Free Motion for Extension of Time - District Court of Federal Claims - federal

Case 1:08-cv-00038-LAS

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS (BID PROTEST) WASHINGTON GROUP INT'L, INC., INTERBETON, INC. - JV Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 08-38C (Senior Judge Smith)

DEFENDANT'S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME IN WHICH TO FILE THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD Pursuant to Rule 6.1 of the Rules of the Court of Federal Claims, defendant, the United States, respectfully requests an additional seven days, to and including January 31, 2008, in which to file the administrative record in the above-captioned bid-protest. Under the scheduling order entered by the Court on January 18, 2008, the administrative record in this protest is to be filed today, January 24, 2008. The Government requests this extension because the parties have been negotiating in good faith and have reached a tentative settlement in this litigation. That settlement has been recommended for approval to the appropriate authority within the Department of Justice. If the recommended settlement is approved, it will obviate the need for the filing of the administrative record altogether. This modest request for an extension of time is the Government's first in response to the Court's January 18, 2008 order. Counsel for the plaintiff has indicated that he has no objection to the Government's request. Therefore, the Government respectfully requests an order granting its request for an extension of time, until January 31, 2008, in which to file the administrative record pursuant to the Court's January 18, 2008 order.

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Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director s/Donald E. Kinner DONALD E. KINNER Assistant Director

s/Anuj Vohra ANUJ VOHRA Trial Attorneys U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division Commercial Litigation Branch 1100 L St., N.W. Attn: Classification Unit - 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20530 Phone: (202) 353-0521 Fax: (202) 305-7644 E-mail: [email protected] January 24, 2008 Attorneys for Defendant

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on January 24, 2008, this document 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/Anuj Vohra

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