.I FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al_:, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Case No. 1:96CV01285 (RCL) ) (Judge Lamberth) GAI ,E A° NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al___:.,) ) Defendants. ) ) DEFENDANTS' NOTICE REGARDING PLAINTIFFS' , NOTICE OF FURTHER RETALIATORY ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST INDIVIDUAL INDIAN TRUST rt_zc_ICI_Rt_'S On February 24, 2005, Plaintiffs filed their Notice of Further Retaliatory Actions Taken Against Individual Indian Trust Beneficiaries ("Plaintiffs' Notice"). Plaintiffs claim that in November 2004, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) retaliated against Ms. Carmen Patricio, a trust beneficiary, by allegedly misinforming her as to the effect of the Court's orders on her ability to lease her trust land. Plaintiffs' Notice at 1-2. Plaintiffs have once again inserted unfounded allegations into the record. As a result, Defendants provide this Notice to rebut _1 • _'_t- t 11 _ _ _ J * _±__1_ .1__ J__l____-'__ £?% ,tr_ ]r212__'L_aA- O2 .... T_ __la-_. l"_£*a92-A__ (l_(21dI-_t.tlOIl Ol _r_alty _.../llllJ_I aLtaCfl LIle _IIZEtD_tll tgelen_lants _llJW, l-'laln[lIIS auega[lons, iris. with the BIA, Papago Agency ("Siow Declaration") (attached as Exhibit 1). The Siow Declaration explains that no retaliation against Ms. Patricio has occurred. Siow Declaration at ¶ 7. Rather, the BIA was not able to lease Ms. Patricio's land immediately because she elected to have it partitioned, a process that includes, among other things, a transfer of title mlhieet to the, (2nHrt'g ela_,g communication orders as well as a snbseouent appraisal. Id. at .......... 3 ............................................................. 1 ¶¶ 4, 6. Ms. Siow previously explained to Ms. Patricio the need to execute either a waiver form or a confirmation of consultation form applicable to such land transactions pursuant to the Court's orders. Id__._. at ¶5. However, prior to March 18, 2005, Ms. Patricio had declined to execute either form.1 Id. In addition, on March 2, 2005, Defendants' counsel sent Plaintiffs' counsel a letter presenting Defendants' understanding of the issue and provided a contact person at the BIA with whom Ms. Patricio could speak to resolve any misunderstanding. 2 Letter from Timothy E. Curley, Trial Attorney, Department of Justice, to Dennis Gingold, Plaintiffs' Counsel (Mar. 2, 2005) (attached as Exhibit 2). On March 18, 2005, BIA representatives and Ms. Patricio met to discuss the partitioning process and, at that meeting, she executed a confirmation of consultation form. Id____. at ¶ 6. As Ms. Siow states in her declaration, she is hopeful that this meeting resolved any misunderstanding between the BIA and Ms. Patricio. Id___. at ¶7. To the extent any misunderstanding existed between Ms. Patricio and the BIA concerning the process required to partition and lease the land, it is regrettable, and the BIA has met with Ms. Patricio to resolve any misunderstanding. However, no retaliation has occurred. 1 Ms. Patricio's affidavit indicates that she has also been consulting with class counsel's office. Affidavit of Carmen Patricio at ¶ 10-12. (Feb. 22, 2005). 2 Defendants did not receive a response. However, Ms. Patricio met with BIA personnel on March 18, 2005. -2- Respectfully submitted, Dated: April 1, 2005 PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General STUART E. SCHIFFER Deputy Assistant Attorney General /s/Timothy E. Curley "_ J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN Director D.C. Bar No. 212357 JOHN T. STEMPLEWICZ Senior Trial Counsel TIMOTHY E. CURLEY Trial Attorney D.C. Bar No. 470450 Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division P.O. Box 875 Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 (202) 514-7194 -3- CERTWICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that, on April 1, 2005 the foregoing Defendants' Notice Regarding Plaintiffs' Notice of Further Retaliatory Actions Taken Against Individual Indian Trust Beneficiaries was served by Electronic Case Filing, and on the following who is not registered Earl Old Person (Pro se) Blackfeet Tribe P.O. Box 850 Browning, MT 59417 Fax (406) 338-7530 Kevin P. Kingst_ I District of Columbia live database https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/Dispatch.pl?9215749455 Notices 1:96-cv-01285-RCL COBELL, et al v. NORTON, et al U.S. District Court District of Columbia Notice of Electronic Filing The following transaction was received from Curley, Timothy entered on 4/1/2005 at 3:56 PM EDT and filed on 4/1/2005 Case Name: COBELL, et al v. NORTON, et al Case Number: 1:96-cv-1285 Filer: ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS Document Number: 2923 Docket Text: NOTICE Defendants' Notice Regarding Plaintiffs' Notice of Further Retaliatory Actions Taken Against Individual Trust Beneficiaries by ALL FEDERAL DEFENDANTS re [2853] Notice (Other), Notice (Other) (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit Ex 1 Siow Declaration# (2) Exhibit Ex 2 Curley 03-02-05 to Gingold)(Curley, Timothy) The following document(s) are associated with this transaction: Document descriptlon:Main Document Original filename:J:\C-Financial\Cobell\Current Filing\00_Notice_96cv1285_04012005.pdf Electronic document Stamp: [STAMP dcecfStamp_ID=973800458 [Date=4/1/2005] [FileNumber=720851-0] [ 1 f544a85bfc89dl 5 fcd55de57f3adc5a5c58f2f8750f75793c3 f427cb2743d380e3ab4 34a2757a 18518 fee0da2a22bfee4041 db5bdd 1 dafaa9b8 fed9a659b307]] Document description:Exhibit Ex 1 Siow Declaration Original filename:J:\C-Financial\Cobell\Current Filing\0 I_EX-1 Slow Declaration.pdf Electronic document Stamp: [STAMP dcecfStamp_ID=973800458 [Date=4/1/2005] [FileNumber=720851-1 ] [ 308c650be3dee0c5c3dece3 ld0da96e418946f2585a4f8d8621 f5a7722181478a12bld 93a4067b5cb2c575643b458ced00fe66801 bc801 dcdbbbb2e5771 f35 f7]] Document description:Exhibit Ex 2 Curley 03-02-05 to Gingold Original filename:J:\C-Financial\Cobell\Current Filing\02_EX-2 Curley 03-02-05 to Gingold.pdf Electronic document Stamp: [STAMP dcecfStamp_ID=973800458 [Date=4/1/2005] [FileNumber=720851-2] [ 2e83789e8cc60d5443269d3cc2deba02 f3b4117d908e3 ff1202272a6ac462141222b5d 2bfl e96077ba0315644e684ea4a7e21 cf2e0ef8102f670e8ce2face872]] 1:96-cv-1285 Notice will be electronically mailed to: Cynthia L. 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Strommer HOBBS, SRAUS, DEAN & WALKER 851 South West Sixth Avenue Portland, OR 97204 Lawrence H. Wechsler JANIS, SCHUELKE & WECHSLER i 728 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Thomas Edward Wilson BERLINER, CORCORAN & ROWE, L.L.P. 1101 17th Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036-4798 Laura C. Zimmitti ROSS, DIXON & BELL, LLP 200 ! K Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20006-2688 8 of 8 04/01/2005 3:5 IN TI:IE UNIT]¢D STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT oF COLUMBIA V. j ) ' ) No, I:96CV01285 GALE NORTON, Se._ettry ) (Judge. Lamb_-rth) _fthe _n_r_ et aL ) DECLARATION oF _L._.,a_e£ _ _Lvw I, Elizabeth Siow, puget to _8 U.S.C. J 1746 do d_llml u follows: • • "_ -_ - 1".--.,-. _ .... .:.1..k. _.,_.m .,*'I.,#II,L,_ Af_'n_ _riRTA_ .t the lml'n_o 2. I hiv_ prepared this d_hr_o_ in response to Plaintiffs' all_ations that tl_ Papago Agency i_ retalia_ g_tn_ Ms. Carmen Pa_xicio. Ms. Patr/cio alleges that I told her that we have not completed her land IDa_e or gift deed '"occause of _11AOI.I. tu & _vIJl_Uia._.J i_, *... 4. A partition ia an exchange offit_e among the Landowners. It i_ my unde_diug that this type of lind tr_sa_ion is governed by the _ourt's class _ommun/ca_iom ,_r_ because this tr_ac_tion i_vol_m an exc_nee of interests and re_uirv_ a Inoceed with _t land transaction, she mu.zt sign elrJ:ICr a _occe -ffia w tuv_ .J,= ,, Confirmation of'Con_tadon. To my knowledse, Ms. Patr/¢io hsl not signed either learn'prior to March 1 $, 2005. Dmiv8 a conve,rsation on February 15, 2005, she told _e fha_ she did not want to Rign either form. 6. On March 18, 2005, Stm Webb, Weztem Resiamd Supervisory Realty Officer, Kayla Denks, Realty Speclalt_ Wmtem Regional Office., Carolyn Bowker, Realty Sptmtaliat, Wefftefal_gtoaa] 0;_iee, GeorSe Padflla, Deputy St_t'imende.t for That Services, pepago Agency, Mm-garet T:esiway, O_ce of the Special _ Fidtmiary Trust Ofielc_,r, Papago Agetmy, Annette Siquic=os, Realty Specialist, P_pa8o Agency, and I attended • meeting with Ms. Pa_rloio, huJbend, and h_ sbter, Ms. _'velyn Patrl©io to c_m the partRionin8 that needed to occur befor= they could lease their land. At thlt meetfn_: Ms. Patricio signed the Confirmation of Conaultation form. During the meeting, we tL_o expltined to Ms. PaZriclo tha_ once th= parti_ivn is complete, OST will need toperform ano_er appraisal for purposes ofteesing the land. 7. I have tot retaliated against Ms. Patrlcio..I believe that _is was a mimn_, which [ am hopeRd w_ resolved at our m_ting wi_ her on March 18, 2005. I declare tmdvrpenzlty ofp_urytha* the fvregoh_ i_ true and conect m the best of my knowlcdgr,, infozma'tion_ and belief. SL_._d3ETIt S10w Executedth_s / ._deybfApHI, 2005, _'g * United States Department of Justice Civil Division .... Commercial Litigation Branch Timothy E. Curie)' P O Box 875, Ben Franklin Station Tel: (202) 514-9038 Trial Attorney Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 Fax: (202) 307-0494 Email:timothy.curley@usdoj.gov March 2, 2005 BY FACSIMILE Dennis M. Gingold, Esquire 607 - 14th Street, NW Box 6 Washington, D.C. 20005 Re: Cobell v. Norton Dear Mr. Gingold: Plaintiffs recently filed a notice concerning Ms. Carmen Patricio's desire to "lease" her land and her contacts with the Papago Agency in November 2004 regarding the same. Plaintiffs lodged serious allegations that Interior Defendants are retaliating against Ms. Patricio by supposedly giving her incorrect advice regarding the Court's orders and not advising her of a right to consult with class counsel. This letter is not intended as a response to Plaintiffs Notice, but rather is intended to address any misunderstanding that may exist with regard to Ms. Patricio's land transactions. As set forth in interior's previous filings with the Court on this matter, although Ms. Patricio has expressed her desire to lease her land, Ms. Patricio is not the sole owner of the parcel and does not have the consent of all of the co-owners to lease the property. Tlms, prior to leasing the land, it must be partitioned, which involves a transfer of title subject to the Court's class communication orders. Similarly, if Ms. Patricio wishes to gift deed her land, that would also constitute a transfer of title subject to the Court's class communication orders. Neither transaction is exempted from the Court's orders. Accordingly, on November 12, 2004, along with the appraisal completed in connection with the proposed pattition of allotment #64, the Papago Agency mailed Ms. Patricio the notice and waiver forms advising her of her right to consult with class counsel. These documents apparently reached Ms. Patricio since the cover letter foBvarding them is attached to her February' 22, 2005 affidavit. Howevcr, Interior's records indicate Ms. Patricio has not returned eithcr form and, in a recent telephone conversation with BIA persomlel, Ms. Patricio indicated that she did not believe she needed to execute the forms. To the contrary, in order for the BIA to have written communications with Ms. Patricio about such partition and gift deed transactions, she would have to submit either a signed waiver form EXHIBIT 2 Defendants' Notice Regarding Plaintiffs' Notice of Further Retaliatory Actions Taken Against Individual Indian Trust Beneficiaries molcatmg mat siae w_siaes to wawc her right to consult with class counsel or a signed confirmation foma indicating that she has consulted with class counsel. A misunderstanding may have occurred in this instance due to the fact that while Ms. Patricio's ultimate goal appears to be to lease her land -- a transaction not subject to the Court's orders -- she first needs to partition the land, which is a transfer of land title subject to the Court's orders. Any confusion in that regard is regrettable but it hardly serves as evidence of "retaliation" as characterized in Plaintiffs' Notice. interior infomas me that personnel at the Papago Agency continue to remain available to assist Ms. Patricio via telephone to answer any questions she has about the partition and gift deed process. They are also available to meet with her in person to discuss the process, as well as to provide her additional copies of the waiver and confirmation forms. Such oral cornnaunications are not barred by the Court's orders. Ms. Patricio may contact Ms. George Padilla, Deputy Superintendent, Papago Agency at (520) 383-3250 for further assistance in this regard. In addition, should you wish to advise her directly on this matter, the waiver and confirmation fonns are attached again here. Very truly yours, [Enclosures] 11/23/2004 18:22 FAX 202 219 6780 D[V OF ADMIN/SOL _006 Notice and Waiver Attachment 1 to 11/22/04 guidance Please he aware that the Indian trust land owner to whom this notice is directed may be a member of a class action lawsuit, Cobell v. NQrto_ No. 1. :96CVo 1285 (D.D.C.) (Judge Lamberth). Nothing in this notice or any letter, document, or other communication to which tiffs notice may be attached will eliminate or adversely affect any rights that the Indian trust land owner who received this notice may have if he or she is a class member in the Cobell litigation. The Indian trust land owner who received this notice will not eliminate or adversely affect any rights that he or she may have as a class member by entering into any transaction or communication vnth any other person or organization, including the Department of the Interior or the Bureau of Indian Affairs, related to the sale, exchange, transfer, or conversion of Indian trust land As a potential class member, the Indian trust land owner who received this notice has the right to consult with the class counsel in the Cobell litigation prior to any proceeding with any further communication or transaction. For further information you may contact the lawyers for the class members: Dennis M. Gingold, Esq., 607 14th S,'reet, N.W., 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, phone: (202) 824-1448, fax: (202) 318-2372, email: dermismgingold@aol.com, or Keith Harper, Esq., Native American Rights Fund, 1712 N Street N.W., Washington, DC 20036-2976, phone: (202) 785-4166, fax: (202) 822-0068, email: harper@.,narf.org. You may also access further information at the plaintiffs' website, www,indiantrust.com. The Indian trust land owner who received this notice may also choose to waive his or her right to consuIt with class counsel. If the l.ndiaa trust land owner who received this notice wishes to do so, he or she must sign and return this notice to the Department ofthe Interior oftiee from which you received it within ten (I0) days. Waiver of the fight to consult with c/ass counsel will not eliminate or adversely affect any rights that the Indian trust land owner who received this notice may have as a class member in the Cobell litigation. I, the undersigned, hereby waive nay right to consult with class counsel in the Cobell litigation before continuing with communications or transactions involving or resulting in the sale, exchange, transfer, or conversion of Indian trust land. Print Name Signature Date SIGNATURE CONSTITUTES WAIVER Witness 11/23/2004 18:22 FAX 202 219 6780 DIV OF ADMIN/SOL _008 Attachment 3 to [ 1/22/04 guidance Confirmation of Consultation As a potential member of the plaintiff class in CoheU v. Norton, No. 1:96CVo1285 (D.DC.) (Judge "I.amberth), I have consulted with class counsel and wish to proceed with further communications with the Department of the/.ntenor and with transactions involving or resulting in the sale, exchange, transfer, or conversion of my interests in Indian trust land. Class counsel includes: Dennis M. Gingold, Esq., 607 14 _ Street, N.W., 9 _ Floor, Washington DC 20005, phone: (202) 824-144g, fax: (202) 318-2372, email: dermismgingold@aol.com Keith Harper, Esq., Native American Ri_ts Fund, 1712 N Street N.W, Waskington, DC 20036-2976, phone: (202) 785-4166, fax; (202) 822-0068, email: harper@narf.org. Print Name Signature Date Wi_ess 11/23/2004 16:22 FAX 202 21g 6780 DIV OF ADMIN/SOL _009 Notice Attachment 4 to 11/22/04 guidance Please be aware that the Indian trust land owner to whom thisnotice is directed may be a member of a class action lawsuit, Cobell v. Norton, No. 1:96CVo 1285 (D.D.C.) (Judge Lamberth). Nothing in this notice or any letter, document, or other commurticatlon to which this notice may be attached will eliminate or adversely affect any rights that the L_dian trust land owner who received this notice may have if he or she is a class member in the Cobell litigation. The Indian trust land owner who received this rLotice will not eliminate or adversely affect any rights that he or she may have as a class member by entenng into any transactiort or communication with any other person or organization, including the Department of the Interior or the B_eau of Indian Affairs, related to the , sale, exchange, transfer, or conversion of Indian trust land. As a potential class member, the Indian trust land owner who received this notice has the right to consult with the class counsel in the Cobell litigation prior to any proceeding with any further communication or transaction. For further informatior_ you may contact the lawyers for the class members: Dennis M. Gingold, Esq., 607 14th Street, N.W., 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, phone: (202) 824-14.48, fax: (202) 318-2372, email: dennismgingold@aol.co_m, or Kcith Harper, Esq., Native American Rights Fund, 1712 N Street N.W., Washington, DO 20036-2976, phone: (202) 785-4166, fax: (202) 822-0068, email: harper@aarf.org. You may also access further information at the plaintiffs' website, www.indiantrust.com, MODI_ - MEMORY TI_4SMISSION START_C_AW-02 18:86 E_4D.I_Ot_-02 18:88 FILE N0.-014 STH NO. COD_. ABBR NO, STATION NAME/TEL NO. P_GE5 DURQTIO_4 001 OK 8 93182372 886/I_G 80:81:48 -[_31 CEY_P FIN LIT - **_:_, - _2 307 0494- _o_oK_**_* FROM: Department of J'uslice Civil Division Fax No. (202) 353-3565 Voice No. (202) 616-9668 SENT BY: Kevin Kingston Law Clerk Labat-Anderson, Me. DATE: Mar_h 2, 2005 TO: Dennis M. 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