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The Kennewick Man Case | Court Documents | Status ReportsFederal Defendants' September 2000 DNA Analysis Progress ReportLois J. Schiffer Aimee S. Bevan Kristine Olson FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON ROBSON BONNICHES, et al., Plaintiffs v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants Federal Defendants' September 2000 DNA Analysis Progress ReportPursuant to the Federal Defendants' Work Plan for Completing the DNA Analysis, submitted in accordance with the Court's Order of March 8, 2000, Federal Defendants hereby provide their fifth monthly progress report regarding completion of the DNA analysis. See Plan for Conducting DNA Investigation of the Kennewick Remains, filed April 10, 2000 ("DNA Work Plan"). The DNA testing and analysis is continuing at the three DNA laboratories that received bone samples from the Kennewick human remains. See attached declaration of Dr. Francis McManamon (1). To date, none of the laboratories has reported the successful extraction and amplification of DNA from these human remains. Id. All three of the laboratories will continue their efforts to extract and amplify DNA within the next seven to ten days. Id. While the date by which DNA testing efforts will be completed seven to ten days later than that anticipated in the DNA Work Plan, this slight delay will not affect Federal Defendants' ability to meet the September 24, 2000 date set by the Court for responding to Plaintiffs' request to study. The Department of the Interior has received draft reports from each of the labs detailing the protocols used to conduct the ancient DNA testing and preliminary results of this testing. Id. Copies of these reports will be provided to the Court when testing is complete and the reports are finalized. Id. Dated this 1st day of September 2000. Respectfully submitted AIMEE S. BEVAN KRISTINE OLSON TIMOTHY W. SIMMONS
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