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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS JAY JACKSON & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 07-899C (Judge Firestone)

JOINT STATUS REPORT Pursuant to ADR Judge Futey's order of February 1, 2008, the parties respectfully submit this joint status report. Counsel for the parties have not yet reached agreement about whether to participate in early neutral evaluation in this case. In order to better make that determination, the parties respectfully request the opportunity to engage in limited discovery in an attempt to resolve some factual issues. The parties propose to file another joint status report within thirty days.

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Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director s/ Patricia M. McCarthy PATRICIA M. McCARTHY Assistant Director

s/ William L. Bruckner WILLIAM L. BRUCKNER Bruckner & Walker 4550 Kearny Villa Road, Ste. 209 San Diego, CA 92123 tel: (858) 565-8300 fax: (858) 565-0813 Fax: (202) 778-9100

s/ Joseph A. Pixley JOSEPH A. PIXLEY Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L Street, N.W. Attn: Classification Unit 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel: (202) 307-0843 Fax: (202) 307-0972 Attorneys for Defendant

Attorney for Plaintiff February 15, 2008

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING

I hereby certify that on the 15th day of February, 2008, a copy of the foregoing "JOINT STATUS REPORT" 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/Joseph A. Pixley