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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[PROPOSED] ORDER

This Matter, having come before the Court on the Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to File a Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff's Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction, and

It Appearing, upon argument of counsel and for good cause shown, that the Motion should be granted, it is hereby

ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that

1.	Plaintiff is granted the right to file the Supplemental Memorandum in Opposition to the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss attached to its Motion for Leave to File; and

2.	Defendant shall have ___ days from the date of service by Plaintiff of the Supplemental Memorandum on Defendant to file a Supplemental Reply addressing the matters raised in the Supplemental Memorandum.

Entered this _____ day of ______, 2003

By__________________________________

Henry H. Kennedy, Jr.

United States District Judge

Copies to:

Nina B. Hale

Antitrust Division

United States Department of Justice

325 Seventh Street, NW, Suite 500

Washington, D.C. 20530

Telephone: 202/307-0892

Facsimile: 202/307-2784

Counsel for Plaintiff

Thomas G. Slater, Jr., Esq.

Hunton & Williams

951 East Byrd Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219-4074

Telephone: 804/788-8475

Facsimile: 804/788-8218

Counsel for Defendant