Instructions for Intervention in People v. United States et al.: District Court of the United States Judicial District of Montana Billings Division Common Law Copyright Supreme Law Firm (1997) 1. Send $100.00 in cash or blank U.S. Postal Money Order to: Supreme Law Firm, Attention: Intervention of Right, c/o 2509 North Campbell Avenue, #1776, Tucson, Arizona state, Postal Zone 85719/tdc. These funds will cover the firm's clerical and legal costs of supervising and assisting you with your intervention. The fee is only $50 for clients who are currently enrolled in the Supreme Law School. 2. Submit the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") request to: James E. Seykora, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Department of Justice, c/o P.O. Box 1478, Billings, Montana state, as follows: a. Replace [NAME-OF-REQUESTER] with the name (or alias) of the Person who will sign the FOIA request (on both pages). b. Replace [MAILING-LOCATION] with the post office box, general delivery, or street address where you want the response to be mailed. c. Replace [CITY] and [UNION-STATE] with the city and Union state where you want the response to be mailed. d. Replace [MM/DD/YY1] with the month, day, and year on which the FOIA request is signed. e. Replace [SIGNATURE-OF-REQUESTER] with a blue-ink signature. f. Replace [UNION-STATE] with your Union state where the form shows "Citizen of [UNION-STATE] state". You must be a Citizen of your state to submit this FOIA request. g. Do NOT put your telephone number on any documents. The Supreme Law Firm wants you to keep everything in writing. h. Make a photocopy of your original FOIA request. i. Mail the FOIA request to James E. Seykora in a first- class envelope with the following words "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST" on the outside of the envelope. Instructions for Intervention in People v. United States: Page 1 of 3 3. Wait ten working days (15 calendar days) for a written answer, then submit the FOIA Appeal, as follows: a. See above for all text substitutions. b. Make a photocopy of your original FOIA appeal. c. Attach a copy of your original FOIA request, with a copy of any written responses you may have received. d. Mail the FOIA appeal in a first-class envelope with the following words "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT APPEAL" on the outside of the envelope. 4. Wait 20 working days (30 calendar days) for an answer, then complete the application for intervention, as follows: a. See above for text substitutions. b. Replace [NAME-OF-APPLICANT] with your name and sign page 2 of the NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND APPLICATION FOR INTERVENTION OF RIGHT: FRCP Rule 24(a). c. Replace [NAME-OF-APPLICANT] with your name and sign page 16 of the BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR INTERVENTION OF RIGHT, WITH POINTS AND AUTHORITIES: FRCP Rule 24(a). d. Do NOT complete the PROOF OF SERVICE form. The Supreme Law Firm will complete this page for you. e. Attach copies of your original FOIA request, and of your original FOIA appeal, with any written answers you may have received from the Department of Justice. f. Staple the whole set of completed documents and mail to Supreme Law Firm, Attention: Intervention of Right, c/o 2509 North Campbell Avenue, #1776, Tucson, Arizona state, Postal Zone 85719/tdc. g. The Supreme Law Firm will review the papers for proper form. They will also sign and date the PROOF OF SERVICE, and mail the entire set of documents to the Clerk of Court, District Court of the United States, District of Montana, Billings Division, on your behalf. h. The staff of the Supreme Law Firm reserve the right to return your documents for any necessary changes, before actually filing them with the Clerk of Court. Instructions for Intervention in People v. United States: Page 2 of 3 5. If you want to request additional documents, use your text editor to add the appropriate paragraph(s) after point 1(d) in the FOIA request. Insert your new text between the phrase "(The Buck Act)" and "The requested records are", observing the numbering and indenting convention in that request letter. IMPORTANT NOTICE: 6. The Supreme Law Firm staff will not distribute the boilerplate files in hard copy. To intervene in the manner described above, you must obtain the electronic boilerplate versions of these files. In this way, you will use a simple text editor to make only the text substitutions shown above. This will maximize the accuracy of the remaining text. 7. The fastest way to obtain these boilerplate files is to enroll in the Supreme Law School. Your enrollment in the Supreme Law School will help the Supreme Law Firm to expedite the delivery of the electronic boilerplate files to you, via your Internet email account. 8. If you do not have an email account, the Supreme Law Firm will send you a DOS-compatible 3.5" floppy disk with the necessary files, via Priority U.S. Mail. 9. All electronic boilerplate files are being made available in their native word processor format: Microsoft WORD for DOS, Version 5.0B for IBM-compatible Personal Computers (PC's). This format is upward-compatible with most Windows-based word processors and other editing software. 10. All rights are reserved without prejudice by the Supreme Law Firm. Instructions for Intervention in People v. United States: Page 3 of 3 # # #
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