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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS GULF GROUP, INC, Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 08-51C (Judge Firestone)

JOINT MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS Defendant and plaintiff ("the parties") have begun settlement discussions in the abovecaptioned case. The parties contemplate that this process shall take approximately 30 days and, therefore, hereby jointly request a 30-day stay of proceedings to further explore the possibility of resolving this matter through alternative means. If approved, the stay would remain in effect until May 21, 2008. For these reasons, the parties respectfully requests that the Court grant this joint motion to stay proceedings until May 21, 2008. Respectfully submitted,

JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General

JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director /s/ Steven J. Gillingham STEVEN J. GILLINGHAM Assistant Director

Case 1:08-cv-00051-NBF

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/s/ Christopher L. Krafchek CHRISTOPHER L. KRAFCHEK Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L St., Room 12076 Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 305-0041 Fax: (202) 514-8624 April 21, 2008 Attorneys for Defendant

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Certificate of Filing I hereby certify that on this 21st day of April, 2008, a copy of the parties' "Joint Motion To Stay Proceedings" 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. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system.

/s/ Christopher L. Krafchek Christopher L. Krafchek