INTERROGATORIES AND NOTICE OF PRODUCTION SERVED ON US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEBRUARY 18, 2000
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FIRST INTERROGATORIES (Served 02/18/2000)
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THE UNANSWERED
QUESTIONS: Why
will judge Shira Scheindlin keep from the jury and court record, evidence and
testimony of the
rampant terrorist friendly corruption Caryl Leventhal was attempting to
stop (You can find it
by going to the Sworn Deposition of Brenda Grant). Why
will Eric B. Fisher, Deputy US Attorney place winning a case over
information from this whistleblower that could
warn the American people of terrorism? Why
will Alan R. Kaufman, Chief of the US Attorney's (Southern District) Criminal
Division threaten The Leventhal family with arrest and prosecution if they
didn't censor this website to place the US Department of Justice in a better
light? Why are they working to place America at risk?
UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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99 Civ. 10405 (SAS)
CARYL
B. LEVENTHAL,
PLAINTIFF=S
FIRST INTERROGATORIES
Plaintiff,
-against-
HON.
JANET RENO, ATTORNEY
GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES,
Defendant.
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To: Eric B. Fisher, Esq.
Assistant United States Attorney
Attorneys for Defendant
100 Church Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10007
PLEASE
TAKE NOTICE that plaintiff, by her attorney, MICHAEL R. BRESSLER, ESQ.,
hereby requests, pursuant to FRCP Rule 33 that defendant responds to the
following interrogatories by March 14, 2000.
INSTRUCTIONS
AND DEFINITIONS
1. APerson@ is defined as any natural person or any business,
legal or governmental entity or association.
2. AIdentify@ means, when referring to a person, means to give, to
the extent known, the person=s full name, his/her present resident and/or business
address and telephone number, and if that is not known, the answer shall
so state; in lieu of his/her present residence and/or business address,
the answer shall so state his/her last known residence and/or business
address and the last known date when he/she resided there.
When referring to documents, Ato
identify@
means to give, to the extent known: (i) the title, heading or caption of
such document, if any; (ii) the identifying number(s), letter(s), or any
combination thereof, if any, and the significance or meaning of such;
(iii) type of document; (iv) general subject matter; (v) date of the
document; (vi) author(s), address(es), and recipient(s).
3. ADocument@ is defined to be synonymous in meaning and equal in
scope to the usage of this term in FRCP Rule 34(a). A draft or nonidentical copy is a separate document within
the meaning of this term.
4. AParties@ means the plaintiff or defendant as well as a party=s
full or abbreviated name or pronoun referring to a party mean the party
and/ where applicable, its officers, directors, employees, or agents.
This definition is not intended to impose a discovery obligation on
any person who is not a party to the litigation.
5. AConcerning@ means relating to, referring to, describing,
evidencing, or constituting.
6. Should defendant
claim privilege for any documents about which information or inspection is
requested by any of the following interrogatories, such documents shall be
described in a manner sufficient for identification including the date,
author, recipient, and identity of each party receiving a copy of the
document and the subject matter thereof, and in addition to supplying the
above-named information concerning such documents, shall indicate that
plaintiff claims privilege therefore and plaintiff shall state the ground
on which the claim of privilege rests.
7. All interrogatories
herein are continuing in nature, so as to require defendant to supplement
or amend her responses in accordance with FRCP Rule 26(e).
INTERROGATORIES
1. Identify the person
answering these interrogatories.
2. Identify all persons
with knowledge or information relevant to the subject matter of this
action.
3. Identify any and all
persons which plaintiff intends to call as experts at trial, and specify
the subject matter upon which each expert is expected to testify, giving a
statement regarding the substance of the facts and opinions to which the
expert is expect to testify at trial and a summary of the grounds for each
opinion.
4. Concerning the
clerical work force in the United States Immigration and Naturalization
Service (AINS@), New York Office, Section 245 (A245"),
between the years 1994 and 2000, set forth, for each year: (i) how many
clerical staff were budgeted to work, per year, in the section; (ii) how
many clerical staff actually worked, per year; (iii) how many of said
staff, per year, were African American; Asian; Hispanic; or non-Hispanic
whites; (iv) how many of said staff, per year, were Christian (of any
denomination); Jewish; Muslim; or other; and (v) how many suffered from a
disability of any kind and identify the disability; (vi) for each set
forth position and length of time in position; (vii) if no longer in
position provide employment status and transfer position.
5. Identify all persons
who filled the position of ASupervisory
Applications Clerk@
in 245 between 1975 and 2000, including: (i) race; (ii) religion; (iii)
time period holding that position; (iv) date(s) marked AAWOL@.
6. Between 1990 and
2000, identify the number of employees in 245 were given leave for
religious holidays, including but not exclusive to: Good Friday, Yom
Kippur, Black Solidarity Day, Kwanza?
List holiday and duration.
7. Between 1990 and
2000, were any employee(s) in 245 arrested for any crime. If so, identify
the (i) the race and religion of the arrested person; (ii) the offense he
or she was arrested for; (iii) the date of the arrest; (iv) action, if
any, taken by the INS in response.
8. Between 1990 and
2000, identify all persons, other than plaintiff, who were terminated from
245. Of those identified,
provide: (i) race; (ii) religion; (iii) if they suffered from a disability
and if so, identify; (iv) were they critically ill at the time of their
termination; (v) date of termination; (vi) the individual who made the
termination decision; and (vii) reason for the termination.
9. Between 1990 and
2000, identify all persons at 245, other than plaintiff, who were marked AAWOL.@ Of those
identified, provide: (i) race; (ii) religion; (iii) if they suffered from
a disability and if so, identify; (iv) dates they were marked AWOL; (vi)
the reason they were marked AWOL.
10. Between 1990 and 2000, identify
all employees at 245, other than plaintiff,
who were denied a day or day(s) off to observe religious holidays.
Include: (i) reason for denial; (ii) person who denied holiday;
(iii) employee=s
race and religion; (iv) date of holidays.
11. Identify all persons who
recommended that plaintiff=s
employment be terminated.
12. Identify all persons who
participated in the decision that plaintiff=s
employment be terminated
13. Identify all communications
relating to the decision to terminate plaintiff=s employment.
14. Identify all days plaintiff was marked AAWOL@ from her employment and the reason for such marking.
REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION (Served 02/18/2000)
UNITED
STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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99 Civ. 10405 (SAS)
CARYL
B. LEVENTHAL,
PLAINTIFF=S FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION
Plaintiff,
-against-
HON.
JANET RENO, ATTORNEY
GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES,
Defendant.
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PLEASE
TAKE NOTICE that plaintiff, by her attorney, MICHAEL R. BRESSLER, ESQ.,
hereby requests, pursuant to FRCP Rule 29, 33, and 34 that defendants
produce for inspection and copying the following documents within the time
and in the manner specified by these rules.
The documents shall be produced at the offices of Michael R.
Bressler, Esq., 36 West 44th Street, Suite 1100, New York, NY
10036 on March 14, 2000 at 10:00 am or at such other date and time as
counsel may agree.
INSTRUCTIONS
AND DEFINITIONS
1.
APerson@ is defined as any natural person or any business,
legal or governmental entity or association.
2.
AIdentify@
means, when referring to a person, means to give, to the extent known, the
person=s full name, his/her present resident and/or business
address and telephone number, and if that is not known, the answer shall
so state; in lieu of his/her present residence and/or business address,
the answer shall so state his/her last known residence and/or business
address and the last known date when he/she resided there.
When referring to documents, Ato identify@ means to give, to the extent known: (i) the title, heading
or caption of such document, if any; (ii) the identifying number(s),
letter(s), or any combination thereof, if any, and the significance or
meaning of such; (iii) type of document; (iv) general subject matter; (v)
date of the document; (vi) author(s), address(es), and recipient(s).
3.
ADocument@
is defined to be synonymous in meaning and equal in scope to the usage of
this term in FRCP Rule 34(a). A
draft or nonidentical copy is a separate document within the meaning of
this term.
4.
AParties@
means the plaintiff or defendant as well as a party=s
full or abbreviated name or pronoun referring to a party mean the party
and/ where applicable, its officers, directors, employees, or agents.
This definition is not intended to impose a discovery obligation on
any person who is not a party to the litigation.
5.
AConcerning@
means relating to, referring to, describing, evidencing, or constituting.
6.
Should defendant claim privilege for any documents about which
information or inspection is requested by any of the following
interrogatories, such documents shall be described in a manner sufficient
for identification including the date, author, recipient, and identity of
each party receiving a copy of the document and the subject matter
thereof, and in addition to supplying the above-named information
concerning such documents, shall indicate that plaintiff claims privilege
therefore and plaintiff shall state the ground on which the claim of
privilege rests.
7.
All requests herein are continuing in nature, so as to require
defendant to supplement or amend her responses in accordance with FRCP
Rule 26(e).
REQUESTS
FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
1.
Please produce all documents you were requested to identify in
plaintiff=s
first interrogatories in this action or relating to or otherwise
supporting your response to any interrogatory.
2.
Please produce all documents relating to any evaluation (formal or
informal) of plaintiff.
3.
Please produce plaintiff=s
personnel file and copies of any documents maintained in any file
referencing plaintiff with respect to her health, performance,
compensation, or any complaints made by or concerning plaintiff.
4.
Please produce all documents relating to any written or oral
reprimand, warning, or caution, or any compliment, award, or commendation,
given to or concerning plaintiff.
5.
Please produce copies of all communications between plaintiff and
defendants, or relating to plaintiff, by or to any employee of defendants,
or relating to plaintiff, by or to any employee of the United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service (AINS@), New York Office, Section 245 (A245")
or otherwise employed by INS, of or relating to plaintiff by or to any
outside person.
6.
Please produce copies of all documents prepared by, or at the
direction of, any employee of INS relating to plaintiff.
7.
Please produce all documents relating to any contention by INS that
plaintiff=s
performance was unsatisfactory.
8.
Please produce all documents relating to the job descriptions for
the position held by plaintiff.
9.
Please produce all documents relating to or supporting your denial
of any allegation of plaintiff=s
complaint, and relating to or supporting each affirmative or general
defense asserted by defendants.
10.
Please produce all documents relating to plaintiff=s damages, including any documents supporting any contention
that plaintiff is not entitled to all or part of the damages claimed (this
request relates specifically to damages, not to the merits of the
underlying claims).
11.
Please produce copies of all documents relating to the charges
filed by plaintiff to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any
other federal administrative agency.
12.
Please produce all documents relating to or referring to plaintiff=s
inadequate job performance.
13.
Please produce all documents relating to or referring to all steps
taken to investigate plaintiff=s
complaints of discrimination.
14.
Please produce all documents relating in any manner to plaintiff,
without date limitation.
15.
Please produce complete copies of all documents signed by plaintiff
while employed by INS.
16.
Please produce all documents relating to the decision to terminate
plaintiff=s
employment.
17.
Please produce copies of any employee handbook or personnel manual
disseminated by INS, while plaintiff was employed.
18.
Please produce all records, logs, tapes, and recordings of all
calls to 245 between June 10BJune
13, 1996 for the following phone numbers and/or employees: (i) Cathy
Pratha (212) 264-5811; (ii) Brenda Grant (212) 264-3970; (iii) Agatha
Stewart.
19.
Please produce all documents relating to INS=s and/or 245's policy of accommodations for persons with
disabilities, in effect while plaintiff was employed by INS.
20.
Please produce all documents relating to INS=s and/or 245's policy regarding granting of days off due to
religious holidays or celebrations, in effect while plaintiff was employed
by INS.
21.
Please produce all documents relating to INS=s and/or 245's policy regarding requests for time or days off
for illness, in effect while plaintiff was employed by INS.
22.
Please produce all documents relating to plaintiff being marked
AWOL in 1996.
23.
All other documents referring or relating to the subject matter of
this action which have been furnished to or reviewed by defendant=s
attorneys in connection with their defense of this action, except for
documents protected by a recognized privilege of non-production.
24. A list of all documents which are being withheld from production by virtue of any privilege of non-production or for any other reason. (This list should identify each document by its name, date, author, and recipient and specify the reason for withholding it from production).
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