Notice of Appeal

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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PHILIP R. KARN, Jr.			)
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		Plaintiff,		)
					)	Civ. A. No. 95-1812(CRR)
	v.				)
					)	(Judge Charles R. Richey)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, and		)
THOMAS E. MCNAMARA,			)
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		 Defendants.		)
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NOTICE OF APPEAL

Notice is hereby given that Philip R. Karn, the Plaintiff in the above-captioned action, hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from the final order enter in this action on March 22, 1996, granting the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment.


						Respectfully submitted,

												
Of Counsel					Kenneth C. Bass, III
  Teresa Dondlinger Trissell			Thomas J. Cooper
						Venable, Baetjer, Howard &
						  Civiletti, LLP
						1201 New York Avenue, N.W.
						Suite 1100
						Washington, D.C.  20005
						(202) 962-4890

						Counsel for Plaintiff

April 19, 1996

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on April 19, 1996, the foregoing Notice of Appeal was served by mail, postage prepaid, on:

Anthony J. Coppolino
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Division - Federal Programs Branch
P.O. Box 883
Washington, D.C.   20044

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					KENNETH C. BASS, III