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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS LAMB ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 01-225C (Senior Judge Bruggink)

DEFENDANT'S STATUS REPORT, UPON BEHALF OF BOTH PARTIES Pursuant to the Court's order dated October 31, 2003, defendant respectfully submits this status report upon behalf of both parties. Since the date of the Court's stay of proceedings on October 31, 2003, the parties have discussed the possibility of settlement. The parties last met in late November 2003, at which

time counsel for plaintiff provided certain requested documents to the Department of Energy ("DOE"). Officials at DOE have The parties

recently completed their review of the documents.

expect to resume their settlement discussions shortly. Therefore, we respectfully request that the Court continue the stay of proceedings in this case. We request that defendant be

allowed to file a status report, upon behalf of both parties, regarding the status of settlement discussions on or before February 26, 2004.

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Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISER Assistant Attorney General DAVID M. COHEN Director s/ Donald E. Kinner DONALD E. KINNER Assistant Director s/ Lauren S. Moore OF COUNSEL: JOHN KRAL, ESQ. Attorney Department of Energy LAUREN S. MOORE Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L Street, N.W. Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 307-6288 Fax: (202) 514-8640 Attorneys for Defendant JANUARY 12, 2004

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify that on January 12, 2004, a copy of "DEFENDANT'S STATUS REPORT, UPON BEHALF OF BOTH PARTIES" was filed electronically. I understand that notice of this filing

will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. the Court's system. Parties may access this filing through

/s/ Lauren S. Moore

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