UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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No. 97-1383

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, ETC. ,
Plaintiff, Appellee,

v.

RHETTA B. SWEENEY AND JOHN SWEENEY,
Defendants, Appellants.
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No. 97-1417

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION.
IN ITS CAPACITY AS RECEIVER OF COMFED SAVINGS BANK, F.A. ,
Plaintiff, Appellee,

v.

RHETTA B. SWEENEY,
JOHN SWEENEY AND JOHN DOES I-V,
Defendants, Appellants.
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ORDER OF THE COURT

Entered July 24, 1997

        Appellants' motion for an extension of time within to file a reply to appellee's motion for an order to attend mediation is denied.

        The parties and their counsel of record before this court are hereby ordered to attend mediation before Judge A. David Mazzone at the earliest possible date, but no later than fifteen days from the date of this order.

By the Court:

Clerk

[cc: Messrs. Shea, Blackburn, Gordon, Wheatley and Pearlson]