UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                    Eastern District of Virginia
                        401 Courthouse Square
                  Alexandria, Virginia  22314-5799

                                   March 13, 1997

Ms. Joan Countryman
Appellate Court and Circuit
Administration Division
Attention: ABA Citation Resolution
Suite 4-512
Administrative Office of the
United States Courts
Washington, DC 20544

Dear Ms. Countryman:

     I second Judge Brinkema's letter to you of March 5, 1997,
regarding the ABA's official citation form.

                                   Very truly yours,

                                   James C. Cacheris
                                   Chief Judge