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Hamish P.M. Hume, Esq., at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, filed a motion (Doc. 304) under seal today in Fairholme v. U.S. asking Judge Sweeney to remove the protected information designations from documents lodged with the D.C. Circuit and cited in the merits briefs and, in the alternative, requesting modification of the protective order to permit reference to these materials at oral argument before the D.C. Circuit.

The docket sheet in the Court of Federal Claims indicates that responses to today's motion are due by Apr. 18, 2016 -- which would be a couple of days after the Court of Appeals hears oral arguments in Perry v. Lew, No. 14-5243 (D.C. Cir.).