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 _,_ .... STATES DISTRI_f COURT
 FOR THZ EASTERN DiSTRiCT OF P_'TNSYLV_NIA
 Ziyoshi Kumomiya_ et al0,
 Platntiffs_ Civil Action No_ 98-3439 HK
 V.
 United States of America,
 Defendant°
 NOTZCE OF FILING REGAZDING TiME NEEDED TO CONSIDER
 _COD_I S__TL EM_T_2I_Q__QSAL
 Over 160 named plainti'[fs purporting Zo represent a class of
 _a_ least" 97 million people seek to enjoin the enforcement of
 _he provlsions of _he Contr©i].ed Substances _cz {°_CSA") that
 re_uia_e the _nufacture, distributions ai_d possession of
 marijua_%a. _ First _ended Complaint at _ i, !98_ 249.
 Although defendant believes that plaintiffs' complaint lacks
 merit _nd should be dismissed a_ a matter of law; at _he October
 21, 1998 conference in thls c&se_ this Co,lrt proposed that the
 government consider settling this case. The Court proposed a
 settlement under _himh defendant would as:r_ to establish a
 "carefully monitored, '_ "scientifically con<_olled |_ program that
 would distribute marljuana to individuals whose medical
 conditions could be i_proved by ±t_ and that would pzovide useful
 sc_en_i_o res_m=mh mesults that would help _eci4e whethem
 marijuana was _e_$cal!y beneficial or not. The C_rt asked
 coux_sel for defendant to infozT_ it as to the amount of _ime
 defendant would _equi_e to consider _he Court's proposal.