Read this:
http://www.registerflies.com/registe...10-2007-4.html
The guy at icann who is all over this is Mike Zupke - he helped me get a domain out that had been locked up for months and had no auth code.
After I emailed him (
[email protected]) I had the domain transfered within 48 hours.
Just make sure you give him the requeseted info - he is slammed right now.