ORDER OF DISMISSAL; that this action is dismissed for failure to prosecute pursuant to F.R.C. P. 41(b). (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 12/2/05) (pl, )

ORDER. To the extent plaintiff intend to pursue the action, plaintiffs shall complete service of process on the defendants under the Hague Convention, or as is otherwise appropriate, no later than Monday, 10/31/05 (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 7/11/05) Copies mailed by Chambers.(yv, )

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE; that plaintiff show cause by written affidavit why this action should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute; plaintiff submit one courtesy copy of such affidavit to Chambers by delivering it to the courthouse Mailroom, U.S. Courthouse, 500 Pearl St, N.Y.C. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 2/25/05) (pl, )

ORDER granting 5Motion to Dismiss; the Court's 12/6/04, Order to Show Cause is hereby vacated, and Plaintiffs' application for "Preservation, Inventory and Limited Production of Certain documents" is hereby denied without prejudice; and Germany's application for entry of final judgment in its favor pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is denied. In light of the foregoing determinations of all of the currently pending issues in these cases, the hearing scheduled for 1/14/05, is cancelled. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 1/10/05) (kw, )

ENDORSED LETTER addressed to Judge Swain from Edward D. Fagan dated 1/3/05 re: counsel gives Your Honor an update on the status of pleadings in advance of the January 14, 2005 oral argument; amended summons shall issue as necessary. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 1/6/05) (djc, )

REPLY MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 5 MOTION to Dismiss the Complaints in the Consolidated Cases.. Document filed by Republic of Germany. (Harris, Jeffrey)

OPPOSITION BRIEF re: 4 Order to Show Cause,,. Document filed by Republic of Germany.(Harris, Jeffrey)

BRIEF re: 5 MOTION to Dismiss the Complaints in the Consolidated Cases.. Document filed by Republic of Germany.(Harris, Jeffrey)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE by Association of Holocaust Victims for Restitution of Artwork and Masterpieces, Alice Burger-Fisch, Edward Davis Fagan, Erna Deutsch, Joram Deutsch for an order why the court should not grant plaintiffs' request that defendants should be enjoined from destroying any documents as indicated in this OSC. Show Cause Hearing set for 12/16/2004 09:30 AM before Judge Laura Taylor Swain. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 12/6/04); Attached is affidavit in support of Dr. Joram Deutsch; (djc, )

PRELIMINARY PRETRIAL ORDER; A pre-trial conference shall be held in the captioned matter on February 25, 2005 at 10:00 a.m in Courtroom No. 444, 40 Foley Square, NY, NY. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 11/22/04) (djc, )

NOTICE OF CASE ASSIGNMENT to Judge Laura Taylor Swain. Judge Unassigned no longer assigned to the case. (jjm, ) Additional attachment(s) added on 11/18/2004 (jjm, ).