Case: 10-2204 Document: 00116288646 ALSO filed in Cases 10-2207, 10-2214

Page: 1

Date Filed: 11/08/2011

Entry ID: 5594349

United States Court of Appeals

For the First Circuit
____________________________ No. 10-2204 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ET AL., Defendants, Appellants. ________________________ No. 10-2207 DEAN HARA, Plaintiff, Appellee/Cross - Appellant, NANCY GILL, ET AL., Plaintiffs, Appellees, KEITH TONEY; ALBERT TONEY, III, Plaintiffs, v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, ET AL., Defendants, Appellants/Cross - Appellees, HILARY RODHAM CLINTON, in her official capacity as United States Secretary of State, Defendant. ________________________ No. 10-2214 DEAN HARA,

Case: 10-2204

Document: 00116288646

Page: 2

Date Filed: 11/08/2011

Entry ID: 5594349

Plaintiff, Appellee/Cross - Appellant, NANCY GILL, ET AL., Plaintiffs - Appellees, KEITH TONEY, ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, ET AL., Defendants, Appellants/Cross - Appellees, HILARY RODHAM CLINTON, in her official capacity as United States Secretary of State, Defendant. ________________________ ORDER OF COURT Entered: November 8, 2011 Pursuant to 1st Cir. R. 27.0(d) On November 4, 2011, the American Federation of Government Employees, et al filed a brief as amici curiae. The brief is non-compliant because it does not contain the statement required by Fed. R. App. P. 29(c)(5). The statement must indicate whether: (A) A party's counsel authored the brief in whole or in part; (B) a party or a party's counsel contributed money that was intended to fund preparing or submitting the brief; and (C) a person -- other than the amici curiae, its members or its counsel -- contributed money that was intended to fund preparing or submitting the brief and, if so, identifies each such person. In addition, the brief must indicate the source of its authority to file required by Fed. R. App. P. 29(c)(3). Further, the brief must contain a certificate of compliance indicating the number of words in the brief. See Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(11) and 32(a)(7)(C). Finally, all filings must be accompanied by a certificate of service required by Fed. R. App. P. 25(d)(1)(B). A corrected amicus brief must be filed no later than November 14, 2011.

By the Court: /s/ Margaret Carter, Clerk cc: Counsel of Record