21.   The firms have denied the charges, and most have also filed motions seeking dismissal of the suit.

22.   The Scarettas went to court earlier this year seeking dismissal of the charges against them, arguing that the government had failed to safeguard the records.

23.   The state responded by invoking sovereign immunity and seeking dismissal of the complaint.

24.   The three were returned to Florida in December by British authorities after LeBeau agreed to seek dismissal of the federal criminal kidnapping charges against his wife.

25.   The three men are seeking dismissal of that lawsuit, too.

26.   They sought his dismissal, Hallberlin said.

27.   They seek dismissal of other charges as well.

28.   Walpin then filed a motion seeking dismissal of the charges against the individual directors.

29.   West said the charges they had lied on official records prompted his office to seek dismissal of the charges.

30.   Yeltsin then suspended Skuratov after law enforcement officials said the prostitutes had been provided by organized crime figures seeking the dismissal of criminal cases against them.